By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections certified the results of the presidential election and many statewide and legislative races on Tuesday, while a state court…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to records Tuesday after Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs created only some ripples on Wall Street, even if they could roil the global economy were…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would strip powers from several Democrats elected to statewide office this…

By ZEKE MILLER White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The top lawyer on Donald Trump’s transition team investigated a longtime adviser to the president-elect over allegations he used his proximity to Trump to score payments from those…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it’s shaping up much differently than his first. He’s prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Trump was bruised and hampered by…

By BILL BARROW, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the…