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FILE – Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker waves as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Donald Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

November 20, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.

The choice of Matt Whitaker as the nation’s representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an unusual one, given his background is as a lawyer and not in foreign...

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak at a meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

As he fills his new administration, Donald Trump values loyalty above all else

November 14, 2024 at 9:00 p.m.

As he works to fill his administration a second time, Donald Trump has turned to a head-spinning mix of candidates.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Donald Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

November 14, 2024 at 5:11 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Donald Trump appears stage with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena on Nov. 4, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Donald Trump picks Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Tulsi Gabbard for national intelligence director

November 13, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.

The conservative lawmaker is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran, and was a finalist to be Trump’s running mate this summer.

Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on government efficiency

November 12, 2024 at 8:19 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” — which is not, despite the name,...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Thomas Homan speaks during an interview in East Point, Ga., April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Donald Trump names Tom Homan, former director of immigration enforcement, as ‘border czar’

November 12, 2024 at 1:01 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration.

FILE – A television crew does a stand up across from the Mar-a-Lago estate of President-elect Donald Trump, Nov. 4, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Trump spends first week as president-elect behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago

November 12, 2024 at 12:54 p.m.

For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week’s presidential election.

Stephen Miller speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Lititz, Pa., Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump names Lee Zeldin to lead EPA, Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy

November 11, 2024 at 7:43 p.m.

Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to United Nations

November 11, 2024 at 8:03 a.m.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The story of how Trump went from diminished ex-president to a victor once again

November 8, 2024 at 3:58 p.m.

As he bid farewell to Washington in January 2021, deeply unpopular and diminished, Donald Trump was already hinting at a comeback.

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