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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. waves to supporters at a campaign rally in Janesville, Wis., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Paul Ryan effuses over Donald Trump in wake of election

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, who kept Donald Trump at arm's length for most of the presidential campaign, heaped praise upon the president-elect Wednesday, and insisted they will be able to work together "on a positive agenda."

November 9, 2016
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump walk on stage to greet Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump elected 45th president in epic upset of Hillary Clinton

Americans fed up with eight years of a sluggish economy and a growing disconnect with their leaders in Washington voted Tuesday to send businessman and political novice Donald Trump to the White House, guaranteeing one of the biggest shakeups in political history.

November 9, 2016
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2013, file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to reporters in Phoenix, Ariz. Arpaio's lawyers want a federal judge to recuse himself from all future proceedings in a racial-profiling case. Attorney Charles Cooper says U.S. District Judge Murray Snow "has engaged in improper private, off-the-record meetings and communications about the merits of the case with the court-appointed monitor" investigating the sheriff's office. The motion filed Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, also seeks removal of the monitor. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Joe Arpaio projected to lose re-election in Arizona

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will lose his bid for re-election, the Associated Press projected Tuesday night, giving immigrant-rights activists a rare win on a night that was otherwise bleak for them.

November 8, 2016
For President Obama, who already has set records for the most expansive regulatory agenda in U.S. history, his final months offer a chance to pad his lead and plow new ground, particularly on energy and environmental issues. (Associated Press)

Obama executive orders, regulations, pardons expected as presidency draws to close

As President Obama runs out the clock on his eight-year tenure, analysts say, he still has plenty of business left undone, and they expect him to follow the lead of other presidents and issue a series of rules, to add to his list of executive orders, to continue his record-setting pace of commutations and perhaps add a controversial pardon or two into the mix.

November 8, 2016
FBI Director James B. Comey said. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton emails: FBI says nothing new on Huma Abedin laptop

The FBI cleared Hillary Clinton for a second time Sunday, saying it hasn't found anything in the latest emails obtained from Huma Abedin's laptop to change the findings from this summer that the former secretary of state was reckless with classified information but couldn't be prosecuted for it.

November 6, 2016
John P. Holdren, director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, insists that the few work-related emails he sent from a private account are mixed in with personal messages with his wife and family that detail "the most intimate details of my life." (Associated Press)

John Holdren email fiasco mirrors Hillary Clinton case

Hillary Clinton's emails may be getting all the attention, but the personal email account of President Obama's top science adviser is the one creating new legal precedents — and has now sparked a major fight over whether he should have to turn his entire account over to a federal judge for safekeeping.

November 3, 2016
"For next year we will continue to welcome large numbers of Syrians, but it's too soon to have a target figure established," said Anne C. Richard, assistant secretary of state. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Syrian refugee surge stalls

President Obama's Syrian refugee surge appears to be over, with the administration drastically cutting the number it's accepted so far in the new fiscal year.

November 2, 2016