President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government.

Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader, President-elect Donald Trump presented him with one of his first tests — an announcement that he intends to nominate House Republican Matt Gaetz as attorney general.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, opting for a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and has vowed to dramatically overhaul the Justice Department.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unleashed a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris.

In a drab office suite just blocks from the White House, seasoned political operatives are drawing up detailed plans for a government in waiting.

Former Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. and former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard are heading to Dearborn on Saturday for former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough new border security measures.

Donald Trump is leaning on a pair of former Democrats whose idiosyncratic views left them ostracized from their party to help him connect with voters who feel disillusioned with politics and distrustful of politicians.

Donald Trump has signaled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate.

Donald Trump’s lawyers are moving to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next month’s sentencing indefinitely while he tries to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his state conviction.

Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for families.

Vice President Kamala Harris has a new advertising push to draw attention to her plan to build 3 million new homes over four years, a move designed to contain inflationary pressures that also draws a sharp contrast to Republican Donald Trump’s approach.

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent in the presidential race four years ago.

Vice President Kamala Harris is a former San Francisco prosecutor and California attorney general, and she's long seen her debating skills as a strength.

Usha Chilukuri Vance has entered the spotlight this week as the wife of JD Vance, former President Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

A Samoan author is charged with killing another prominent Samoan writer and academic, who also was the aunt of former U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.

Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur, is hovering among the top contenders as a Republican presidential candidate while being open about his Hindu faith.

Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic representative from Hawaii who clashed often with her party and eventually left it, has a memoir coming out in October.

Republican Liz Cheney visited Michigan on Tuesday to support Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in her Lansing-area race against Republican Tom Barrett.

Republican Liz Cheney visited Michigan on Tuesday to support Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in her Lansing-area race against Republican Tom Barrett.

Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is getting a reelection boost from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

The backlash to the French independent film “Mignonnes,” or “Cuties,” started before it had even been released because of a poster that went viral for its provocative depiction of its young female actors. At the heart of the backlash is the idea that “Cuties” is dangerously and irresponsibly sexualizing pre-teen girls, which, ironically, is what the movie itself is criticizing too. She becomes fascinated with a clique of rebellious girls at her middle school who choreograph dance routines and wear crop tops and heels. Netflix acquired “Cuties” out of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where it was favorably reviewed and won an award for its direction. “Our girls see that the more a woman is overly sexualized on social media, the more she is successful.

FILE -- In this Jan. 15, 2020 file photo, is state Sen. Kai Kahele at the opening day of the Hawaii Sate Legislature in Honolulu. Kahele is favored to win the Democratic Partys nomination to represent Hawaiis 2nd Congressional District in the primary election. The seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat who decided not to run for reelection so she could focus on her presidential campaign, which was ultimately unsuccessful. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)

Gloria Guillen, the mother of slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Washington.

A field of Democratic candidates that was at one point more than two dozen has, for the moment, been whittled down. Candidates that do want a $15 minimum wage are Biden, Sanders, Warren, Gabbard, and Bloomberg. Biden wants to raise corporate taxes, but keep them lower than they were before 2017. College cost - Gabbard, Sanders and Warren feel college should be free. On the other side, Biden wants to increase defense spending.

The Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate appeared on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News. She denounced Hillary Clinton as the "personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long." That's feeding fears among party leaders and pundits that Gabbard isn't necessarily aiming to win a Democratic primary but is laying the groundwork to run as a third-party candidate. Gabbard repeatedly denies planning an independent candidacy, as she did Wednesday when she told ABC's "The View" that she's "running to build a new Democratic Party." In 2000, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader netted 2.74% of the popular vote and was blamed by Democrats for tipping Florida, and the presidency, to Republican George W. Bush.

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during a news conference at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)WASHINGTON, DC Longshot presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard says she will not launch a third-party bid for the White House if she fails to secure the Democratic nomination. Gabbard said on ABC's "The View" on Wednesday that she's "running to build a new Democratic Party." She added that she's said "no every time" she's been asked if she would launch a third-party bid. Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez says Gabbard "enthusiastically" pledged last week that she wouldn't continue if she lost.

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)NEW YORK, NY Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard joined relatives of Sept. 11 victims on Tuesday in demanding that the federal government release the findings of its investigation into the Saudi government's role in the Sept. 11 attacks. She said the victims' families "want the truth, and they deserve the truth." Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit seeking the release of documents that they believe link the attackers to Saudi government officials joined Gabbard at a museum near the former site of the twin towers. Messages seeking comment were left with the U.S. Department of Justice and with an attorney for the Saudi government. The Saudi government has repeatedly denied involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, though 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis.

CNN(CNN) - The stakes are high for candidates participating in Tuesday's CNN/New York Times Democratic debate, as the presidential hopefuls look to remain competitive in the crowded primary field. It will be businessman Tom Steyer's first presidential debate, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii will return to the stage after failing to qualify for the September debate. It will air exclusively on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Espaol, and will stream on CNN.com's homepage and NYTimes.com's homepage. The debate will also stream live on the following Facebook Pages: CNN, CNN International, CNN Politics, CNN Replay, AC360 and Erin Burnett OutFront. CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper and New York Times national editor Marc Lacey will serve as the debate moderators.

CNN(CNN) - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has accepted the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's invitation to appear at a CNN town hall next week focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues, bringing the number of Democratic presidential candidates participating in this historic event to 10. ET and feature two Democratic presidential candidates appearing back-to-back each hour throughout the evening and taking questions from audience members and a CNN moderator. The town hall, which HRC bills as the "Power of our Pride," will air exclusively on the CNN television and digital platforms and coincides with the 31st anniversary of National Coming Out Day on October 11. Invitations to participate in the LGBTQ-focused town hall were extended to Democratic presidential hopefuls who met the DNC's qualifications for the October 2019 primary debate. The polls for this town hall must have been released between June 28, 2019 and September 25, 2019.

Getty Images(CNN) - While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, there are some House Democrats who aren't fully on board yet. As the list of House Democrats who support the opening of an impeachment inquiry has climbed in recent days, these are the 38 House Democrats who have not made public statements in support of starting an impeachment inquiry or have only posited conditional support for it. Rep. Terri Sewell of AlabamaRep. Tom O'Halleran of ArizonaRep. Josh Harder of CaliforniaRep. Ed Perlmutter of ColoradoRep. Rosa DeLauro of ConnecticutRep. Al Lawson of FloridaRep. Stephanie Murphy of FloridaRep. Frederica Wilson of FloridaRep. Donna Shalala of FloridaRep. Lucy McBath of GeorgiaRep. Tulsi Gabbard of HawaiiRep. Dan Lipinski of IllinoisRep. Cheri Bustos of IllinoisRep. Pete Visclosky of IndianaRep. Sharice Davids of KansasRep. Jared Golden of MaineRep. Stephen Lynch of MassachusettsRep. Collin Peterson of MinnesotaRep. Susie Lee of NevadaRep. Steven Horsford of NevadaRep. Jeff Van Drew of New JerseyRep. Andy Kim of New JerseyRep. Xochitl Torres Small of New MexicoRep. Max Rose of New YorkRep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New YorkRep. Anthony Brindisi of New YorkRep. Kendra Horn of OklahomaRep. Kurt Schrader of OregonRep. Susan Wild of PennsylvaniaRep. Conor Lamb of PennsylvaniaRep. Joe Cunningham of South CarolinaRep. Vicente Gonzalez of TexasRep. Henry Cuellar of TexasRep. Sylvia Garcia of TexasRep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of TexasRep. Colin Allred of TexasRep. Ben McAdams of UtahRep. Ron Kind of WisconsinThis story will continue to update with additional developments. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.

(CNN) - Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign sued Google on Thursday after the company suspended the candidate's Google Ads account following last month's Democratic presidential debate. After the first Democratic debate last month, Google released data that showed the Hawaii representative was the most searched candidate during the first debate. On June 28, two days after the debate, "Google suspended Tulsi's Google Ads account without warning," the suit alleges. "For hours, as millions of Americans searched Google for information about Tulsi, and as Tulsi was trying, through Google, to speak to them, her Google Ads account was arbitrarily and forcibly taken offline," the campaign alleges. The Gabbard campaign, however, alleges in its lawsuit: "Google (or someone at Google) didn't want Americans to hear Tulsi Gabbard's speech, so it silenced her."

(CNN) - Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday took aim at presidential primary rival Sen. Kamala Harris, arguing the California Democrat "lacks the temperament" to be commander in chief. "Kamala Harris is not qualified to serve as commander in chief and I can say this from a personal perspective as a soldier," Gabbard said on Fox Sports Radio. "She has no background or experience in foreign policy and she lacks the temperament that is necessary for commander in chief." Gabbard and Harris will share the debate stage during the second night of CNN's Democratic primary debates on July 31. Gabbard said Tuesday that Harris' lack of military experience would continue a "dangerous" cycle that would exacerbate the US "military industrial complex."

(CNN) - Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard joined thousands of protesters in Puerto Rico Saturday in demanding that Gov. "Americans in Puerto Rico are holding Governor (Rossell) accountable for his disgraceful comments (and) corruption," Castro tweeted Friday morning. "I've been standing with the people of Puerto Rico in their protests against corruption and their governor's behavior. Velzquez was born in Puerto Rico and Ocasio-Cortez is of Puerto Rican descent. In an open letter posted on both Twitter and Facebook, Gonzlez-Coln said it's time for Puerto Rico to move forward.

Here are the Democratic presidential candidates participating in a debate on June 27, 2019. (NBC)The second Democratic presidential candidate debate for the 2020 election will be held Thursday night in Miami. NBC says podium placements started with top polling candidates beginning at the center positions and lower polling contenders being placed closer to the edges of the stage. Here's what happened Wednesday night in the first Democratic debate. You may also watch it live streaming here:Here are the Thursday night debate participants:Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)Former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE)South Bend Mayor Pete ButtigiegSen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)Entrepreneur Andrew YangAuthor Marianne WilliamsonFormer Colorado Gov.

Here are the Democratic presidential candidates participating in a debate on June 27, 2019. (NBC)The second Democratic presidential candidate debate for the 2020 election will be held Thursday night in Miami. NBC says podium placements started with top polling candidates beginning at the center positions and lower polling contenders being placed closer to the edges of the stage. Here's what happened Wednesday night in the first Democratic debate. You may also watch it live streaming here:Here are the Thursday night debate participants:Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)Former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE)South Bend Mayor Pete ButtigiegSen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)Entrepreneur Andrew YangAuthor Marianne WilliamsonFormer Colorado Gov.

Here are the Democratic presidential candidates participating in a debate on June 27, 2019. (NBC)The second Democratic presidential candidate debate for the 2020 election will be held Thursday night in Miami. NBC says podium placements started with top polling candidates beginning at the center positions and lower polling contenders being placed closer to the edges of the stage. Here's what happened Wednesday night in the first Democratic debate. You may also watch it live streaming here:Here are the Thursday night debate participants:Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)Former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE)South Bend Mayor Pete ButtigiegSen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)Entrepreneur Andrew YangAuthor Marianne WilliamsonFormer Colorado Gov.

These are the Democratic candidates scheduled to debate June 26, 2019 on NBC. The first Democratic presidential candidate debates for the 2020 election will be held Wednesday and Thursday nights in Miami. NBC will broadcast the debates live from 9-11 p.m. both nights. There are 10 participants scheduled to debate on both nights. NBC says podium placements started with top polling candidates beginning at the center positions and lower polling contenders being placed closer to the edges of the stage.

These are the Democratic candidates scheduled to debate June 26, 2019 on NBC. The first Democratic presidential candidate debates for the 2020 election will be held Wednesday and Thursday nights in Miami. There are 10 participants scheduled to debate on both nights. NBC says podium placements started with top polling candidates beginning at the center positions and lower polling contenders being placed closer to the edges of the stage. You may also watch it live streaming here:Wednesday night debate participantsSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)Former Rep. Beto ORourke (D-TX)Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)New York City Mayor Bill de BlasioSen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)Gov.