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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department said Wednesday electric vehicles should pay to use roads. Most revenue for federally-funded roa...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is expected to face friendly questioning at his Secretary of State nomination hearing on Wednesday before the Senate For...

By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner enjoyed largely unfettered access to Trump in his first term and were influential on a vast portfoli...

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate intelligence committee holds a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director, John Ratcliffe, a f...

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the top budget office, Russ Vought, will face senators on Wednesday for potential confirmation to a crucial post for Trump...

By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, will face a Senate panel on Wednesday where Democrats are expected to grill her over ...

By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will cap his half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech, hoping to cement a legacy that has been oversha...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A delegation of Taiwanese lawmakers led by parliament's speaker will attend Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president, the presidential office said on Wednesday, adding the gove...

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top advisers to U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump put aside their differences - mostly - for a symbolic "passing of the torch" event ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Energy Committee called Tuesday on the panel's Republican chairman to postpone the confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump'...