General Politics

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory in Nevada was the first for Republicans in a presidential election since 2004.

Protesters are demanding the resignation of the Valencia regional head, accusing him of mishandling the response to last month's floods.

His Candyman co-star has called him an "angel" and a "truly poetic man".

People are angry at the authorities' handling of floods which killed more than 200 people.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the billionaire backer of newly minted President-elect Donald Trump, endorsed the idea of allowing presidents to intervene on Federal Reserve policy.

In response to a Thursday social media post from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, which called for the Fed to be under the direction of the president, Musk on Friday posted the "100" emoji used to convey agreement.

Sen. Lee had punctuated his post with "#EndtheFed."

Though brief, Musk's comment reflects a broader pressure campaign on Fed independence that could take shape in the...

A FEMA supervisor was fired and under investigation for allegedly asking members to not inspect homes in a hurricane-ravaged town that had Trump signs, the agency said.

The Justice Department plans to focus on arresting the “most egregious” Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those who committed felony assaults on law enforcement officers but have not yet been arrested — in the remaining 72 days before President-elect Donald Trump is back in the White House, a law enforcement official told NBC News this week.

Trump is expected to shut down the yearslong investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and has said he would “absolutely” pardon some, if not all, of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol that day, labeling...

Prosecutors plan to appeal the trial judge’s ruling that the defense secretary had not lawfully rescinded the government plea deal with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

Trump's historic climb back to the White House is a capstone of his singular stamp on American politics.

President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump for a traditional postelection meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said Saturday.

Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president, and is meant partly to mark the start of a peaceful transfer of power under America's democracy.

But Trump, a Republican, did not host Biden, a Democrat, for a sit-down after the 2020 election, when Trump lost his reelection bid.

Trump sought the presidency four years later, and this week he defeated...

President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House announced on Saturday.

The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. local time, according to the statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

Mr. Biden extended the invitation for the meeting.

Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president and is meant partly to mark the start of a peaceful transfer of power under America's democracy. However, Mr. Trump did not host Mr. Biden for a sit-down after the 2020...

President Biden extended the invitation to his former rival as part of a longstanding tradition to help ease the transition to a new administration.

Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss laid claim to the rings as part of their $148 million defamation judgment.

Note: Exit poll percentages may have updated since this post.

In the 2024 election, 10 states had abortion-related measures on the ballot — and Americans voted in favor of protecting abortion access in seven of them.

But support for these ballot measures outpaced support for Kamala Harris, who made abortion rights a hallmark of her campaign.

In two key battlegrounds — Arizona and Nevada — voters backed measures that added the right to abortion to their state's constitution, but nonetheless, Harris trails Donald Trump in the vote count in these...

With Republicans taking control of the Senate, many of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees are likely to face an easy path to confirmation, even some who may be controversial.

Here are some of the possible people Trump is considering or has chosen for critical Cabinet posts and top White House jobs.

Susie Wiles

The day after he was declared president-elect, Trump announced his campaign co-chair Susie Wiles would be his chief of staff. Wiles, an experienced political operative based in Florida, will be the first woman in U.S. history to fill...