Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance won an election in Maharashtra by a wide margin, signaling policy continuity in a state which houses most of India’s billionaires and is home to some of the country’s biggest investments.

The Mahayuti coalition, led by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, is ahead with 228 seats of the 288-...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a quick special election timetable Friday for voters to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in a Republican congressional seat in Florida’s Panhandle.

His urgency is a marked contrast to his monthslong delay setting a special election to fill a vacancy in a Democratic district in South ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In the waning days of his administration, President Joe Biden is pushing to strengthen Ukraine’s position against Russia before the return of Donald Trump to the White House.

That’s because the president-elect has pledged to promptly end the grinding war started by Russia’s Vladimir Putin almost three years ago. That likely...Read more

WASHINGTON — Scott Bessent, the veteran hedge fund manager who Donald Trump picked to become the next Treasury secretary, wants tariffs, a shadow chair for the Federal Reserve and maybe a weaker dollar.

If confirmed by the Senate, he will have a sprawling remit: oversee public financing, economic sanctions and the Internal Revenue Service; ...Read more

On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young Christopher Sheels – he powdered his hair, put on his favorite black velvet suit, tied his white neckwear and donned his yellow gloves.

Finally ready, he set out to travel the short distance from the ...Read more

Most Americans, from both parties, say the government needs to increase the supply of affordable housing. For President-elect Donald Trump, that should offer a good opportunity to summon his instincts for development — and self-promotion — to get America building again. Call it the “Trump Building Boom.”

The problem is clear: For more ...Read more

Donald Trump lost his attorney general nominee on Thursday as Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration amid an ethics probe and doubts about his confirmation odds. But the news wasn’t all bad for the president-elect, as his effort to force savings and efficiency on the federal leviathan came into clearer focus.

In a Wall Street Journal...Read more

WASHINGTON — As a candidate, Donald Trump disavowed the MAGA manifesto Project 2025, calling its ideas “abysmal.” Now the president-elect has nominated or appointed to his incoming administration at least five people involved in the project.

The plan became public more than a year ago as the presidential campaign was intensifying. The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Scott Turner, a former NFL player and veteran of his first term to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Turner served as executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council previously. The president-elect in a statement praised Turner’s work in ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dave Weldon to be director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tapping a former Florida politician and physician to lead the nation’s public health agency.

Weldon will replace Mandy Cohen, who took on the role last year. For the first time in its 78-year history, the nominee for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said he was naming Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat as his surgeon general, elevating another personality from the conservative network to a top role in his incoming administration.

“Dr. Nesheiwat is a fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventive medicine and public health,�...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be secretary of the Department of Labor.

“Together, we will achieve historic cooperation between Business and Labor that will restore the American Dream for Working Families,” Trump said in a statement. “Lori’s strong support from both the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he would nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be Treasury secretary in his second term, a critical role in tax policy, global finance and managing the U.S. debt load.

To become the presumptive nominee, the founder of Key Square Group overcame scrutiny from the right over ties early...Read more

WASHINGTON — Russ Vought, the hard-driving budget director from President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, will be nominated for a second stint in the job.

An unapologetic fiscal and social conservative, Vought is an aggressive advocate of cutting nondefense spending — but not what he calls the earned entitlements, Social ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders announced he’d be bringing his brand of populism to the powerful Senate Finance Committee next year, with a wide remit over tax, trade, Social Security, social safety net programs and health care policy.

But no final decisions have been made, despite the Vermont independent’s assertion late Friday that he�...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s uncertainty about his slate of Treasury secretary candidates has led to rival factions once again trying to win his favor.

After a flurry of meetings this week, including discussions with new contenders, Trump has yet to make a decision on who will lead the charge for the sweeping economic agenda...Read more

On the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2017, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente called the Monterey Police Department to report that a patient had come in for a sexual assault exam.

The woman, the nurse told police, said she had been sexually assaulted four days earlier while at a Republican women’s conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Spa in the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The criticism, drama and refusals to concede that marked Michigan's last two statewide elections were missing Friday, as the Board of State Canvassers certified Republican Donald Trump's 80,156-vote win over Democrat Kamala Harris in the presidential contest.

The canvassers' meeting inside the Michigan Senate's Binsfeld ...Read more

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz on Friday ruled out a possible return to Congress after dropping his bid to become President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general.

The former Florida lawmaker told a right-wing podcast that he wouldn’t try to walk back his resignation from the deep-red seat that he recently won in a reelection landslide despite the ...Read more

ATLANTA — All votes have been counted and President-elect Donald Trump’s clear victory in Georgia is confirmed.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified the election results Friday after two audits and unanimous approval by county election boards across the state.

The final count showed Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris by...Read more