Decision 2024

The announcement was made exclusively on TODAY on Dec. 12.

Here are five things to know about Paul Atkins, former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Trump nominee for SEC chairman.

Democrat Adam Gray has flipped California’s 13th District, handing Republicans a slimmer majority in the House.

LA County’s new district attorney, Nathan Hochman, is sworn in to the office by movie star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. See Hochman’s and Schwarzenegger’s full speeches.

Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has selected him to lead the FBI. As he braces for a bruising and likely protracted Senate confirmation fight, Patel...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weighing which proposed rules on its agenda to finalize before the end of the Biden administration.

The Republican congresswoman conceded Wednesday after she was behind by some 600 votes in the highly competitive race. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.

Democratic candidate Derek Tran is projected to be the next U.S. House representative for California’s 45th Congressional District.

Democratic challenger Derek Tran declared victory over incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel in a competitive Southern California U.S. House race.

Supervisor Holly Mitchell talks about what Measure G would mean to LA County, which includes the expansion of the Board of Supervisors.  

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.

More than two weeks after Election Day, incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel and Democratic challenger Derek Tran remain locked in a close contest.

Bondi served as the Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019 after she was the first woman elected to the office.

Senator Bob Casey has conceded in the race for reelection to the U.S. Senate to Republican Dave McCormick.

California voters projected to reject Prop 32, which proposed that the state gradually increase the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour.

Here are five things to know about former wrestling executive Linda McMahon.

Kirabo Jackson, professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University and former economic advisor to President Biden, discusses how education policy in the U.S. may shift under the new Trump administration.

Eighteen months after the pandemic ended, nearly two-thirds of the country’s 2.2 million federal workers are still approved to work from home. 

Former Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who was replaced by George Gascón in 2020, is now having her I-told-you-so moment.