Brown is, according to some, supposedly too “woke” for the job, purportedly favoring diversity over excellence in the American military. I think these kinds of allegations against Brown are bunk.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) argued Sunday that President-elect Trump was “over-reading his mandate” by selecting former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his first choice for attorney general. In an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Christie, a former GOP presidential candidate and former Trump ally, called out the president-elect over the nomination after...
Employees at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike over wages during what’s expected to be the busiest travel week of the year with the Thanksgiving holiday. ABM and Prospect Airport Services employees voted Friday to authorize their strike, which a spokesperson said started Monday morning, The Associated Press reported. ABM and Prospect...
The oil industry is causing another life-threatening problem. Plastic waste has invaded the bodies of virtually every breathing lifeform on the planet.
Just as there are good odds the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end in another record day for air travel in the United States.
Republican lawmakers have announced that Congress will continue to follow the centuries-old norm that men should use the men's room and women should use the ladies' room, in response to the election of the first-ever transgender member of Congress, Sarah McBride.
In today’s issue: What are Trump’s plans for the Department of Justice? During an election year in which Donald Trump promised Americans he would dramatically overhaul the federal government, the Justice Department stood out. Yes, Trump, now the president-elect, vowed to eliminate the Interior and Education departments, which would indeed be dramatic if Congress went along with...
Lawmakers are navigating partisan divides as they seek to pass a bipartisan disaster aid bill by the end of the year. Republicans and Democrats appear to agree on the main issue at hand: the need to replenish funds for communities recovering from disasters. But they disagree on whether to allocate funds toward programs for the...
Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) vote to impeach President-elect Trump could come back to haunt him ahead of his 2026 reelection. Cassidy was one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump in 2021, and he has at times been vocally critical of the president-elect. Trump, in turn, has bashed him as a “A TOTAL FLAKE” and...
Republicans are grappling with the idea that President-elect Trump could test the limits of his constitutional authority by appointing controversial picks to his Cabinet with recess appointments. One source who has spoken to Trump believes that idea — trying to forcibly adjourn Congress, even if the Senate does not affirmatively agree to do so —...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that President-elect Trump’s picks for his next administration have “got to get their background checks together.” Earlier in an interview, Klobuchar told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl that as a Senate Judiciary Committee member, she and her colleagues on the panel have a role “to look at the FBI background...
Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s choice for national security adviser in his next administration, said Sunday that the Trump transition team is working “hand in glove” with the Biden administration on national security. “Jake and I, [White House national security adviser] Jake Sullivan and I have had discussions. We've met,” Waltz told anchor Gillian...
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster responded negatively when asked if Sebastian Gorka, who President-elect Trump recently named as the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism in his upcoming administration, is “a good person to advise on national security.” “Is he a good person to advise on national security?” CBS News’s...
