Former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush are "both on the upswing," Bush family spokesman Jim McGrath said Thursday, adding, "they may not be out of the woods yet, but we can see the edge of the forest."
Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Wednesday declined to say whether he believes Russia should be punished for carrying out a hacking operation aimed at influencing the 2016 presidential election.
Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Education Department, is seeking to dismiss questions about donations to Focus on the Family from a foundation tied to her.
President-elect Donald Trump's foray into health policy was perhaps best described by a senior Republican congressional aide with a long history of working through the complexities of the issue as "not helpful."
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, the man President-elect Donald Trump wants to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, will ask a select group of senators Wednesday to allow him to lead an agency he has spent much of his career trying to dismantle.
The Obama administration is dropping a last-minute effort to force hundreds of school districts to shift nearly $1 billion in spending from well-financed elementary and secondary schools to their schools with large numbers of low-income students.
President Barack Obama broke out the term "fake news" in reference to concerns about voter fraud on Wednesday, making the case that voting should be easier, not more difficult.
Soon-to-be First Lady Melania Trump is considering a man among several other candidates to become the next White House social secretary, according to two people with knowledge of East Wing personnel deliberations.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that a report that Rep. Mick Mulvaney did not pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a household employee was "disqualifying" for him to serve as White House budget director.
Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard -- a sharp critic of US involvement in Syria's civil war -- is currently on what her office is calling a "fact-finding" trip to that country.
President Barack Obama says his two daughters' reactions to the 2016 election should serve as a model for younger Americans who were disappointed in the outcome.
The man Donald Trump has chosen to lead the federal agency that oversees Obamacare is about to take the hot seat, both over his plan to revise the nation's health care system and his past financial investments.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Wednesday that Republicans do not yet have a bill to replace Obamacare, but that he has "seen a lot of great ideas" and that transition officials and GOP leaders are "getting very close" to having a replacement.
Amid growing concerns about his successor's treatment of the media, President Barack Obama began his final press conference on Wednesday by stressing the importance of a free and adversarial press corps.
The Trump transition team for national security has been slow to interact with the Obama administration's National Security Council, according to a source close to the transition.
Oklahoma is one of the more unlikely places in the United States to experience earthquakes. But in the six years that Scott Pruitt has served as the state's attorney general, Oklahoma has been rattled by hundreds of quakes with a magnitude of 3.0 and greater, with some areas facing the same level of risk as high-hazard parts of California.
In an interview published Wednesday with the Washington Post, President-elect Donald Trump explained how he thought up and ultimately settled on his now famous campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again."
President Barack Obama will leave office Friday with his highest approval rating since 2009, his presidency largely viewed as a success, and a majority saying they will miss him when he is gone.
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