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Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years. -
KPBS Midday EditionPresident-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary said Wednesday that access and affordability were his goals for revamping health care, and he offered assurances that the new administration is not planning to launch a Medicare overhaul. -
A group of students at La Jolla Country Day School are counting down to Inauguration Day. -
KPBS Midday EditionRep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, announced Tuesday that he will join at least 15 other Democratic members of California's congressional delegation in skipping President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday. -
KPBS Midday EditionRev. Barber, president of North Carolina's NAACP, was the keynote speaker at the 29th annual All People's Breakfast celebration in Balboa Park to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. -
KPBS Midday EditionMattis is often considered one of the best field commanders of his generation. Those who served under him feel his blunt talk and strong moral center will serve him well as secretary of defense under a Trump Administration. -
KPBS Midday EditionA defiant President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him, calling it a "tremendous blot" on the record of the intelligence community if such material had been released. -
A Republican lawmaker removed a high school student's painting from a Capitol Hill display Friday because it shows a pig in a police uniform, aiming a gun at African-American protesters. -
Republicans in Congress are pledging to cut off federal money for Planned Parenthood when Trump takes office. -
KPBS Midday EditionThey say they'll block access if the Trump administration tries to identify immigrants here illegally using state data.
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