This week, while walking home from a yoga class, blissfully trying to forget reality, I opened my phone, shocked, to New York Times notifications announcing some of Trump's cabinet picks. This was pretty much my feeling: Every New York Times breaking news ...

President-elect Donald Trump has so far picked five Republican members of the U.S. Congress to join his administration, at least temporarily whittling away at the narrow majorities his party will hold in the Senate and House of Representatives.

Within a week of winning the election, at least seven positions have been filled. Monday, he announced Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff for policy, former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency and Florida Rep.

Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet picks.

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks keep getting more outlandish, which may be part of the point. Attorney general? Rep. Matt Gaetz, the right-wing provocateur who is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for allegations of sexual misconduct.

President-elect Trump's swift Cabinet picks are a reflection of his vow to put "America first" after his election win gave him a "mandate" to implement change, says the transition team.

A second Trump administration will coincide with the ascent of new China hawks to increasing levels of influence, one of whom previously told RealClearPolitics that the United States is already engaged in a new “Cold War” with the Chinese Communists.