The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory and the fallout from the US election in 2024.

An interview with congressional expert Sarah Binder, who explains how Trump really can use recess appointments to jam through ...

Lawyer Joel Leppard said his client saw Donald Trump's pick for attorney general with the minor at a party in 2017.

Republican senators are warning that former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) nomination to serve as President-elect Trump’s ...

Matt Gaetz, the MAGA Republican congressman nominated to be the next attorney general, allegedly paid two women for sex, ...

Republicans complain nominees weren't "properly vetted," but don't get that accusations are a feature, not a bug ...

Sen. Kevin Cramer made the remarks during a CNN interview on Monday, a week after Gaetz was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be attorney general.

Hegseth has been slammed as “undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for [defense secretary] in American history. And the ...

It's fitting that President-elect Donald Trump attended an Ultimate Fighting Championship event last weekend. For his cabinet ...

A Christian conservative legal group and a sexual exploitation watchdog are among many speaking out against President-elect ...

If you take a step back – make that several steps back – it’s easier to understand what Donald Trump is doing. Why would he deliberately ignite a media firestorm over such controversial nominees as ...

President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Matt Gaetz for attorney general ranks next to the story of Roman Emperor Caligula ...