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President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he will nominate former Rep. Lee Zeldin, New York Republican, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, putting a key Trump loyalist in line for the helm of a critical regulatory agency. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump taps former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he will nominate former Rep. Lee Zeldin, New York Republican, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, putting a key Trump loyalist in line for the helm of a critical regulatory agency.

November 11, 2024
FILE - An attendee at Planned Parenthood's Bans Off Our Bodies rally for abortion rights holds a sign reading "Idaho the women as property state" outside of the Idaho Statehouse in downtown Boise, Idaho, on May 14, 2022. A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying strict abortion bans that have been blamed for a recent exodus of health care providers. . (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

Idaho challenges abortion ‘airlift’ claims

When opponents of Idaho's strict abortion law said it was forcing women to be emergency-airlifted out of state to have their pregnancies terminated, it shocked the Supreme Court. Now Idaho says the claim is not true.

November 11, 2024
Afghan refugees hold placards during a gathering in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 21, 2023. Senators from both parties are urging congressional leaders to ensure that more visas are made available to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. troops in America's longest war. The senators say an additional 20,000 visas are needed before the end of the fiscal year in September. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

U.S. has spent $14 billion on Afghan evacuees

The U.S. has spent more than $14 billion to rescue and resettle Afghans in the U.S. over the last three years, according to the inspector general who oversees the work.

November 10, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris departs after delivering a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dog vote goes to Trump, cat ladies not enough for Harris

Kamala's cat women couldn't save her. Vice President Kamala Harris, derided as the candidate of choice for "childless cat ladies," won over female cat owners vote by 7 percentage points in the presidential election, but it was nowhere near the lopsided margins she needed to overcome President-elect Donald Trump.

November 8, 2024
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, holds up a copy of Republican legislation that would prohibit transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity, as the House Rules Committee prepares the bill for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 would amend Title IX, the federal education law that bars sex-based discrimination, to define sex as based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

GOP seeks audit of agriculture guest-worker program

Top House Republicans on Thursday asked for an audit of the government's agriculture guest-worker program, saying changes President Biden made last year have made it tougher for farms to get the workers they need.

November 7, 2024
Supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump react to news that Trump won the state of Georgia during a watch party in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Trump made stunning gains among young voters

President-elect Donald Trump made significant gains among young voters in the election, walking away with 44% support of those under 30 years of age, according to exit polling.

November 6, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump visits his campaign headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump wins record Hispanic support

Former President Donald Trump saw a massive surge in support from Hispanic voters with the two major media exit polls showing him with at least 43% of their votes.

November 6, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How Trump broke America’s most important political dynasties

A genial consensus dominated Washington for decades that America's century of greatness was built on largely unfettered free trade, generous immigration and an aggressive foreign policy that positioned the U.S. as the worldwide enforcer of those norms.

November 5, 2024