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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves his hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday as he heads to meet President-elect Donald Trump at nearby Mar-a-Lago.

White House

Biden lands in Africa, but US foreign policy now runs through Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

President-elect courts world leaders as Biden team changes tune on next four years

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 2, 2024 at 4:26pm

Defense Department inspector general Robert Storch during his confirmation hearing in 2022.

Congress

Intelligence watchdog departures raise red flags in Congress

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 22, 2024 at 10:39am
Matthew Whitaker, a strong Trump loyalist, is the president-elect's choice to be ambassador to NATO.

White House

Trump picks loyalist Whitaker to be ‘America First’ envoy to NATO

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 20, 2024 at 4:19pm
President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

White House touts ‘norms’ and ‘institutions’ it long warned Trump would obliterate

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 14, 2024 at 2:18pm
Veteran and Fox News host Pete Hesgeth is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon.

Senators divided on Hegseth nomination for Defense secretary

By Mark Satter, John M. Donnelly and Briana Reilly
Posted November 13, 2024 at 5:21pm
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for the Senate Republicans leadership election in the Capitol on Wednesday. Thune beat Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott to become the next Senate majority leader.

Thune elected to replace McConnell as next Senate GOP leader

By John T. Bennett, Jacob Fulton and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 13, 2024 at 1:00pm, Updated at 4:58pm
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense secretary, previously led two veterans advocacy groups, Concerned Veterans of America and Vets for Freedom.

Trump taps Hegseth, veteran and Fox News host, to head DOD

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 12, 2024 at 9:10pm
President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, celebrate during the balloon drop in Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum at the Republican National Convention on July 18. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Here’s a look at who’s in — and possibly in — Trump’s second administration

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 8, 2024 at 2:19pm
Voters stand in line to cast their ballots at the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas, Va., on Sept. 20, the first day of early voting in the state.

The X factors that could tilt a wild presidential race

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 4, 2024 at 1:43pm
Sen. Mark Warner has praised the memo but called on the president to work with Congress.

Biden’s AI national security memo calls for heavy lift

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 29, 2024 at 7:00am