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Vice President-elect Mike Pence waves as he arrives at Trump Tower on Tuesday in New York.

Amid signs of transition trouble, Trump huddles with Pence

Vice President-elect Mike Pence waves as he arrives at Trump Tower on Tuesday in New York.

November 15, 2016, 9:40am Election

Hidden from the public in his Manhattan high-rise, Donald Trump huddled Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he tried to fill out key posts in his Cabinet. But the transition team appeared to be straining under the enormous challenge of setting up an administration. Read story

GOP fiscal hawks may stymie Trump’s plans

November 14, 2016, 9:39pm Election

In the afterglow of Donald Trump’s unexpected triumph, Republicans exulted over what they could accomplish with control of both chambers of Congress and the White House. Read story

Congress returns for lame-duck session

November 14, 2016, 9:36pm Election

Donald Trump hasn’t been sworn in as president yet, but he’s already having an impact on Congress. Read story

Portland mayor criticizes protests, encourages other steps

November 14, 2016, 1:20pm Election

The mayor of Portland is criticizing the destructive protests that have swept the city after the election of Donald Trump. He is encouraging the protesters to instead get involved with local groups to promote change. Read story

Sen.-elect Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks to supporters after her victory at an election watch party in Las Vegas. The next Congress will include a record number of minority women, but even with the gains, Congress will remain overwhelmingly white, male and middle-aged.

New Congress: Minorities gain but still overwhelmingly white

Sen.-elect Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks to supporters after her victory at an election watch party in Las Vegas. The next Congress will include a record number of minority women, but even with the gains, Congress will remain overwhelmingly white, male and middle-aged.

November 14, 2016, 10:30am Election

Just like college freshmen, newly elected members of the House descended on Washington Monday for a week of orientation, a class photo and a lottery to determine their offices for the next two years. Read story

Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources and among the pioneers in shale oil drilling in the U.S., gives an interview in New York. Hamm is being considered to run Trump&#039;s Energy Department, according to transition planning documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Trump eyes oil billionaire, lawmaker for energy secretary

Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources and among the pioneers in shale oil drilling in the U.S., gives an interview in New York. Hamm is being considered to run Trump&#039;s Energy Department, according to transition planning documents obtained by The Associated Press.

November 14, 2016, 9:46am Election

An oil billionaire, a North Dakota lawmaker and a former Bush administration official are being considered to run Donald Trump’s Energy Department, according to transition planning documents obtained by The Associated Press. Read story

Richard Grenell, left, walks with John Bolton, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, right, to a Security Council meeting on an Arab-backed draft resolution condemning the Israeli military offensive in Gaza at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Trump considering woman, openly gay man for leadership posts

Richard Grenell, left, walks with John Bolton, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, right, to a Security Council meeting on an Arab-backed draft resolution condemning the Israeli military offensive in Gaza at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

November 14, 2016, 9:45am Election

President-elect Donald Trump is considering a woman and an openly gay man to fill major positions in his administration, history-making moves that would inject diversity into a Trump team. Read story

Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager and senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, talks with reporters as she arrives at Trump Tower, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in New York.

Cracks emerge in Trump’s campaign promise on immigration

Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager and senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, talks with reporters as she arrives at Trump Tower, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in New York.

November 13, 2016, 8:30pm Election

Donald Trump’s tough-talking plan to rein in illegal immigration showed signs Sunday of cracking, with the president-elect backing off his vow to build a solid wall along the southern U.S. border and House Speaker Paul Ryan rejecting any “deportation force” targeting people in the country illegally. Read story

Here’s how Clark County voted in presidential race

November 13, 2016, 6:05am Clark County News

Clark County’s Elections office is still counting ballots, but the vast majority have been tallied, so far giving Democrat Hillary Clinton a slight edge over Republican President-elect Donald Trump, 45.5 percent to 44.7 percent as of Friday morning. Read story

Vancouver resident Eliza Smith shows her patriotic spirit outside the Clark County Elections Office on Tuesday afternoon.

5 takeaways after Tuesday’s election

Vancouver resident Eliza Smith shows her patriotic spirit outside the Clark County Elections Office on Tuesday afternoon.

November 13, 2016, 6:04am Clark County News

Though the results won’t be certified until Nov. 29, and a handful of votes will still be tallied in the coming days, the results of Tuesday’s election are resonating in Clark County. Read story