Rachel Maddow says that while Trump's last presidential transition was the worst in American history, his process this time ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the state’s flags be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day, as ...

President-elect Donald Trump is making his final preparations to take office, and some of his Cabinet picks will face Senate confirmation hearings this week. Follow for live updates.

The power centers of the transition were split between Trump’s Manhattan skyscraper and a nondescript office near the White House in Washington, causing confusion early on. Within days of Trump’s 2016 ...

The United States mirrored Europe’s colonial designs when it annexed Guam and Puerto Rico in 1898. But in larger countries, ...

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks are headed for Capitol Hill as confirmation hearings begin Tuesday. CBS News' ...

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent Friday's sentencing in his New York criminal hush ...

President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office ...

Special counsel Jack Smith’s report gives new insights into the investigative process, challenges his team faced and the reasoning that guided their decisions.

A divided Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case.

President Joe Biden will cap his half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech, hoping to cement ...

Two GOP-led states have also announced they intend to raise their US flags to full staff for the inauguration. This breaks with protocol following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. On ...