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Less than a week before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office, a report from special counsel Jack Smith is refocusing attention on the brazen steps the Republican took to cling to power at the end of his first term

Pete Hegseth faced an important test on Tuesday — but he didn't just have to prove himself to the senators who immediately began sparring over his nomination as defense secretary

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary is facing senators for the first time after weeks of questions from Democrats and praise from Republicans about his “unconventional” resume

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time

The Biden administration is releasing a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them

The last time Joe Biden packed up and left office, he took with him tens of thousands of papers from his decades in public service

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to make a last-minute case for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears tantalizingly close to completion

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made a last-minute case for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears tantalizingly close to completion

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made a last-minute case for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears tantalizingly close to completion