As the 75-day transition period has begun, President-elect Donald Trump has to select who will serve in his cabinet.

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Don Bacon won a fifth term representing the Omaha-centered U.S. House district for Nebraska on Friday. In yet another hard-fought bid, Bacon defeated Democrat Tony Vargas, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — (AP) — The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police in Gwinnett County are investigating a deadly shooting on Friday afternoon. The Gwinnett County ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The House is expected to try next week to pass a Social Security-related bill to ensure benefits for ...

A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms ...

Margaret Huang, CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, released a statement on Thursday that called the messages “a public ...

Hundreds of Bolivian devotees have arrived at the municipal cemetery of La Paz carrying human skulls adorned with flowers for ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — (AP) — Women have won 60 seats in the New Mexico Legislature to secure the largest female legislative ...

U.S. officials are proposing tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square ...

KYIV, Ukraine — (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...

A good-governance group is warning of severe consequences if President-elect Donald Trump continues to steer clear of formal ...