Haiti's Provisional Election Council warned Wednesday that it will sanction candidates who declare themselves to be winners without waiting for the Nov. 28 publication of official results from the national elections last weekend.
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said Wednesday on “Special Report with Bret Baier” that by picking Betsy Devos as Education Secretary, "this is Donald Trump's way of saying that he is serious about school choice. Republicans talked about it, have talked about it for 30 years."
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday denied claims by the opposition that his government has withdrawn from a Vatican-mediated dialogue aimed at resolving the Andean nation's political crisis.
Officials settled a deadlocked race for a spot on a city council in suburban Salt Lake City by drawing names from a pilgrim hat and flipping a coin — a decision-by-chance that Utah and a number of other states allow to break ties in elections or appointments.
President Obama on Wednesday fulfilled the White House tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey amid a somber message about second chances and so many bad jokes, he said his two daughters decided to skip it.
President-elect Donald Trump selected a charter school advocate and GOP donor from Michigan on Wednesday to be education secretary. Betsy DeVos becomes the second woman chosen to fill a spot in Trump's Cabinet.
Rep. Will Guzzardi, who represents Chicago’s heavily-Hispanic northwest side, said that the proposed wall that was a cornerstone of Trump's presidential campaign sends the wrong message and introduced on Tuesday his plan, which proposes divesting Illinois' pension funds from any businesses involved with the wall.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, his first appointment of a woman to a key position in his future administration.
Susana Martinez wants incoming state lawmakers to know that the state's permanent investment fund should be off limits from efforts to resolve a state budget deficit.
Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles, a top opposition leader and two-time presidential candidate, said Wednesday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's administration had abandoned the talks that started on Oct. 30 with the mediation of the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations, or Unasur.
Despite his electoral victory, a majority of Americans do not support President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises to overturn Roe v. Wade, build a border wall with Mexico or cut off the path to citizenship for undocumented workers, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
A new poll shows that Trump won the White House with just 8 percent of the black vote, 28 percent of the Hispanic electorate and 27 percent of Asian-Americans.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to block federal funding to Sanctuary cities, but the incoming commander-in-chief may find it tougher to take on smaller, yet in some ways more powerful protector of illegal immigrants – sanctuary churches.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich expressed skepticism Tuesday at reports that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was the frontrunner to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state.
Santiago, Chile, Nov 22 (efe_epa).- Chinese President Xi Jinping during his official visit on Tuesday, established a new alliance with Chile, whose access to Latin America represents great strategic value for China.
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus said Tuesday that Trump "would rather look forward instead of backwards" after the real estate mogul indicated he did not favor an ongoing investigation of his election opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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