The president-elect made the remarks before introducing his choice for U.S. attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland.

The long-serving Democratic House leader begins another term as the Capitol waits to see what kind of political dynamic will prevail in a new Congress and with a new administration.

Senate Republicans rejected their own president's veto on New Year's Day, and the National Defense Authorization Act is set to take effect despite President Trump and a feud over relief payments.

Jake Sullivan tells NPR in an exclusive interview that the transition isn't getting what it needs from the outgoing Trump administration to take power properly next month.

Senate Democrats excoriated majority Republicans and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, but the road ahead remains uncertain for more in direct disbursements from the government.

Members of Congress voted to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, which had passed overwhelmingly in both parties. The Senate's next moves are unclear.

Democrats sought to make a point about their desire to provide more money for Americans than congressional Republicans — picking up an attack line from none other than President Trump.

The president-elect says his advisers have encountered some obstacles as they try to get a sense of the national security and budget postures of the nation ahead of Inauguration Day.

The president-elect also told reporters he doesn't know yet what form the inauguration will take but that it might be heavily remote and not involve large crowds in Washington.

The interdisciplinary practice combines cybersecurity, intelligence, public awareness and other disciplines — and the coming years will bring more challenges and evolution.

Robert O'Brien's remarks, made last week at a security forum, stand in contrast to President Trump's refusal to acknowledge he lost the Nov. 3 election. O'Brien promised a professional transition.

On Friday, courts in Pennsylvania and Michigan shot down Trump campaign challenges to the states' elections and counting processes. And in Arizona, another case was "rendered unnecessary."

President Trump remains in office until early 2021 — and there will be political struggles aplenty for Washington and the outgoing chief executive before Inauguration Day.

The Trump campaign wants to cease or pause ballot counting in key states. Meanwhile, he and his supporters continued years of deliberate denigration of the integrity of U.S. elections.

Federal officials credit years of preparation and tough lessons from the Russian attack on the 2016 election for what they called a much better showing by government agencies at every level.

Voters and national security officials are focused as never before on assuring the security of the election. Here's what you need to know in the final days of voting.

A bulletin from the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency describes a broad ongoing attempt to compromise American networks, including "some risk" to elections information.

A report published on Thursday described how many government and political domains don't observe a security practice that makes it more difficult for attackers to run spoof email scams.

The director of national intelligence and the FBI director said on Wednesday night that U.S. officials believe Iranian influence-mongers are behind an election-intimidation scam.

Prosecutors linked the men with a globe-hopping campaign of sabotage, espionage and election interference. They work for the same spy agency that targeted the U.S. in 2016.