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WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an unconventional choice that underscores Trump’s willingness to forgo traditional policy expertise...

There’s the City of Brotherly Love in Pennsylvania, and then there’s Philadelphia, Mississippi: Philadelphia in June 1964 was the scene of the murders of activists James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi; Andrew Goodman, a ...

Donald Trump’s Cabinet Is Taking Shape. Here’s the Latest List. By THE NEW YORK TIMES UPDATED JAN. 13, 2017 The first week of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet nominees has concluded, and in many cases, his picksbroke...

Eight of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices are walking into Senate hearing rooms this week to explain why they should help lead the country. But all of them can expect to be upstaged by Trump himself, who is giving his first news conference...

Mr. Trump chose Elaine L. Chao, a veteran of past Republican administrations who is married to Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, as his transportation secretary. She will be charged with steering the infrastructure...