By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it’s shaping up much differently than his first. He’s prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Trump was bruised and hampered by…

By BILL BARROW, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, CHRIS RUGABER, JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Friday that he will not be returning to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump amid…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department, turning to a longtime…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections’ top administrator asked a powerful legislator on Thursday to retract a comment that he made suggesting this month’s…