Illinois Election 2024

President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.

President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military.

Here are five things to know about Pete Hegseth.

President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.

Chicago-area politicians and immigration experts weighed in on Monday after president-elect Donald Trump named Tom Homan as border czar and Stephen Miller deputy chief of staff for policy. NBC Chicago’s Kate Chappell reports.

President-elect Donald Trump secured a second term in the White House with a decisive electoral victory over Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, though the final popular vote count remains undetermined as ballots continue to be counted.

The 2024 U.S. presidential election has wrapped up, with President-elect Donald Trump securing a second term in the White House by scoring a relatively decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Gov. Tim Walz addressed supporters in Minnesota on Friday.

Susie Wiles, the defacto manager of Donald Trump’s victorious campaign, will be the first woman to hold the role of White House chief of staff.

Here are five things to know about Trump’s Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles.

Illinois voters were asked to tackle a slew of ballot issues during the 2024 election, and there were some noteworthy referendums on the list.

With a win in Wisconsin early Wednesday, Donald Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. But his exact margin of victory is still unclear — there are two presidential races that haven’t been called.

The winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election has been determined, with President-elect Donald Trump defeating Vice President Kamala Harris to return to the White House in a contentious election that featured tumultuous campaigns on both sides.

The U.S. House majority hangs in the balance. A few individual seats, or even a single one, will determine the outcome.

The presidential transition process is underway as Vice President Kamala Harris has conceded the election to President-elect Donald Trump. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

The president-elect now has a 75-day transition period to build out his team before Inauguration Day arrives on Jan. 20. One top item on the to-do list: filling around 4,000 government positions with political appointees, people specifically tapped for their jobs by Trump’s team.

Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president, but it wasn’t just Trump who claimed victory in the election.

During the overnight Wednesday, former President Donald Trump was projected as the winner of the 2024 election after clinching the electoral college votes needed to secure a victory, but what happened with the popular vote?

Donald Trump has vowed to take action on various issues on his first day in office.

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration. Here’s a look at his plans and policies.