Since the election, China has flexed its military might in overt and covert ways, highlighting challenges for the US and its allies.

President-elect Trump announced several new picks for White House positions in a series of Saturday Truth Social posts. Early in the evening, the incoming president said Steven Gill Bradbury would

West Wing office space has long been a status symbol in official Washington where proximity and access to the president can equate to influence.

President Joe Biden dismissed the idea of pardoning himself as he considers using his clemency powers to protect critics of President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to seek revenge when he returns to the White House on Jan.