CNN's Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta said Donald Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer threatened to expel him from Trump Tower if he attempted to ask another question after a contentious exchange with the president-elect during Wednesday's news conference.
House Democrats are fuming after Ret. Gen. James Mattis abruptly canceled his appearance before the House Armed Services Committee slated for Thursday. The move is triggering a backlash from top House Democrats who say without hearing directly from Mattis they will oppose legislation paving the way for his confirmation.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to have better relations with Russia. He's repeatedly stuck up for Russian President Vladimir Putin. And after weeks of side-stepping, Trump finally admitted Wednesday that Russia was responsible for hacking ahead of the election. He also denied he has any financial links to the country.
Hillary Clinton's former campaign aides are venting their disappointment -- primarily with the media -- responding to a slew of reports about Donald Trump and Russia with a bitter, yet simple, message: We told you so.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Transportation, Elaine Chao, will testify before a Senate panel Wednesday en route to what is expected to be an easy confirmation.
It's been seven months since Donald J. Trump has been at the podium taking questions from reporters. But his bravado, tart taunts of reporters, and his creative use of the facts were as dominant as they were throughout his campaign.
Goldman Sachs executive Dina Habib Powell is joining the Trump administration in a senior role focused on entrepreneurship, economic growth and the empowerment of women.
It had been 169 days since President-elect Donald Trump -- then the newly minted Republican nominee -- took questions at an open news conference. On Wednesday, Trump broke the streak by hosting reporters, along with top aides, family and applauding staffers, for a wide-ranging, at times chaotic question-and-answer session.
"Mexico is going to pay for it," has morphed into Mexico will reimburse the US for Donald Trump's proposed wall with Mexico, either directly or indirectly.
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday held his first news conference since winning the election, and CNN's Reality Check Team vetted his statements.
The Pentagon has deployed high-tech radar to keep watch for a potential North Korean long-range-missile launch in the coming months, according to a US defense official.
After President-elect Donald Trump criticized CNN's coverage of a two-page synopsis appended to a report on Russian interference in the 2016 election Wednesday, Jake Tapper took several of his and his team's claims to task.
Russia has denied gathering compromising information about US President-elect Donald Trump -- so what exactly is "kompromat" and how has it been used previously?
Donald Trump said Wednesday that Republicans will introduce proposals to repeal and replace Obamacare as soon as his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, Tom Price, is approved.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday at a news conference that he has selected David Shulkin, current Undersecretary of Health, to be his nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Eight years ago, Barack Obama inspired Americans to embrace political change with the mantra "yes we can." He bade them farewell Tuesday after a historic, tumultuous presidency with the words "yes we did."
