Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal as President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general amid growing fallout over sex trafficking allegations may prove problematic for Trump’s other controversial picks for top administration positions. Gaetz took his name out of consideration Thursday as Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to serve as defense secretary, was wrapping up meetings on Capitol Hill with senators.  Hegseth, who was joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance, is...

Maryland’s Democratic governor tapped one of the world’s largest risk-management firms for a short-term contract in preparation for Republican President-elect Trump moving in next door. Gov. Wes Moore hired Accenture PLC, an Irish IT and consulting firm with an estimated $60 billion in revenue, to be its eyes and ears on Trump’s return to Washington, D.C. Two days after Trump was projected to win, Maryland finalized its $190,000...

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that President Biden still believes that President-elect Trump is an “existential threat” to democracy. But when confronted by a reporter about Biden’s relative silence on the “threat” he thinks Trump poses since the election, Jean-Pierre replied, “We are now in a different place.”  “There was an election and the American people spoke. The will of the American people were very...