William Owen Scharf, a former federal prosecutor and one of Trump's lawyers, has been tapped to serve as the Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary starting in January.
President-elect Donald Trump named Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy after vowing from the campaign trail to make America energy independent.
Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was looking to get rid of the filibuster of Democrats gained a majority in the Senate but now he is calling for bi-partisanship.
North Carolina Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickels suggests that the U.S. borrow from the United Kingdom and establish a shadow cabinet to take on the incoming Trump administration.
Republicans in a majority-Latino district in California that includes Indio and Coachella are on course to flip a Democrat state Assembly seat red.
President-elect Donald Trump has already made major staffing announcements related to immigration. Here is who may be filling out the rest of the immigration team.
Military suicides ticked up once again last year, following a dark long-term trend where the Pentagon has struggled to make meaningful progress.