This effort to paper over radicalism is neatly summed up in the “Woke 1 was craaazy” noise from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — a pretense of a pivot to the...
President Trump on Monday, in his first executive order, revoked dozens of Biden-era actions, including one that allowed members of the transgender community to serve in the military. In a signing ceremony before supporters at Capitol One Arena, Trump revoked Executive Order 14004, signed by his predecessor, former President Biden, in January 2021. The Biden...
President Trump is tapping a number of officials to serve as acting department heads as he waits for the Senate to confirm his Cabinet nominees. While some acting heads will only serve for a short time until their permanent successors are confirmed, others could be in their jobs for some time. Here’s a look at...
President Trump's Inauguration lunch brought together lawmakers, Cabinet nominees, Supreme Court justices and distinguished guests Monday afternoon, in a quadrennial tradition that takes place after the swearing-in ceremony. The attendees — a who’s who of Washington figures — noshed on crab cakes, ribeye steak and ice cream while sipping on wine and chatting in Statuary Hall,...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Monday that he doesn’t know that “the extent of the pardons” granted by Biden was “necessary.” Murphy told reporters that he has “real sympathy for the position that Trump has put Biden and his and his family.” “There are real unique threats that are presented to the Biden family...
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines. Senators on the Armed Services panel also voted to waive the seven-day rule that usually requires at least a week to elapse between...
When President Biden walked through the Capitol on Monday with mere minutes left in his presidency, a reporter asked how he was feeling. “Well,” he replied as he made his way throughthe corridors together with his predecessor and successor, Donald Trump, the man he has repeatedly said is a danger to democracy. Aides and longtime...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called his preemptive pardon from former President Biden, announced Monday for all past members of the now-defunct House. Jan. 6 committee in the final moments of his presidency, "unnecessary" and "unwise." “I continue to believe that the grant of pardons to a committee that undertook such important work to uphold the...
John Ratcliffe took a step closer to being confirmed to lead the CIA on Monday as the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced his nomination. The panel advanced his nomination 14 to 3 shortly after President Trump was sworn into office. All three "no" votes were cast by Democrats. The vote comes days after Ratcliffe’s confirmation hearing,...
President-elect Trump campaigned on leaving abortion decisions to the states, but that could prove a tough promise to keep as he returns to the Oval Office. Anti-abortion groups want Trump to quickly take executive action to re-impose federal restrictions from his first term; Republicans in Congress are poised to send him new abortion legislation; and his...
Of all the things that people could be talking about on Inauguration Day, it didn't take long for people to latch onto the attire of Melania Trump, with one point of discussion taking the lead: her hat.
President Trump was sworn into office for a second time on Monday before an audience in the Capitol that included his predecessor, former President Biden, as well as former Presidents Obama, Clinton and George W. Bush and multiple current and former officials and lawmakers. However, a few notable figures decided to skip Trump's inauguration. Here’s...
