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Vice President-in-waiting Mike Pence will take over the transition for Donald Trump, and he'll be assisted by high-profile Trump backers like Newt Gingrich, Ben Carson, and Rudy Giuliani, the president-elect's team said Friday. Pence will replace New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who will instead serve on the transition executive committee as a vice chair.
F... . Smoke from the Party Rock fire near Lake Lure spreads as emergency services and the N.C. Forest Service work to contain the blaze Wednesday Nov. 9, 2016 at Lake Lure, N.C. Unseasonably warm dry we... .
A warm ''Hoosier'' welcome for Vice president-elect Mike Pence as he returns to Indiana where he asks for prayers and support for the Trump Administration. Rough Cut .
While we often lament division in politics, sometimes a house divided can stand strong. Such is the case with the Washington Legislature, where it appears that Republicans have retained control of the Senate and Democrats have retained a majority in the House of Representatives.
When President-elect Donald Trump and his family move into The White House in January, 10-year-old Barron Trump will be the youngest presidential son to reside in the executive mansion since John F. Kennedy, Jr. The White House has been home to only presidential daughters since JFK, Jr., whose father was assassinated just before his 3rd birthday in 1963. Kennedy's son broke a long drought of boys living in The White House.
He's the ultimate outsider, so Donald Trump's Cabinet is likely to include appointees who have little or no connection to Washington. Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's most eager campaign attack dogs, is considered the front-runner for attorney general.
Election night 2016 may go down as one of the most bewildering of our lifetimes, as slippery as a banana peel and fruitless for anyone trying to draw a singular message from it. But if one lesson can be gleaned, it is this: The unrest in our country runs deeper than most observers thought.
New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race remained suspenseful though less significant to the national political scene on Wednesday, while Democrats won the two House seats and a Republican will return to the governor's office. The tight race between Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan took top billing as one of half a dozen contests around the country that would determine which party controls the Senate next year.
There will not be a special election in 2017 for a Virginia seat in the U.S. Senate. Tim Kaine will continue to serve as Virginia's junior U.S. Senator.
Democrats had hoped to make inroads into the State Senate- but preliminary results show the Republicans gaining one seat to hold a razor thin 32-seat majority. Despite a corruption scandal among Republicans on Long Island, incumbent GOP Senators apparently kept their seats, and won an open seat formerly held by a Republican.
New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate, Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks to reporters, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, outside a polling place in Portsmouth, N.H. . Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Katie McGinty addresses a reporter's question after casting her ballot, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2016, in Wayne, Pa.
New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate, Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks to reporters, Tuesday outside a polling place in Portsmouth, N.H. WASHINGTON >> Democrats' chances of retaking the Senate majority were slipping away Tuesday as Republicans hung onto key seats in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. Democrats grabbed a Republican-held seat in Illinois, but the outcome in Wisconsin was a surprise as both parties had expected it to flip for the Democrats.
New Hampshire Democratic Senate candidate, Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks to reporters, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, outside a polling place in Portsmouth, N.H. . Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Katie McGinty addresses a reporter's question after casting her ballot, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2016, in Wayne, Pa.
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Va. Senator Tim Kaine returned to Richmond with his wife, Ann Holton, for one last campaign rally late Monday night, Nov. 8-Nov. 9, 2016.
Trump's son, Eric, meanwhile, told MSNBC that his father will concede the election if he loses and the results are "legit and fair." In Indianapolis, 50-year old homemaker Ranita Wires said she voted for Hillary Clinton because she trusts her, but said "this has been the worst," and she's "so glad it's over."
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Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine displayed a time-honored trait for a vice president - preparedness - showing up at his Richmond, Virginia, polling place 15 minutes early on Tuesday. Kaine told CNN's "New Day" that he "got to my polling place about a quarter until 6," and that "there was already a line" when he arrived.
Voters throughout the country will hit the polls today to select the next president and elect members of the U.S. House of Representatives and local government. Five choices are at the top of the ticket today.
Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock and Republican challenger Greg Gianforte have spent more than a year trying to win over Montana voters, but there is one factor that will be out of their control and foremost in voters' minds on Tuesday: the race for president. Republican Donald Trump's run against Democrat Hillary Clinton has made for an unusual and uncertain election year.