Donnelly Announces He Will Oppose Nomination of Tom Price for HHS Secretary, Cites Medicare Privatization  —  Senator has been staunch supporter of Medicare and vocal opponent of efforts to end Medicare as we know it  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly announced …

Dem senator: I'll ‘beat the hell out of you’ for burning flag  —  (D-W.Va.) lashed out at flag burning on Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump  —  raised the issue.  —  “It's a First Amendment right, but you do it in front of me, I'm going to beat the hell out of you,” Manchin said, according to a Roll Call reporter.

Elaine Chao expected to be Trump's transportation secretary  —  Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is set to be announced later Tuesday as President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Transportation, multiple sources familiar with the decision confirmed Tuesday morning.

Gingrich calls Trump tweet about vote fraud a big mistake  —  WASHINGTON — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich calls Donald Trump a potentially transformative president.  But he shouldn't have sent out that tweet alleging election fraud.  —  In an interview Tuesday with Capital Download …

Ten Days After: Harassment and Intimidation in the Aftermath of the Election  —  Just a week before the November 8th election, attackers set a church in Greenville, Mississippi, on fire.  The historically black church was targeted in what authorities believe was an act of voter intimidation …

How Stable Are Democracies?  ‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red’  —  WASHINGTON — Yascha Mounk is used to being the most pessimistic person in the room.  Mr. Mounk, a lecturer in government at Harvard, has spent the past few years challenging one of the bedrock assumptions of Western politics …

Next Slide  —  More than 14,000 people had been evacuated from Gatlinburg alone, with hundreds of them seeking refuge in emergency shelters.  —  Beason and Hensley, who arrived in East Tennessee a month ago from Mississippi and were staying at the Bedrock Motel, said they left …

GSA's Trump Hotel Lease Debacle  —  As the clock ticks down towards President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, the window is rapidly closing on the General Services Administration's opportunity to extricate itself from the Trump Organization's lease of the historic Post Office Pavilion.

Trump's ‘Thank You Tour’ Said to Start in Ohio on Thursday  —  Aide says the lap through swing states isn't victory tour  —  Republican credited rallies for win over Hillary Clinton  —  President-elect Donald Trump will begin a “Thank You Tour” on Thursday in Cincinnati …

Deadline for Wisconsin Recount Payment Looming  —  The next deadline that has to be met in order for a vote recount to take place in Wisconsin is set for this afternoon, when the two third-party candidates who are pushing for the recount of the general election votes have to submit payment.

BET founder says Trump is not a racist, and stocks are right to rally post-election  —  Democratic media mogul Bob Johnson, who met with President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month, told CNBC on Tuesday the post-election rally in the stock market has been a reaction to having a businessman in the White House.

BREAKING: Republicans block program to register 2 million Illinois voters  —  A vote to override the governor's veto narrowly failed.  —  On Tuesday, the Illinois General Assembly narrowly voted to uphold the governor's veto of a bill that would have automatically registered two million voters across the state.

‘GMA’ Exclusive: Husband of Sherri Papini Speaks Out About His Family's Ordeal  —  The husband of a Sherri Papini, a California mom who went missing for three weeks after allegedly being kidnapped while out for a jog, is speaking out about his family's ordeal in an exclusive statement to “Good Morning America.”

The Republican Governor of North Carolina Has Finally Run Out of Options  —  The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Monday night dismissed the bulk of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's ballot challenges in the disputed governor's race.  Their ruling, along with a vote difference …

House GOP leader: Repeal ObamaCare now, replace it later  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that Republicans could repeal ObamaCare even before they have come up with a replacement.  —  “I don't think you have to wait,” McCarthy told reporters.

House Dems brace for Wednesday's secret ballot  —  House Democrats return to Washington on Tuesday grappling over the best course for the party's future.  —  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), facing a challenge from Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), is seen as the heavy favorite in elections on Wednesday …

The Future of the American Center  —  Over the past few decades, party loyalty has been the defining feature of national politics.  Especially in the House but even in the Senate, members deferred to their party leaders.  Congress as a whole deferred to the presidency.