President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team on Friday are expected to turn their attention back to building out his Cabinet as controversy and speculation over his secretary of state pick continues.
Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton want a recount of the ballots in three states on the basis of experts' statements with an eye toward ruling out the hacking of voting machines in the Nov. 8 election, although her campaign has not yet issued a statement on the matter.
The U.S. and its Western allies are pressing Iran to take steps to sharply cut the amount of radioactive material it holds in a bid to shore up last year’s nuclear deal and discourage the incoming Trump administration from abandoning it, Western officials said.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday re-inaugurated the cable car service within Santiago's Metropolitan Park, which is located on San Cristobal hill and serves as the capital's green lung.
President Barack Obama on Thursday asked Americans to reflect on what really unites them after a "noisy, passionate and sometimes divisive" election campaign in his last Thanksgiving Day message from the White House.
Dozens of people gathered Thursday at Plaza de Bolivar in Bogota to follow on two giant screens the signing of the new peace agreement between the Government and the FARC in Teatro Colon.
One of the prosecutors investigating a massive corruption scheme centered on Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said here Thursday that members of the lower house of Congress were using the legislative process to try to shield implicated lawmakers from punishment.
Some Asian nations are watching anxiously as Donald Trump prepares to take up the presidency, but for at least one major power in the region, India, the changing of the guard in Washington could strengthen ties.
The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump's team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC Commander Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry, better known as "Timochenko," signed the revised peace agreement Thursday in Bogota, ending a 52-year-old internal armed conflict.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the most partisan agency in the federal government in terms of donations to candidates, according to campaign finance data.
Voters chose Donald Trump, but now he hopes to return the favor with a looming far-reaching decision that could impact the lives of Americans on a range of hot-button issues for another generation.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, President-elect Donald Trump continued stocking his cabinet on Wednesday, naming three new nominees – including one-time rival Dr. Ben Carson, who’s set to head the department of Housing and Urban Development.
Forest fires are affecting 10 regions in Peru, including four protected natural zones in the northern provinces of Cajamarca, Lambayeque and Tumbes, the Sernanp national protected areas service reported on Wednesday.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a prayer that the nation will begin to come together after one of the most acrimonious campaigns in decades.
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.