White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says "the Trump-Vance transition team has not yet entered into the agreements with the White House and the General Service Administration."
Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has called a Democrat-backed recount of her 2024 House race a waste of taxpayer money while she leads Christina Bohannan by fewer than 1,000 votes.
Sen. Mitch McConnell announced that he will chair the Senate Rules Committee as well as the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense during the 119th Congress.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education settled a lawsuit with a faith-based legal group to rescind their mandate for teachers to adopt a set of required guidelines for teaching.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is hoping to lead the Democrat Senate campaign arm in 2026, says Democrats waited too long to propose solutions for the immigration crisis.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is facing a firestorm of backlash for voicing his belief that women should not serve in military combat roles. Although the media is largely united against him, opinions among combat and military experts are more split.
Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston pledged to resist Trump's proposed immigration policies, predicting that residents will rise up and have a "Tiananmen Square moment."