Washington Post media columnist Erik Wemple urged Democrats on Thursday to turn off MSNBC's "Morning Joe," after increasing fallout from their meeting with Donald Trump.

Donald Trump names a new pick for attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration. Putin says Russia’s attack on Ukraine is also a warning to the West. And a previously unknown chemical in some tap water is identified.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to assemble investigative teams at the Department of Justice to search for evidence in battleground states that fraud tainted the 2020 election, the Washington Post reported on Friday,

Despite his party holding advantages in both chambers of Congress, thin margins and Republican Party in-fighting among other things still stand to impede Trump’s agenda.

Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal as a candidate for attorney general illustrates roadblocks Trump could face converting his campaign of “retribution” into a governing coalition.

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the outgoing 118th Congress.

Participation for Washingtonians 18-24 dropped 8.5 points from the 2020 election, but improved compared to 2016.

SEATTLE -- U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, won reelection Tuesday in Washington state’s 4th Congressional District. In his bid for a sixth term, Newhouse survived a challenge from Jerrod Sessler, who was endorsed by Trump.

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While President-elect Trump has months to fill out his Cabinet picks, on Friday night he announced a flurry of selections, adding to the long list of picks he’s already put forward. The Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell gives a look behind the scenes on Trump’s decision making,

It's not exactly a new Mount Rushmore, but the sparsely populated states are showing out with two Trump Cabinet picks and a new Senate majority leader.