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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The entire congressional delegation from Washington is asking President-elect Donald Trump to make environmental cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation a priority. Hanford for years made plutonium for nuclear weapons, and now is engaged in a multi-decade cleanup of the resulting waste at a cost of some $2 billion per year...

Donald Trump is headed to the White House because he upset Hillary Clinton in the “outstate” sections … counties beyond the metropolitan areas in Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The 50 electoral votes in those five states, all carried by Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, provided Trump the margin of victory, according to “The Outstate Effect,” a newspaper by political analyst Michae

Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is emerging as President-elect Donald Trump's selection for agriculture secretary, but no official announcement has been made. A source close to the transition team confirmed media reports Monday that Trump had settled on the 70 year old Perdue, who served two terms as Georgia governor, from 2003 to 2011...

Dion and Garth Brooks are reportedly the latest singers who've declined invitations.

A man was reportedly kicked off of a JetBlue flight for telling Ivanka that her "father is ruining the country."

Still no announcement on who will be President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for Agriculture Secretary. It remains the last cabinet position other than Veterans Affairs that Trump hasn't filled. Sources say that North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp remains a top candidate for the post...

OLYMPIA (AP) — The count is in for Washington state's Electoral College votes. Democrat Hillary Clinton received eight votes, former Secretary of State Colin Powell got three, and Faith Spotted Eagle, an elder in the Yankton Dakota tribe, got one...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Panthers owner Vincent Viola has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Army secretary. Viola was introduced as the nominee Monday. Trump says Viola, a 1977 West Point graduate, is "living proof of the American dream...

Electors are gathering Monday in every state to formally elect Donald Trump president even as anti-Trump forces try one last time to deny him the White House. Protests are planned Monday in state capitals, but they're unlikely to persuade the Electoral College to dump Trump...

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an effort by two Democratic presidential electors from Washington state who sought to immediately ensure they won't get fined if they ignore the results of the popular vote in a long shot bid to deny Donald Trump the presidency...