As Inauguration Day nears, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she has been communicating with the Trump team and lawmakers as she plans traditional events with enhanced security.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that John Ratcliffe is his pick for director of the CIA. The role requires Senate confirmation.

Trump has wasted no time in moving to assemble his team for a second term in the White House, plus a court case ruling on who gets to keep the engagement ring when a couple splits.

Ahead of his White House meeting with President-elect Trump, press sec. Karine Jean-Pierre says Pres. Biden extended the invitation because the American people "deserve a peaceful transfer of power."

President-elect Donald Trump is rolling out names for top jobs in his administration.

Former President Donald Trump has tapped South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be his Homeland Security secretary.

"It's going to be a dramatic change," one expert said.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has nominated former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel.

House Republican leaders took a victory lap as they returned to Washington, saying they are ready on Day 1 to work on President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

A New York judge has declined to immediately postpone Steve Bannon's Dec. 9 trial on charges that he defrauded supporters of the "We Build the Wall" fundraiser.

Rubio, 53, has served in the Senate since 2011. He is currently the vice-chair of the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Intelligence and also sits on the chamber's Committee on Foreign Relations.

The Supreme Court has rejected a request from former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election interference case from state court into federal court.

A New York judge is set to decide  whether to throw out President-elect Donald Trump's conviction based on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on presidential immunity.

House Speaker Mike Johnson was joined by other Republican members of Congress for the first time since the election.

House Speaker Mike Johnson was joined by other Republican members of Congress for the first time since the election.

The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money case in New York has agreed to delay any decision on whether to throw out Trump's conviction.

The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell explains how billionaire Elon Musk has leveraged his money to further his political objectives.

Several people close to Donald Trump have stressed to ABC News the significance and influence billionaire Elon Musk has had in the Trump orbit over the last week.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with President-elect Donald Trump, an avid lover of the game

Online searches on women's health topics have surged since the Nov. 5 election.

Bitcoin climbed 6.5% on Monday, surpassing $84,000 for the first time ever.

President-elect Donald Trump, who campaigned on the promise of mass deportations, has appointed hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff and former ICE Director Tom Homan as “border czar.”

Trump in a statement described Stefanik as "incredibly strong, tough and smart."

Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump’s rhetoric: There have been threats to close the border, impose tariffs and even send U.S. forces to fight Mexican drug cartels if the co...

Also, Elon Musk is weighing in on President-elect Donald Trump's staffing decisions and the Senate leadership race heats up.

Former ICE Director Tom Homan is going to be the "border czar" in the Trump administration, the president-elect announced Sunday.

Several people close to Donald Trump have stressed to ABC News the significance and influence billionaire Elon Musk has had in the Trump orbit over the last week.

The use of recess appointments to install members of Donald Trump's Cabinet would circumvent a key Senate process, consolidating presidential power.

Trump has proposed featuring prayer in public schools and dismantling the Department of Education.

Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of President Joe Biden

Former Assistant for DHS Public Affairs, Marsha Espinosa reacts to the incoming Trump administration's plans for immigration and border security.

Trump's historic climb back to the White House is a capstone of his singular stamp on American politics.

The 2024 election had at least three split-ticket results, though presidential and Senate votes still closely aligned.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to announce that Stephen Miller will become his deputy chief of staff for policy, multiple sources told ABC News.

Homan, a staunch Trump supporter, will be in charge of the mass deportations that have been promised by Trump throughout his 2024 campaign.

The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions e...

Veteran and podcast host Allison Gill talks about what’s at stake for veterans and the military under a second Trump administration.

Senate Republicans are poised to make a historic decision on Wednesday when they'll gather behind closed doors to select their new party leader.

Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denied reports that President-elect Donald Trump spoke to President Vladimir Putin last week but says the Kremlin looks favorably on Trump compared to President Joe Biden.

Donald Trump's critics warn that he will have "no guardrails" in a second term, but his agenda and his personal impulses won’t proceed entirely unchecked.

Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump hunkered down at Mar-a-Lago to meet with advisers ahead of his meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office this week.

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says he has spoken with Donald Trump, inviting him to visit the Balkan country while pointing out that in Serbia the U.S. president-elect had the highest level of support of all European states during the election ca...

Trump ally Kash Patel, a former Defense Department official who wants to end the "Deep State," could make big changes if he's given a top spot at the FBI or DOJ.

A spokesperson for the Kremlin signaled support for President-elect Donald Trump, the comments come as sources say Russia has amassed 50,000 troops for a counteroffensive against Ukraine.

The president-elect returned to golf at Trump International, the same course where an assassination attempt was made against him in September.

President-elect Donald Trump announced this weekend that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley would not be part of his White House administration.

ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jon Karl discusses potential picks for President-elect Donald Trump's new administration.

ABC News’ Rachel Scott reports on president-elect Donald Trump’s transition plans.

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl interviews GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on “This Week.”

Vivek Ramaswamy, an ally of Donald Trump, said the president-elect would bring the country together while also defending his immigration plan for mass deportations.