US government employee charged in leak of classified documents assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President elect-Trump "and his transition team are already breaking" a law on presidential transition. "Donald Trump and his transition team are already breaking the law," Warren wrote in a post on the social platform X. "I would know because I wrote the law. Incoming presidents are required to...

Democratic strategist David Axelrod argued President-elect Trump's second administration has a "wholly different feel" from his first team. "Say what you will about the direction he wants to take the country but this is a wholly different feel from 2016. Trump is stocking his admin with seasoned loyalists who will not guide, but rather BE...

There might not be any love lost between Melania Trump and Jill Biden. The current first lady extended an invitation to the White House for tea on Wednesday, Nov. 13, but Melania isn't coming. Her husband, President-elect Donald Trump, is meeting with President Joe Biden, so it was an opportunity for the two women to ...

President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House already carried potentially sweeping changes for the Federal Reserve. But now a growing question is not how the Fed will operate under Trump but if it'll continue to operate at all.

An attorney helping President-elect Donald Trump assemble his new administration warned career employees at the U.S. Justice Department on Monday that they could be fired if they tried to resist the Republican's agenda. His post on X came in response to a Politico which reported that many Justice Department career attorneys - civil servants who typically remain in their posts from administration to administration regardless of which party holds the White House - are alarmed by what a second Trump presidency will mean. Trump won a second term in last Tuesday's presidential election.

Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson said she was "stunned" Tuesday by Donald Trump's intention to nominate Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense. "From silly diner interviews on Weekend Fox and Friends to Secretary of Defense?" Carlson wrote on X. "I never thought I'd say I'm stunned about any pick after the election but nominating Pete Hegseth for this incredibly important role? Yes he's a veteran ... and?" Others with ties to Fox were "stunned" as well, but in a more posi

The move comes after Musk became one of Trump's staunchest supporters, and biggest financial backers, during the last stage of his presidential campaign

The former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President-elect Donald Trump says that jurisdictions that do not want to work with ICE should "get the hell out of the way."

Pollster Nate Silver said he believes there is "hidden good news" for Democrats in the 2024 election results, despite the party wondering where its messaging went so wrong. In his newsletter, Silver Bulletin, Silver broke down his thoughts on the election and the major loss for Democrats. Silver discussed the party pointing fingers about Vice...

A state agency has told Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard her temporary choice for police chief is "not authorized to exercise law enforcement authority" and urged her to remove him from public service. Tiffany Henyard, at a Nov. 6 Village Board meeting, named Ronnie Burge Sr. to a temporary 30-day posting as chief, after trustees voted against the appointment. A Nov. 8 letter from the Illinois Law ...

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said he believes President-elect Trump will move the Space Command to Alabama in his first week in office. During an interview with Mobile, Ala., radio FM Talk 106.5 that aired Monday, Rogers, who is the House Armed Services Committee chair, said he expects Trump will immediately reverse the decision made by...

No, it wasn't "the Economy, stupid." Speaking as a Black man born into a Spanish-speaking family, let me tell you what last week's election was really about. It was about millions of men — many with my Latino immigrant background, some with my skin color — who don't want any woman, especially a woman of...

Incoming "border czar" Tom Homan said Monday that President-elect Trump's administration will crank up workplace raids as part of its broader immigration crackdown. Speaking on "Fox & Friends," the former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said workplace raids would address labor and sex trafficking. "Where do we find most victims of sex trafficking...

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied Monday in Georgia's capital in continuing protests against the ruling party's declared victory in the Oct. 26 parliamentary election amid allegations that Russia helped rig the vote. The protesters waved Georgian and European Union flags and gathered outside the Georgian parliament. Giorgi Vashadze, leader of Unity National Movement Coalition, vowed that the opposition will "fight until the end."

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said he would vote to confirm his colleague Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as secretary of State if selected by President-elect Trump. "Unsurprisingly, the other team's pick will have political differences than my own. That being said, my colleague is a strong choice and I look forward to voting for...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has taken to Instagram to listen to split-ticket voters from last week's election, posting a question box asking "People who supported [President-elect] Trump & me OR voted Trump/Dem, tell us why" on her story. She received a variety of responses from her 8.1 million followers and beyond, citing reasons ranging...

Donald Trump has vowed to bring peace to Ukraine. But talk of a 'deal' has led to questions over Trump's commitment to Kyiv.

Ron DeSantis will have a chance to put another stamp on state politics with a big appointment if Marco Rubio becomes secretary of state. But one major question hangs over that opportunity: How badly does Donald Trump want his daughter-in-law, Lara, to become a U.S. senator?

Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde released a video Tuesday questioning the Wisconsin election results that show he lost to incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) last week. "Many people have been wondering why I have remained quiet since election night. I believe it's better not to comment until I have the facts," Hovde says in the video...