Trump taps former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard represented Hawaii as a Democrat in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2021.
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Tulsi Gabbard represented Hawaii as a Democrat in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2021.
Hegseth has pushed for making the military more lethal and said that allowing women to serve in combat roles hurts that effort.
President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both promised a "smooth" transition.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn of Texas in the race for Senate Republican leader.
DFL Congresswoman-elect Kelly Morrison is in Washington this week for new member orientation, learning the ropes of Congress after spending five years serving in the State Capitol in St. Paul.
Trump in a statement said the two will work to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."
Trump says he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth, 44, an Army veteran, to be secretary of defense.
About 32,000 St. Paul residents will get a surprise, life-changing notice in the mail in the next week or so.
An attorney representing a conservative prosecutor struggled Monday to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban.
The final count in the House will be 220 Republicans to 215 Democrats.
President-elect Donald Trump has announced a number of nominees and appointments since winning a decisive victory in the 2024 election last week.
President-elect Donald Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida were once political rivals.
Control of Minnesota's House of Representatives hinges on the outcome of races in two districts, and both districts could go into recounts.
President-elect Donald Trump has offered Rep. Elise Stefanik the job of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the New York Republican has accepted the offer, a senior source close to the presidential transition confirmed to CBS News.
President-elect Donald Trump is huddling with his transition team in Mar-A-Lago, building his new administration.
