Trump Administration

President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth’s attorney on Sunday confirmed to NBC News that Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has named as his candidate for defense secretary, paid a woman an undisclosed amount after she accused him of sexual assault.

Illinois Rep. Sean Casten is blasting President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be the nation’s next energy secretary.

The Trump transition team is compiling a list of senior current and former U.S. military officers who were directly involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan and exploring whether they could be court-martialed for their involvement, a U.S. official and a person familiar with the plan told NBC News. 

President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: fierce battles inside the octagon and New York City.

More than 400 progressive community members, activists and elected officials gathered in Albany Park Saturday to discuss how a second Trump term will impact Illinois. NBC Chicago’s Jenn Schanz reports.

They lost limbs in battle, led security convoys and survived several combat tours.

Here are five things to know about Steven Cheung.

Here are five things to know about Sergio Gor, assistant to President-elect Donald Trump and Director of the Presidential Personnel Office during the Trump administration’s second term.

Burgum ran for president in the 2024 election cycle.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

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.

House Republicans on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to remain as House speaker.

Here are five things to know about Tulsi Gabbard, an American politician and U.S. Army Reserve officer.

Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected on Wednesday.

Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, leading American spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic and as the U.S. government contended with foreign efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

Here are 5 things to know about South Dakota Sen. John Thune.

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.

President-elect Donald Trump has been busy making his picks to fill out his Cabinet and key administration posts, with many of his prominent backers securing positions, as JC Navarrete explains.