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File - President Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host's experience

Read full article: Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host's experience

President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary.

FILE - Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to media, Oct. 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
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A look at the candidates vying to be the next Senate majority leader

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In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell when he steps down from the post at the beginning of next year.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, welcomes incoming Republican senators in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. From left are, Sen.-elect Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., Sen.-elect Jim Banks, R-Ind., Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen.-elect John Curtis, R-Utah, Sen.-elect David McCormick, R-Pa., and Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Republicans are gathering behind closed doors to pick a new majority leader

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Republican senators will gather behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch McConnell and lead their new majority next year — a decision that could determine the future of the Senate, and the party, as Donald Trump reclaims the presidency.

File - President Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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What to know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to serve as defense secretary

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In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a military veteran and popular conservative media personality with a large following of his own.

Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on government efficiency

Read full article: Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on government efficiency

President-elect Donald Trump says Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency.”.

FILE - Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., takes questions from the media, prior to laying a brick at a new housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, Aug. 1, 2018. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel. Trump said Tuesday that Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israels interests as it wages wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
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Mike Huckabee, Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel, has long called himself a Zionist

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be ambassador to Israel, has long rejected a Palestinian state in territory previously seized by Israel.

Judge Bruce Cohen speaks during a pre-trial hearing Aug. 27, 2024, during the fake electors case in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. (Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic, Pool via AP)
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Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris

Read full article: Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris

A judge recused himself from presiding over Arizona's fake electors case after an email surfaced in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Kamala Harris’ race.

Election workers process ballots at the Washoe County Registrar of Voters Office, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)
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Certifying this year's presidential results begins quietly, in contrast to the 2020 election

Read full article: Certifying this year's presidential results begins quietly, in contrast to the 2020 election

Local officials are beginning to certify the results of this year’s presidential election in a process that so far has been playing out quietly, in stark contrast to the tumultuous certification period four years ago that followed then-President Donald Trump’s loss.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump watches a video screen at a campaign rally at the Salem Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Salem, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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As the transition unfolds, Trump eyes one of his favorite targets: US intelligence

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Donald Trump has long criticized America's spy agencies, accusing them of trying to undermine his first administration and campaign to retake the White House.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee during a roundtable at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Trump builds out national security team with picks of Hegseth for Pentagon, Noem for DHS

Read full article: Trump builds out national security team with picks of Hegseth for Pentagon, Noem for DHS

President-elect Donald Trump is moving to build out his national security team, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.

Election workers take down election signs as they close off the voting and drop off site at the Echo Park Recreation Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Many uncalled House races are in California. This is why it takes the state weeks to count votes

Read full article: Many uncalled House races are in California. This is why it takes the state weeks to count votes

Control of the U.S. House rests on just over a dozen races where winners have not yet been determined.

FILE - Moderator Chris Wallace speaks as President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate in Cleveland on Sept. 29, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP, File)
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Chris Wallace is leaving CNN. He says he wants to see what the new media environment has to offer

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Veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace is leaving CNN after three years but, at age 77, he's not interested in retiring.

FILE - A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol, June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

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Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill says the state will ask a federal appeals court to quickly stay a lower court's order declaring unconstitutional a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivers his speech during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Manon Cruz/ Pool Photo via AP)
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NATO's Rutte calls for more Western support for Ukraine, warns of Russian alliances

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on Western allies to provide further support to Ukraine “to change the trajectory of the conflict.”.

FILE - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Supreme Court rejects push to move Georgia case against ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows

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The Supreme Court has refused to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election interference case against him in Georgia to federal court, where he would have argued he was immune from prosecution.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak during an event with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on the Economic Benefits of U.S. Travel and Tourism on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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Blinken is heading to Europe for urgent talks on Ukraine after Trump's election

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Europe for urgent meetings on Ukraine with NATO and European Union officials following last week’s U.S. presidential election and the return of Donald Trump to the White House in January.

FILE - El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz talks with Celsia Palma, 9, of Honduras, as they walk to the Paso Del Norte International Port of Entry, Thursday, June, 27, 2019, in Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rudy Gutierrez, File)
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As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration

Read full article: As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration

As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory hangs over the proceedings.

FILE - A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D., Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for emissions waste by oil and gas companies

Read full article: Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for emissions waste by oil and gas companies

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule announced by the Biden administration.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, left, shakes hands with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. during the inaugural Australia-Philippines Defence Ministers' Meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
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Philippine defense secretary doesn't expect Trump will demand payment for protection

Read full article: Philippine defense secretary doesn't expect Trump will demand payment for protection

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro says he doesn't expect U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration will demand the Philippines pay more for military protection because both allies face the shared threat of China.

FILE - Palestinians line up to receive aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Nusairat refugee camp, Gaza, on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
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US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza

Read full article: US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza

The Biden administration says Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and therefore it will not limit arms transfers to Israel as it had threatened to a month ago if the situation had not improved.

Former President Donald Trump, standing with defense attorney Todd Blanche, speaks at the conclusion of proceedings for the day at his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool)
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Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case

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A judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as prosecutors consider how to proceed in light of last week’s election and his lawyers argue for dismissal so he can run the country.

Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks during a watch party on election night Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Why AP called the Arizona Senate race for Ruben Gallego

Read full article: Why AP called the Arizona Senate race for Ruben Gallego

The Associated Press declared Democrat Ruben Gallego the winner of Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat after vote updates on Monday and over the weekend increased his statewide lead and closed off any remaining paths to victory for Republican Kari Lake.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., touts Republican wins as he meets with reporters on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Congress returns to work this week to begin what is known as a lame-duck session that period between Election Day and the end of the two-year congressional term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's agenda

Read full article: Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's agenda

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are “ready to deliver” on President-elect Donald Trump’s mandate.

Tom Homan, left, is seen in a April 26, 2018 photo in East Point, Ga., and Stephen Miller is seen in a Oct. 9, 2024, photo in Reading, Pa.
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Trump picks a pair of experienced advisers motivated to carry out his immigration crackdown

Read full article: Trump picks a pair of experienced advisers motivated to carry out his immigration crackdown

President-elect Donald Trump named Stephen Miller his deputy chief of staff and Tom Homan as his “border czar,” appointing a battle-tested duo to design and direct immigration policy from the White House.