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Democrats battle to confirm judges before Trump returns, Senate flipsRepublicans confirmed judges during the final weeks of Donald Trump’s first term. But the president-elect says Democrats should not do the same.Read complete article
Pelosi’s flawed claim that Biden did better than Trump on the borderThe former House Speaker flubs a line regarding deportations, but the data does not back her up
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Democratic Rep. Moulton says backlash for comments about trans athletes reinforces his pointThe Massachusetts congressman says his party is spending “too much time trying not to offend anyone,” not being “honest about the challenges many Americans face.”
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Triumphant Trump returns to D.C. to meet with Biden and visit Capitol HillPresident-elect to be welcomed to the White House by President Joe Biden, a gesture Donald Trump did not extend to Biden in 2020.
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Pete Hegseth has said exactly how he will shake up the PentagonPete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, has called for a war on what he calls the “woke” military, including potentially firing top brass.
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Trump picks Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as homeland security secretaryThe DHS secretary is key to Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda. He has pledged mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and a crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Trump picks Fox News host and veteran as defense secretary, capping frenetic dayPresident-elect Donald Trump has moved swiftly to announce his nominees, tapping John Ratcliffe for CIA director and Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel.
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Pennsylvania judge rules Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway didn’t breach law
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Elon Musk has previously claimed he can cut “at least” $2 trillion from the federal budget...
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Trump appointees signal a new hawkish China policy
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Trump taps Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News host, to be defense secretaryGet the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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Some Republican senators had a muted reaction to Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Pete...
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Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administrationHere are the people Donald Trump has picked or is considering to fill his Cabinet and key positions in his administration.
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Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will lead ‘Department of Government Efficiency’
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Trump taps Fox News host and Army vet Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
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Trump names William McGinley as White House counsel
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South Korean president refreshes golf skills after years to prep for Trump
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Discord leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years for sharing U.S. secretsThe Discord leaks rocked the U.S. national security establishment, revealing the speed with which top-secret materials can spread online.
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Wisconsin Republican considers recount after Senate loss
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Fewer states than ever will have split-party Senate delegationsAround two dozen states regularly elected both a Republican and a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in the 1970s and 1980s. Only Maine, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin remain.
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Trump selects his former DNI John Ratcliffe to head CIA
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Trump taps Steve Witkoff, a friend and donor, as Mideast envoy
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Amid talk of Jan. 6 pardons, a judge in D.C. defends the court’s workA U.S. judge defended the justice system’s handling of Capitol riot cases, while acknowledging prosecutions may be halted with Donald Trump’s election.
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What Americans really think of Trump’s promisesThe president-elect has made sweeping policy promises for his second term. Do Americans actually like them?
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Johnson could see a far-right challenger for speaker, Freedom Caucus chair says
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When asked whether she is being considered for the role of defense secretary in Donald Trump’s...
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Trump chooses Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to IsraelHuckabee, the former Arkansas governor, is the latest staunch Israel supporter whom the president-elect has said will join his incoming administration.
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As Senate returns to Washington, Schumer spotlights swing-state race wins; McConnell emphasizes GOP’s mandate
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) said Tuesday that her office would not move forward with...
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said there’s “nothing new to the process” of nominating judges...
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The best and worst candidates of 2024Republicans ran fewer obviously flawed candidates than they had in 2022, but underperformances still cost them big.
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Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows effort to move Georgia 2020 election caseMark Meadows had asked the justices to overturn a lower-court ruling rejecting his claims that the case should be moved out of state court in Georgia.
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The counties that picked the winning president every year since 2000
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FDA commissioner defends agency amid attacks
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Here’s who could replace Mitch McConnell as Senate’s top Republican
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Analysis: What the numbers actually say about the 2024 election
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The counties that picked the winning president every year since 2000Of the nine counties that had voted for every president since 2000, which ones accurately picked Trump in 2024?
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Trump picks Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel
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Cornyn makes closing pitch in race for Senate majority leader
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What the numbers actually say about the 2024 electionIn what is likely to be the narrowest margin of victory since 2000, Trump probably benefitted from who stayed home.
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Democratic senators-elect pose for photo at Capitol
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Trump speaks with admiring Argentinian leader
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Donald Trump has officially named Rep. Mike Waltz as national security adviser for his incoming administration,...
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Cheers break out for Harris outside the White House
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William McGinley, Matthew Whitaker eyed for key legal posts
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Ernst interested in defense secretary, would be first woman to serve
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Donald Trump is expected to announce that James Blair, Taylor Budowich, Dan Scavino and Stephen Miller...
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Trump pledged to close the Education Department. What would that mean?
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Republicans, on cusp of governing trifecta, look to overhaul WashingtonAfter winning the presidency and the Senate, the GOP is on the cusp of regaining the House majority — and with it, a powerful governing trifecta in Washington.
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Donald Trump has retooled his presidential campaign account to be a leadership PAC called “Never Surrender,...
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These tax cuts will go away without action by Congress and Trump
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Trump pledged to close the Education Department. What would that mean?The Department of Education provides about 10% of K-12 funding, enforces civil rights laws and runs the $1.6 trillion student loan program.
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Trump expected to try to halt TikTok ban, allies say
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Tracking Biden administration political appointees to fill top rolesFollow the president's progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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Republicans on cusp of maintaining House majority
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Trump pledged more tariffs. We have no idea what they will do.
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No immunity decision in Trump’s hush money case as prosecutors weigh how to proceed
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) claimed without evidence Tuesday that undocumented migrants voted illegally in last...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that he does not anticipate losing any more members of...
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Democratic warnings about Trump were not simply campaign rhetoricAcknowledgments of Donald Trump’s victory are not admissions of insincerity about what that victory might mean.
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2024 turnout is near the 2020 record. See how each state compares.Votes are still being counted in some states, but those tabulated so far and expected totals show a range of turnout across states.
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President-elect Donald Trump plans to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and other Capitol Hill...
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Rep. Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina), head of the House GOP campaign arm, told Speaker Mike Johnson...
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House Republican leaders are holding a new conference Tuesday morning as members return to the Capitol....
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Donald Trump’s expected nomination of Marco Rubio to be secretary of state is getting early support...
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House Democrats expected to hold ‘soul-searching’ conversations
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Inside JD Vance’s role in the Trump administration
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As Trump prepares for mass deportations, Mexico is not ready
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Trump chooses Gov. Kristi Noem to be homeland security secretary
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Oil companies face a new fine for methane. Trump could scrap it.
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Lina Khan’s FTC went after Big Tech. Trump could dial that back.
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Where women made history on Election DayTwo seats in the 119th Congress will be filled by a woman for the first time. See when your state elected its first woman House representative, Senator, or governor.
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Blinken to meet with NATO, E.U. officials to discuss Ukraine strategy
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Garcia concedes defeat as House majority remains on the line
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Analysis: Trump demanded senators allow recess appointments. Here’s what that means.
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Analysis: Trump’s Cabinet picks narrow GOP majority
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The House and Senate return to Washington on Tuesday night for the first time since September....
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Democrat Ruben Gallego beats GOP’s Kari Lake in Arizona senate race
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Trump eyes Rubio for secretary of State, Waltz for national security adviser
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Trump taps former New York congressman Lee Zeldin as EPA chief
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Trump demanded senators allow recess appointments. Here’s what that means.Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to bypass the Senate confirmation process, allowing him to install nominees without congressional hearings.
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Trump prepares immigration crackdown with Miller, Homan posts
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Republicans inch toward ‘trifecta’ control of House, Senate, White HouseRepublicans are getting closer to winning the House, although several races in California and Western states have yet to be called. That could lead to total GOP control of Congress.
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Democrat Ruben Gallego beats GOP’s Kari Lake in Arizona senate raceThe Democrat and former Marine is projected to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona against Republican Kari Lake, a pro-Trump former news anchor.
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Trump prepares immigration crackdown with Miller, Homan postsHe also named Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations.
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Women stockpile abortion pills before Trump termAid Access, one of the largest suppliers of abortion medication, reported receiving 10,000 orders in the 24 hours after the election was called — roughly 17 times more than usual.
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Trump asks Rep. Michael Waltz to be national security adviser
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Rep. Michael Waltz asked to be Trump’s national security adviserGet the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
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RFK Jr. discusses plans to replace 600 HHS staffers
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Tracking whom Trump has picked to fill his Cabinet, administration
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Scientists on edge as Trump returns to the White House
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Thune emphasizes support for Trump amid Senate Republican leadership fight
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Americans elected Trump. They might not like what comes next.A look at how Americans feel about some of Trump’s more controversial potential policies.
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Incoming Trump ‘border czar’ pledges to deport criminals first
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What Trump's win means for the rest of the worldOn today’s “Post Reports,” how foreign leaders are reacting to Trump’s victory, and how they are preparing for a second Trump presidency.
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President-elect Donald Trump posted a message Monday on social media encouraging people to buy his latest...
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Trump prepares immigration crackdown with Miller, Homan posts
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Trump picks Stefanik to be U.S. ambassador to United NationsStefanik, chair of the House Republican Conference, has emerged as fierce Trump ally in recent years.
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Trump to appoint former congressman Lee Zeldin as head of the EPA
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Congressional Progressive Caucus touts ‘populist economic ideas’ as a winning message
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