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As President-elect Donald Trump was huddling Thursday in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama, his son-in-law was on the other side of the windows, strolling the South Lawn with Obama's top aide Denis McDonough.

Winston Churchill once called Russia "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." The same could be said of President-elect Donald Trump.

More than 900 migrants were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in the space of only a few hours Saturday morning, according to the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres.

President-elect Donald Trump hasn't yet publicly named a chief of staff, but already, a major tea party group is warning him against naming one of his reported top choices.

The strong reaction to President-elect Donald Trump's victory has led to a backlash of another kind -- this one among his supporters.

Donald Trump's win shattered the dreams and ignited the fears of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants known as "dreamers."

President-elect Donald Trump appeared open Friday to compromising on his oft-repeated pledge to repeal and replace Obamacare.

It's not easy being the world's tiniest penguin.

Trump repeatedly decried a 'rigged' political system but it was Electoral College — enduring electoral institution that reliably distorts popular representation — that delivered him the presidency.

Nearly 18 million voters cast ballots this election despite believing that neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton were qualified to be president.

Hillary Clinton, not looking to "sugarcoat it," told volunteers Friday night on a conference call that "these have been very, very tough days."

They were poking fun at Todd Kohlhepp, but he wasn't enjoying the joke.

A look back at some of the distinctive words Donald Trump used during the 2016 presidential campaign to describe his opponents. CNN's Hala Gorani reports.

More than 100,000 Americans signed up for Obamacare Wednesday, right after Donald Trump -- who has vowed to dismantle the program -- was elected President.

The North Carolina Republican Party condemned the Ku Klux Klan on Friday after the racist group announced a parade in the Tar Heel State to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump's win.

Donald Trump might be suddenly making some noises in the direction of preserving parts of Obamacare, but let's be realistic.

Sen. Jeff Merkley said the Senate stole a Supreme Court appointment from President Barack Obama.

Donald Trump may have scored an astonishing upset presidential victory, but Hillary Clinton could still receive more votes.

One of the more sensational and controversial pledges President-Elect Donald Trump made on the campaign trail was that he would seek to "lock up" his opponent, Hillary Clinton, whether for her controversial practice of using a private e-mail server for much of her official State Department correspondence or other crimes.

The decision to distance himself from his business tracks with the practice of most American presidents.