President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his longtime friend Tom Barrack would chair his Presidential Inaugural Committee -- and named many of his donors as finance vice-chairs for the committee, as well.
Rudy Giuliani spoke Monday about his foreign policy vision at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, amid the former New York City mayor expressing a preference to become secretary of state in Donald Trump's incoming administration.
Republican leadership in Congress asked government agencies to not move forward on new regulations during the transition period, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday.
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta offered candid advice to President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday, encouraging him to "do what is rational, not what is irrational."
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday received the President's Daily Brief, the same daily intelligence briefing that President Barack Obama receives.
Republican governors said they were "giddy" Tuesday over the prospect of more control of federal education, health care and transportation dollars under a Donald Trump administration.
Ben Carson declined an offer from President-elect Donald Trump to join his Cabinet as Secretary of Health and Human Services, a close Carson adviser told CNN on Tuesday.
Donald Trump's transition is being marked by sharp internal disagreements over key cabinet appointments and direction, both for internal West Wing positions and key national security posts, sources involved in the transition team tell CNN.
House Democrats decided Tuesday to delay their leadership elections until after Thanksgiving -- a move that will give reeling Democrats time to nurse their wounds, and could spell trouble for longtime leader Nancy Pelosi.
Before Election Day came, people had seen fit to donate just shy of $2 billion to candidates and political organizations trying to elect the next president of the United States.
A Republican hawk, John McCain, is warning a Republican President-elect, Donald Trump, about growing too close to Vladimir Putin before Trump's presidency even begins.
Retiring Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who was an outspoken supporter of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, is set to introduce a Senate bill that aims to end the Electoral College.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence is embroiled in a legal challenge stemming from his decision to withhold information from a public records request in a case local Democrats say raises the specter of the Indiana governor shielding all of his emails from public view.
Former President George W. Bush lamented the role of "anger" in politics after the grievance-fueled victory of Donald Trump, expressing a worry that the emotional response could unfortunately "drive policy."
President-elect Donald Trump is now praising the Electoral College after previously criticizing the system -- and even says he could have won the popular vote if he campaigned differently.
Democrats blame FBI Director James Comey for Hillary Clinton's electoral loss, but it's beginning to dawn on them that he could serve a role in curbing some of the possible plans of the Trump administration.
A former system engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory was sentenced Monday to probation for using his government-issued computer to download child pornography videos which he organized by victim hair color and featured sex act, according to prosecutors.
President Barack Obama Monday will face a barrage of questions about the implications of Donald Trump's coming administration, in his first news conference since last week's stunning election upset.
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