President-elect Trump's team is confident that Senate Republicans will approve his cabinet selection after the president-elect picked cabinet nominees at a rapid-fire pace.
The first priority of the Trump administration’s new attorney general and FBI director will be to dismantle the ideological weaponization of the DOJ and...
Championing transgender rights may not have done Democrats any favors in the election, but the Biden administration still pulled out the stops for Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The family of 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley received a measure of justice Wednesday when a judge found illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra guilty on all 10 counts he was charged with, including kidnapping, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and four counts of murder. The verdict should deliver some peace to Riley’s family […]
Tom Homan, President-elect Trump's pick as "border czar," said the incoming Republican administration will "absolutely" use the gifted Texas land as a part of their deportation program. “We absolutely will. When we find somebody, a targeted enforcement operation, when they get arrested, they'll be detained,” Homan said during his Wednesday appearance on Fox News’ “'The...
Despite losing to President-elect Trump in the 2024 White House election, most Democrats want Vice President Harris to be the party’s 2028 presidential nominee, according to a new survey. The poll, released by Puck News/Echelon Insights, found that 41 percent of likely Democratic voters would vote for Harris to be on the top of the...
Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden (Wisc.) said he would vote to release the House Ethics Committee report into allegations of misconduct against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who President-elect Trump nominated to be attorney general. “I think it’s very important that everybody has as much knowledge as possible so that they can make an informed...
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said that letting Oklahoma public school educators teach the Bible is a “slippery slope” if the teachers “may not be believers” themselves. Mullin, who sits on the Senate committee that oversees education, said that he wants his kids to know the Bible, “but I want it to be taught by...
The Senate on Wednesday failed to pass three resolutions that would have limited offensive arms to Israel, but 19 senators supported the initiative, showing there is growing resistance to the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza. The 19 senators who voted to block some offensive arms sales was higher than the 11 who joined a...
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), who launched a bid to be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said he thinks Democrats can move past their brutal election losses by acknowledging the “fears of so many American families.” O’Malley joined NewsNation’s Blake Burman for “The Hill” on Wednesday to discuss his vision...
President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that he was announcing former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) to be the U.S. ambassador to Canada. “I am very pleased to announce that former Ambassador, and former Congressman, Pete Hoekstra, has been nominated as my United States Ambassador to Canada,” Trump said in a statement. “Pete is well-respected in the Great...
Sen. Bernie Sanders' effort to prevent the White House from selling certain weapons to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate Wednesday by a margin of roughly 60 votes.
