Pete Kasperowicz

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President-elect Trump on Thursday announced a new wave of volunteers who will help make federal agencies transition from the Obama administration to the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Former House Foreign Affairs chief of staff named to Trump’s NSC landing team

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2016 10:17 pm

Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., said California Gov. Jerry Brown "has presented me with an opportunity I cannot refuse — to serve as attorney general of my home state." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Top House Democrat leaves to be California’s next attorney general

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2016 5:04 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced late Wednesday that it is building a facility in Donna, Texas, to hold up to 500 people. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

US builds second ‘temporary’ holding facility as immigrants pour in

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2016 3:08 pm

Cotton trusts Trump to sort out business conflicts

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2016 1:21 pm

Neutered Dems are all bark, no bite on Trump’s nominees

Pete Kasperowicz · December 1, 2016 5:01 am

Abdul Razak Ali Artan plowed his car into a group of pedestrians and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

State Dept. defends refugee vetting after Ohio State attack

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2016 7:21 pm

The highest concentrations of people with cost-sharing subsidies live in states that voted for Trump. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Health insurer warns feds: Your premiums may rise again

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2016 6:45 pm

"I am deeply disappointed today, as the House Democratic Caucus has decided to double down on its failed strategy of recent years," Krysten Sinema said. (AP Photo)

House Dem: We doubled down on ‘failed strategy’ re-electing Pelosi

Susan Ferrechio, Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2016 5:07 pm

Decorated Christmas trees

War on Christmas: VA threatens to toss tree, ornaments

Pete Kasperowicz · November 29, 2016 9:53 pm

"It is extremely powerful in terms of economic growth," Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist said on C-SPAN of President-elect Trump's plan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Norquist praises Trump’s ‘powerful’ tax plan

Pete Kasperowicz · November 29, 2016 2:35 pm

Obama's policy change toward Cuba allowed the resumption of commercial flights between the two countries over the summer. (AP Photo/Scott Mayerowitz)

National Security

US lands first commercial flight in Havana in decades

Pete Kasperowicz · November 28, 2016 4:46 pm

An American service member was killed due to wounds from an improvised explosive in northern Syria. (Baladi News Network via AP)

National Security

US service member dies Thanksgiving Day in Syria

Pete Kasperowicz · November 24, 2016 9:57 pm