President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of the Treasury. Plus, Trump announced his picks for critical remaining public health roles in his incoming administration -- Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as US surgeon general; Dr. Marty Makary as US Food and Drug Administration commissioner; and Dr. Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida, as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn more about...

Hours after his first pick to run the nation’s top law enforcement agency dropped out, President-elect Donald Trump named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new choice to run the Justice Department. Trump made the announcement in a post on social media Thursday evening – the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom the president-elect had selected for the role last week, withdrew from consideration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Times obtained a document assembled by federal investigators detailing the trail of payments to various women made by former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who President-elect Trump picked as his nominee for attorney general.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sean Duffy, a former US representative and Fox Business host, as his choice for Transportation secretary. Duffy is part of a growing list of loyalists to play key roles in Trump’s administration, some of whom have sparked controversy. Key positions Trump has yet to fill are secretaries of Treasury and Education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was in the middle of announcing new Cabinet picks this week when they were informed of a sexual assault allegation about one of his previous selections, Pete Hegseth, stunning several members of Trump’s team who have since raised questions about the viability of his nomination, according to two people close to the situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty of Senate Republicans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration. The announcement of Ramaswamy and particularly Musk, who leads companies with existing, lucrative government contracts, raises immediate questions about potential conflicts of interest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to pick Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, two people familiar with his thinking told CNN, as he rounds out his national security team in a second term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested in an interview Friday that President Joe Biden’s late departure from the presidential race could have hampered Democrats’ ability to beat Donald Trump. “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” Pelosi said during an interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Almost immediately after it became clear that Donald Trump was on his way to reelection Tuesday night, phones began pinging in the president-elect’s orbit and the conversation at several of the dining tables in the Mar-a-Lago ballroom turned to who would staff a second Trump term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is no disputing the sweep of Donald Trump’s White House victory. But, there are many unanswered questions about the road ahead and serious concerns about how he will lead the nation. Trump’s win of the popular vote for the first time is prompting Republicans to claim a mandate to carry out Mr. Trump’s most aggressive items on his America first agenda.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All across the United States, from Arizona to Pennsylvania, Michigan to Georgia, and battlegrounds in between, the final hours are underway in one of the closest and most consequential presidential races ever. CNN can project Donald Trump will win the battleground state of North Carolina.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump said former Rep. Liz Cheney is a “war hawk” who should be fired upon, as he raged against one of his most prominent intra-party critics while campaigning Thursday night in Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump — who altered reality for tens of millions of Americans by claiming he was cheated out of power four years ago — is creating a sinister threat to the 2024 election and spinning a legacy of fractured trust that could taint presidential votes long after he’s left the stage.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Harris said she “strongly” disagrees with criticizing anyone based on how they vote, after remarks from President Joe Biden sparked backlash from many who interpreted them as referring to Trump supporters as “garbage.” Trump and his allies quickly seized on them to accuse Harris, by extension, of looking down on Americans who back the Republican presidential nominee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kamala Harris on Tuesday night warned Americans that Donald Trump would open up a floodgate of vengeance against his political rivals, including ordinary Americans, while promising that she’d work for the American people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The violent and vulgar rhetoric at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally Sunday has prompted finger-pointing within the former president’s inner circle and deep concern that his message was once again eclipsed by controversy. Several of Trump’s allies expressed dismay at the language used by speakers at the New York City event, particularly an off-color joke about Puerto Rico by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who opened the event and set the tone for an evening of disparaging and divisive...

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered an address tonight on reproductive rights at a Houston rally featuring Beyoncé. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump spoke about immigration in Austin and held a rally tonight in Traverse City, Michigan. Harris and Trump remain locked in a tight contest with 47% of likely voters supporting each candidate, a new CNN poll finds.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former President Obama joined Kamala Harris at a rally in Georgia. Obama seized on recent interviews in which John Kelly, the Republican nominee’s former White House chief of staff, described Trump as an aspiring dictator. Plus, a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With only 13 days left until Election Day, Kamala Harris faced undecided voters at a CNN town hall in Pennsylvania. Our panel of analysts cover key moments from the event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Kelly, the retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, entered the 2024 fray in stunning fashion, saying the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist” and wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had” in a series of interviews published Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While stumping for former President Donald Trump on Saturday, tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that he will give away $1 million each day to registered voters in battleground states, immediately drawing scrutiny from election law experts who said the sweepstakes could violate laws against paying people to register. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were in the battleground state Friday. Harris pledged to invest in manufacturing communities and work with union members in Grand Rapids. Trump spoke at a rally in Detroit and said the city “has such great potential,” a week after insulting it. In Arizona, former President Barack Obama questioned former President Donald Trump’s competence, arguing that America doesn’t need to see what an “older, loonier Donald Trump looks like...