House Republicans from New York, California and New Jersey unhappy with a cap on state and local tax deductions cast talks on the issue with Donald Trump Saturday night as “positive” but described no firm commitments from the president-elect.

“He really communicated that he feels for how unaffordable the taxes are for our constituents,”...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump has not responded to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s invitation to tour California’s fire damage, Newsom said Saturday afternoon.

Newsom sent a letter on Friday inviting the incoming president to California to meet with fire victims, survey the devastation in Los Angeles County and join him in thanking first...Read more

Jack Smith has resigned as the special counsel overseeing federal criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump and has “separated” from the U.S. Justice Department, according to a Saturday court filing from the government.

The confirmation of Smith’s departure as of Friday came as the department is fighting an effort by two ...Read more

President Joe Biden awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pope Francis, a personal marker of his Roman Catholic faith after devastating fires in California prompted the president to cancel a Vatican visit during his final days in office.

The White House said Biden spoke with the pontiff on Saturday and named him a medal recipient with ...Read more

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amped up on criticism of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the integrity of borders during an animated speech meant to motivate Social Democrats ahead of a federal election next month.

Scholz’s main competitors to lead Germany, Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel, also spoke on Saturday at meetings of their ...Read more

Several prominent tech leaders are planning to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration this month, the latest sign that the industry is trying to bolster its relationship with the president-elect ahead of his return to the White House.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman plans to go to the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20, a company ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday inviting the incoming leader to California to meet with fire victims, survey the devastation in Los Angeles County and join him in thanking first responders.

The invitation, which the governor's office said was emailed to Trump's team, marks a change in ...Read more

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday for falsifying business records in a years-old scheme to defraud voters, closing out the historic case that involved a hush money payment to a porn star and formalizing Trump as a convicted felon 10 days before his return to the White House.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court during oral arguments Friday appeared ready to allow a law that would ban social media giant TikTok unless it divests from its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. by Jan. 19.

The justices occasionally questioned how the law would impact the free speech rights of the platform and its users. But they generally ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in relation to his Manhattan hush money case, cementing his legacy as America’s first convicted felon to assume the presidency.

The case involves Trump’s falsification of business records to pay porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged one-night stand between them in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded highly skeptical Friday of TikTok's free-speech defense, signaling they are not likely to strike down the law that could shut down the popular video site the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office.

The justices, both conservative and liberal, said Congress was concerned...Read more

WASHINGTON — The new GOP Congress is getting closer to passing a law that would allow Kentucky’s attorney general to sue the Department of Homeland Security if it fails to enforce federal immigration statutes.

The Laken Riley Act — supported by every Republican member of the commonwealth’s congressional delegation — is intended to ...Read more

SEOUL — They gathered in subzero temperatures, waving banners that read, "Stop the steal."

Some voiced faint hope that President-elect Donald Trump would support their cause; others accused China's Communist Party of infiltrating South Korea's news media.

All of it was in the service of one aim: to save South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning for falsifying business records in a scheme to defraud voters in 2016, marking an official end to the explosive case that involved hush money payments to a porn star and formally making Trump a convicted felon 10 days before his return to the White House.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice ...Read more

Special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Trump’s Jan. 6 election interference case could be released as early as Monday after a federal appeals court denied a bid to keep it secret.

Now that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided not to block the report, Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to release it anytime...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s vowed crackdown on immigration could strain an already struggling elder care workforce that relies on foreign-born workers in nursing homes and home health settings.

Industry players and experts argue that increasing the long-term care workforce requires more immigration, and Trump’s plans could...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court won’t block Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing a special counsel’s report detailing the findings of his criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump.

But in a Thursday order rejecting requests by Trump and his former co-defendants to stop the report from becoming public, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is being set up.

At a meeting with Republican governors at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, the incoming president told a reporter that Putin “wants to meet” and added, “we’re gonna — we’re setting it up.” Any such meeting, were it to happen...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A day after President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland, Alaska’s Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III made comments that appeared to support Trump’s vision for annexing the Arctic territory that is part of Denmark.

“Today, we know that Arctic routes in the ...Read more