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Sadie Perez, left, and her sister Amalia Perez and are seen Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Emboldened 'manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election

FILE - Ann Jacobs is shown at a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting on Nov. 2, 2023, in Madison. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Elections Commission certifies election results

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives to speak at a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept.18, 2024, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump won about 2.5M more votes this year than he did in 2020. This is where he did it

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Greensboro, NC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against Trump

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign town hall, Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, listens as investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, N.C., Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for Trump's promises on growth and inflation

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Local Workshop Set to Empower Community with Journalism Skills

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Matt Gaetz withdraws his name, Pam Bondi Next

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Health and Human Services for 11/21/2024

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Menomonie City Council approves budget, bus agreement - cuts nonprofit subsidies

The Capitol is pictured, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

What to know about the congressional push to expand some Social Security benefits

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Dunn County PRD Meeting 11/6/2024

FILE - Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., March 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

What to know about Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for Education secretary

FILE - Mehmet Oz visits the AW Driving School & License Testing Center in Allentown, Pa., Sept. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump chooses TV's Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Wall Street exec Lutnick for Commerce

FILE - Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, an investigator hired by Republicans to look into former President Donald Trump's 2020 loss in the battleground state, takes the stand and refuses to answer questions from Circuit Court Judge Frank Remington, June 10, 2022, in Madison, Wis. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Regulators file complaint against former justice who led 2020 election probe

FILE - Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., speaks during a hearing July 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Duffy to be Transportation Secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump says he is naming former Rep. Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary

Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde speaks at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde concedes defeat to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in US Senate race

Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe is seen Sept. 7, 2023. (Andy Manis for Wisconsin Watch)

Wisconsin Supreme Court case could decide fate of state’s top election official

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard hugs Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump as Tucker Carlson yells during a campaign rally Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gabbard's sympathetic views toward Russia cause alarm as Trump's pick to lead intelligence services

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