Stephanie Gaskell

President-elect Donald Trump named Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland as his deputy national security adviser last week. She will work under Trump's national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. McFarland said she's "honored and humbled" to…

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Georgia Rep. Tom Price to be his secretary of health and human services. Price has been a very vocal opponent of the Affordable Care Act and wants to scrap the plan altogether. Earlier this month, Price…

During a Republican primary debate in January, President-elect Donald Trump said if he was elected he would put his business holdings in a blind trust. But during the debate, hosted by Fox News, the billionaire businessman admitted that he doesn't…

As President Barack Obama prepares to leave the White House, during a trip to Peru, he was asked by a reporter if he thought that he would be the last Democratic president for a while. "I am not worried about being the last Democratic president ...…

More than a week after he pulled off one of the most stunning victories in modern presidential history, President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet is starting to take form. On Friday, Trump's transition team announced three top members of his executive…

Ivanka Trump has been a major figure in her father's rise to the White House. She gave a powerful speech at the Republican National Convention this summer. She advocates for progressive issues like equal pay for women and affordable child care. And…

President-elect Donald Trump has spent the past week figuring out who to appoint to his administration. So far, he's named Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as chief of staff and his top campaign manager Steve Bannon as chief…

On Wednesday night, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made her first public remarks since losing the election to President-elect Donald Trump. Speaking at an event for the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, D.C., where she was being…

President-elect Donald Trump rattled many European leaders and foreign policy experts on the campaign trail when he said he wasn't so sure the United States should be backing up its NATO allies anymore. Trump reportedly takes issue with the amount…

President-elect Donald Trump has an ambitious plan for his first 100 days in office. In a "contract between myself and the American voter," Trump outlined several things he will immediately tackle on his first day in office. In his quest to "drain…

He was a key player in getting Donald Trump into the White House and now he'll have the president-elect's ear as he navigates one of the most controversial presidencies in modern history. Steve Bannon was named Trump's chief strategist and senior…

In July, then-Republican candidate Donald Trump unnerved many European leaders when he said, if elected president of the United States, he would be reluctant to come to the aid of NATO allies unless they paid their fair share of the costs for the…

When President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, he plans to get right to work to address many of the campaign promises that helped get him elected to the White House. In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes, Trump said he has…

President-elect Donald Trump appeared on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday night with his children, who are reportedly being considered for high-level positions in his administration. When asked if any of them wanted a job at the White House, Eric Trump…

It was on the 11th day of the 11th hour of the 11th month in 1918 when the fighting ended in World War I. Since its first anniversary in 1919, Nov. 11 has been a day to honor the nation's military veterans. President Barack Obama gave his final…

They're called "faithless electors," and many Hillary Clinton supporters are hoping they can save their candidate and change the course of history. As millions of Americans watched the votes come in on election night, all eyes were on the Electoral…

Hillary Clinton may not have won the presidency, but her career in politics is etched in history. Her decades of public service includes stints as First Lady, New York senator, Democratic presidential candidate, secretary of state and the first…

Leaders around the world are reacting to the news that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States and one of the first to congratulate the Republican candidate was Russian President Vladimir Putin. Within hours of Trump's historic…

Republican incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey has won the Pennsylvania Senate race, according to early election results. It's been a close race in the Keystone State. Katie McGinty, a former environmental adviser during the Clinton administration, has led in…

Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto has defeated Republican incumbent Rep. Joe Heck in Nevada's Senate race, according to early election results. The polls in Nevada's Senate race have been close in the weeks leading up to the election. Heck took a…