During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump told Americans what to expect after he reenters the Oval Office in January.

It's a broad agenda of economic, social, and personal priorities that he has proclaimed in rallies, interviews, and Truth Social posts. Trump will now try to wield what he has called an "unprecedented and powerful ...Read more

READING, Pa. — The rationale behind Genison Ramirez' vote in the presidential election Tuesday was part business and part personal.

The operator of a small auto business and the father of a 2-year-old, Ramirez knew well the basic two-part equation of a family budget: revenue and expenditures. And — recapping his support for Donald Trump —...Read more

Do names on a map matter? When they are in border territories, the answer is probably “yes.”

In 2023, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources ordered that new maps must use the former Chinese names of its lost territories in what is now Russia’s Far East. Vladivostok, home to Russia’s Pacific fleet headquarters, became ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Now that a proposed amendment to enshrine abortion access in Florida’s constitution has been defeated, hundreds of volunteers and organizers across the state face the difficult question: What’s next?

Will Floridians of childbearing age continue to live under a six-week abortion ban indefinitely? Could restrictions ...Read more

Any illusions that Donald J. Trump would back away from his last-minute embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were shattered during his victory speech, when he assured his supporters that the anti-vaccine activist was “going to help make America healthy again.”

Some observers had hoped that Trump would discard his former rival for the presidency...Read more

Donald Trump won Arizona, the final state to be called in the U.S. presidential election, marking a clean sweep of all seven battleground states.

The Associated Press said it called the state for Trump on Saturday night as his current lead of about 185,000 votes there has put it out of reach for Vice President Kamala Harris. Joe Biden had ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump said he won’t invite his former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join his new administration.

“I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our country,” he said in a Saturday post ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who ordered workers to bypass homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump has been fired, the agency’s head said Saturday.

“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” FEMA ...Read more

DENVER — Nearly every state shifted distinctly to the right in Tuesday’s election — but Colorado is looking like a rare exception.

The Democratic ticket, led this time by Vice President Kamala Harris, again won the state by double-digit margins, even as the nationwide electorate is projected to deliver the popular vote to former President...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The day after the election, it all came rushing back to the Rev. Renee McKenzie — the fear she felt for immigrants, the potentially life-and-death choices they faced, and the way they turned to her for help during the first presidency of Donald Trump.

Less than a year into his first term, she made the decision to let a ...Read more

BOSTON — The Massachusetts State Police says its mission is not “investigating and enforcing violations of federal immigration law,” leaving deportation responsibilities solely to U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement.

“It is not appropriate for a member of the State Police to inquire about an individual’s immigration or travel ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Eight years ago, L.A.'s political leaders jumped into action on the issue of immigration, moving to protect the city's undocumented population from the Trump administration.

City Council members put public money toward lawyers to defend Angelenos facing deportation. They pushed to legalize the work of street vendors, many of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday called for organizing like “never before” in the wake of Donald Trump’s reelection, beginning with a rally in Washington on Inauguration Day, which will fall on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

“While they are on one side of Washington, swearing in Trump, we need to be in Washington saying that we’...Read more

President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first post-election meeting, setting in motion the U.S. transition of power that will be completed in January.

They’ll convene in the Oval Office at 11 a.m. at Biden’s invitation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Saturday...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2024 election, an important prize in his decisive victory.

The state has earned its title as a swing state. After narrowly defeating Hillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016, Trump lost the state to President Joe Biden in 2020, and now Trump has narrowly won it again.

Michigan has ...Read more

An Oxford-educated antitrust lawyer who advised the first Trump White House on technology policy is helping the president-elect pick Lina Khan’s replacement.

Gail Slater, who is an aide to Vice President-elect JD Vance, is advising Trump’s transition team on antitrust policy, including crafting a shortlist of candidates to serve as Federal ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — After months of incessant campaign ads and an onslaught of political events, the 2024 election is over.

It saw a sweeping victory for Republican President-elect Donald Trump, as well as a continued tradition of a close U.S. Senate race in Nevada.

While mail ballots continued to be counted into the weekend and official results not...Read more

President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first post-election meeting, setting in motion the U.S. transition of power that will be completed in January.

They’ll convene in the Oval Office at 11 a.m. at Biden’s invitation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a ...Read more

Preliminary planning is underway for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President-elect Donald Trump amid concerns over future U.S. support, Kyiv’s top diplomat said on Saturday.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha spoke at a press briefing in Kyiv with Josep Borrell, the EU’s top foreign policy official.

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Pennsylvania’s red shift in the 2024 election wasn’t isolated to the presidential race.

Statewide races for attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer all went to the Republican candidates, and the AP declared Republican David McCormick the winner against Democratic incumbent Bob Casey in the state’s U.S. Senate race ...Read more