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President-elect Donald Trump chose one of the most outspoken fiscal conservatives in Congress, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, the most conservative group in Congress. He has pushed to cut both domestic and defense…

Convincing lawmakers in Congress to limit their time in office has always been a tall order, but a presidential megaphone for the issue also has been rare. A dozen senators and 36 House members so far have signed on to a pledge to support term limits according to U.S. Term Limits, an advocacy group. Those…

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he has selected Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., a former Navy SEAL who broke with the Republican platform over federal lands, to be the next interior secretary. “As a former Navy SEAL, [Zinke] has incredible leadership skills and an attitude of doing whatever it takes to win,” Trump said in a…

Editor's note: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Aug. 3, 2017, that he's switching his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, and introduced President Donald Trump at a rally in Huntington, West Virginia.  In this profile from December, Melissa Quinn captures some reasons why. As results rolled in on election night, most political consultants and…

According to reports, President-elect Donald Trump selected former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to lead the Department of Energy, an agency he infamously said, or forgot to say, he wanted to eliminate. The Department of Energy is primarily responsible for developing nuclear weapons, managing the country’s nuclear stockpile, and operating nuclear nonproliferation and counterterrorism programs. Since…

Editor’s note: Relying on media sources, The Daily Signal incorrectly reported Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ selection as interior secretary on Dec. 9. President-elect Donald Trump instead announced his choice of Rep. Ryan Zinke on Dec. 15. We regret the error and have taken steps to ensure this type of mistake doesn’t happen in the future….

After President Barack Obama exits office, at least 88 of his political appointees will likely remain working in the federal government under a Donald Trump administration, according to numbers from the Office of Personnel Management. From Jan. 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2016, federal agencies selected 112 political appointees for career civil service jobs. Of…

Speaking at a military base in Tampa on Tuesday, President Barack Obama touted his legacy as commander-in-chief, making the case that “no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland” during his eight years in office. On Wednesday, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee countered Obama’s state…

Democrats could maintain control of the agency making rules about the internet and other communications issues even after Donald Trump becomes president, as Democrats are pushing to lift the hold on President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve a second five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission. Outgoing Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is trying…

On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump made big promises about getting rid of Common Core. “We’re going to end Common Core, we’re going to have education an absolute priority,” he said in a campaign video. Upon being nominated secretary of the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos made clear her stance against the national education standards….

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, retired four-star Marine Gen. James Mattis, is worried that the U.S. is retreating in a chaotic world. “Right now we have an America that is starting to reduce its role in the world,” Mattis said in a speech at The Heritage Foundation last year. “That’s not good.”…

President-elect Donald Trump is that rare president who will nominate a Supreme Court justice almost immediately after taking office. Trump is expected to act quickly to fill the seat of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February. During a Thursday interview with Sean Hannity, Trump announced he’s narrowed his original list of 21 people to…