By MATTHEW BROWN and JACK DURA
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast …
By WILL WEISSERT
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump ‘s team still hasn’t signed agreements that are required to formally begin the transition process to the White House — meaning the government can’t provide security clearances and briefings to incoming …
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge confirmed Friday that President-elect Donald Trump won’t be sentenced this month in his hush money case, instead setting a schedule for prosecutors and his lawyers to expand on their ideas about what to do …
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for the appointment …
By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press
MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he was elected the first time.
Matt Gaetz’s decision to pull …
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen Thursday by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew …
By MARC LEVY
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania conceded his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick on Thursday, as a statewide recount showed no signs of closing the gap and his campaign suffered repeated blows …
By KEVIN FREKING
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate won’t hold votes on four of President Joe Biden’s appellate court nominees as part of a deal with Republicans to allow for speedier consideration of other judicial nominations and bring Biden within …
MONTEREY – In Monterey County, the median price for a single-family home cost $919,838 and sold in 18 days for 98% of the list price based on 142 sales in October, after hitting the $1 million mark in May and …
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new details surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted …
Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Jose Luis MartinezLeonor Wednesday night in connection with a stabbing in Moss Landing. MartinezLeonor was booked for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
Deputies responded to a call reporting a stabbing on the …
Karen Garcia | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately.
That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with …
Samantha Putterman | (TNS) KFF Health News
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy, who was tapped last week by Trump to lead the Department of Health …
By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — While Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from the nomination process for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump has picked several other people for his Cabinet and key staff positions who have been accused of …
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections.
The study, released Tuesday by the …
By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Did stand-up comedians help reelect Donald Trump?
Not a joke, as outgoing President Joe Biden might say.
Trump has been the butt of countless late-night monologues and “Saturday Night Live” sketches for the better part of a …
By Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
LOS ANGELES — Several Southern California teachers are facing disciplinary action after fervid anti-Trump outbursts made in the wake of the November election that rattled school communities and generated fierce debate over teachers’ …
By DAVID KOENIG
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg snapped back Thursday at criticism from airline executives who say the Biden administration over-regulated them, pointing out that some of those airlines are making large profits despite new passenger-protection rules.
Buttigieg said the …
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California is suing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain records revealing how the agency intends to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportation and detention plan.
The suit, filed Monday …
By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been notably quiet since the Democrats’ gut-wrenching defeat at the polls.
After warning voters for years that a Donald Trump win would be calamitous for American democracy, …
