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A federal jury ordered Giuliani to pay $148 million.

“This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl and the ABC News political team report on President-elect Trump’s transition back to the White House, including his latest controversial cabinet selections.

ABC News' Martha Raddatz discusses President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick for secretary of defense.

ABC News' Jonathan Karl speaks with Sarah Isgur about recess appointments.

Former North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) discusses whether President-elect Donald Trump can get his nominees through Congress.

This is a listing for "This Week" airing Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Johnson won't say if he discussed the matter with Donald Trump.

"I respectfully urge Senate Republicans to reject this nomination," Pence wrote.

In his first presser at the Capitol since the election, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries formally conceded the 2024 election, saying Democrats fell short a few seats.

Rep. Tom Emmer reacted to the growing calls for the House Ethics Committee to share its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general.

Trump's picks include RJK Jr., Elon Musk, Matt Gaetz and more.

"The anti-vaccine mantra scares me a lot," one Republican congressman said.

President Joe Biden is taking his final lap on the world stage this week with a trip to South America and attending two major summits.

Dr. Richard Besser discusses why he thinks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have a profound negative impact on our healthcare system.

Senate GOP are saying Gaetz faces major hurdles on the path to confirmation.

Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of Brown University’s Pandemic Center, criticizes President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary.

Adams says campaigns needed to do a better job listening to New Yorkers.

Capt. Lacie Hester's award comes amid new controversy over women in combat.

Dr. Todd Ellerin, South Shore Hospital’s chief of infectious diseases, reacts to President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet pick.

Former Republican congressman Charlie Dent comments on the House Ethic Committee’s investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to serve as attorney general.

"We're gonna let him go wild for a little while," Trump said in October.

The president-elect spoke at America First Policy Institute's annual gala.

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien takes a look at some of the biggest moments from Matt Gaetz’s tenure in the House and the latest on the House Ethics Committee investigation against him.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Politico’s senior Washington correspondent, Rachael Bade, about what the nomination of vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist could mean for public health policy.

President-elect Donald Trump discussed his selection for RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary and his other cabinet decisions.

The number rose by 30, with 523 service members taking their lives.

Leon Panetta ended the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat units.

The Fox News host criticized Donald Trump before he was first elected in 2016.

There were mixed reactions by House Republicans on Capitol Hill after President-elect Donald Trump announced RFK Jr. as his pick for HHS secretary.

The 21 incidents occurred near national security sites, officials said.

Sen. Dick Durbin asked that the committee "preserve and share" the report.

Vance will be Trump's "eyes and ears" in the Senate, a source said.

President-elect Donald Trump said he has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he wrote in a social media post Thursday.

The woman at the center of the DOJ's probe of Matt Gaetz testified to the House Ethics Committee that he had sex with her when she was 17 years old, sources say.

Calls are growing from prominent Republican leaders for the House Ethics Committee to share its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

The Florida congressman and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general had been under House ethics investigation.

ABC News political contributor Sarah Isgur says the Florida congressman isn’t the worst pick for U.S. attorney general.

Democratic Rep. Seth Magaziner says his colleagues will be vocal about some of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees.

ABC News’ Aaron Katersky reports on whether Polymarket violated a prior settlement with the government by allowing American-based users access to its platform.

Elon Musk will lead the "Department Of Government Efficiency."

The agreement would raise the threshold to force a vote on ousting a speaker.

ABC News’ John Santucci and contributing correspondent Rachel Bade discuss the president-elect’s controversial pick for attorney general.

LGBTQ hotlines nationwide, including the Rainbow Youth Project and the Trevor Project, are seeing massive surges in crisis outreach amid the fallout of the election. ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports.

ABC News’ Alex Mallin discusses President-elect Donald Trump's pick for his future attorney general, which has sent shockwaves through the Justice Department.

A law banning the social media platform in the U.S. is set to take effect on Jan. 19, 2025, just one day before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in.

Wednesday’s joint congressional hearing by subcommittees of the House Oversight Committee was titled, "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth."

Meanwhile, U.S. allies are bracing brace for foreign policy changes under Trump.

Though Republicans will likely soon have control in the Oval Office, House and Senate, every president since 1981 who's elected with a similar trifecta has lost it in the next midterm.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin about the Republicans winning both the House and Senate majority, as well as President-elect Donald Trump’s latest cabinet nominations.

ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze reports on how tech billionaire Elon Musk was able to gain access to President-elect Donald Trump’s inner circle and gain so much political influence.