Why should taxpayers have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars prosecuting and incarcerating someone already in the country illegally, rather than deporting him?
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair Ken Martin criticized the party for losing to Republicans this election cycle, describing the loss as a “damning indictment” from the American people during a Friday evening appearance on The Lead with Jake Tapper. “For the first time, the majority of Americans believe that the Republican Party best represents...
Donald Trump Jr. and tech billionaire Elon Musk joked on Friday about purchasing MSNBC. It started with Trump Jr., President-elect Trump’s oldest son, sharing a meme about MSNBC being up for sale. Trump Jr. quote-tweeted the meme Friday on X and said “Hey @elonmusk I have the funniest idea ever!!!” “How much does it cost,”...
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) signaled openness to supporting President-elect Trump’s pick for Labor secretary, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), on Friday. Murray, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, argued that Americans “deserve’ a Labor secretary who knows that growing a “stronger” economy requires “standing up for workers, not billionaires and giant corporations.” “We need a Labor...
Former national security adviser John Bolton slammed Sebastian Gorka as a "con man" on Friday, after President-elect picked Gorka to lead counterterrorism efforts in his second term. “Well, Sebastian Gorka is a con man. I wouldn’t have him in any U.S. government," Bolton told CNN's Kaitlan Collins when asked about the choice. "Fortunately, it’s not...
President Biden and Vice President Harris, after amassing an impressive record of accomplishments for Black folks over these past four years, should seize this final opportunity.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Friday announced a recommendation against community water fluoridation. The recommendation comes as a Florida city voted last week to remove fluoride from its drinking water, with one city commissioner citing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments on the matter as one of the reasons. Florida's top health official cited "the neuropsychiatric...
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Turner, a former NFL player and House representative for Texas from 2013 to 2017, as secretary of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). "I am pleased to nominate Scott Turner, from the Great State of Texas, as the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and...
President-elect Trump has tapped his first term alums Alex Wong and Sebastian Gorka to join his national security team for his second go-around. Gorka will act as the deputy assistant to the president and as the senior director for counterterrorism while Wong will serve as assistant to the president and as the principal deputy national...
President-elect Trump has picked Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins's surgeon who has espoused contrarian views about the COVID-19 pandemic, to lead the Federal Drug Administration. Makary is a surgical oncologist at Johns Hopkins University and an author. He will lead Trump’s health arm under the guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who was tapped to...
The Biden administration has proposed a rule that it says will reduce pollution stemming from new gas-fired power plants and other industrial facilities. The proposal would require these plants to cut their emissions of pollutants known as nitrogen oxides, which can lead to smog formation and contribute to asthma in people with long-term exposure. The agency said that the...
