What happens when an incoming leader has an opinion so ill-informed that it threatens national security, economic stability, millions of new jobs, public health and the safety of virtually every American?
President-elect Trump’s plans to reshape the federal workforce would allow him to fire wide swaths of career employees and replace them with political appointees — a move that comes as he has demanded loyalty at every level of government. Trump has said he will reissue an order released in the waning days of his first...
All eyes will be locked on the House Ethics Committee this week as it weighs whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) following his nomination by President-elect Trump to serve as attorney general. The question of publishing the report has emerged as a heated debate on Capitol Hill, with some lawmakers...
Multiple Republican senators are looming as potential obstacles to President-elect Trump's controversial Cabinet picks, especially his two most polarizing choices: former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump has had a rocky relationship in the past with a handful of Republicans senators who won’t likely give him the same deference as loyal...
Former White House Communications Director and MSNBC host Jen Psaki said Democrats right now are “in the wilderness” with no clear leader to guide them after a brutal election loss. “Look, I think Democrats are in the wilderness. As you said before, there is no clear leader of the party,” Psaki said Sunday on NBC’s...
Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said he is “not going to be intimidated” by President-elect Trump as concerns grow over if the next administration will go after Trump’s enemy list. “Look, I’m not going to be intimidated by anything he says, by anything he does,” Schiff said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Schiff, a...
Kari Lake has settled in the election defamation lawsuit brought by a local Arizona election official. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) sued Lake last year, claiming she defamed him when she refused to concede her 2022 Arizona gubernatorial defeat and alleged fraud in the election. The details of the settlement are confidential, but two...
President Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike further into Russia, multiple reports said. The move comes as about 10,000 North Korean troops aid Russia in its war and expect to fight in Ukraine in the “next several weeks.” The move also comes after President-elect Trump won the presidential election and has claimed...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday “of course” the House Ethics Committee should release its report on the misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned from Congress last week when President-elect Trump tapped him to be attorney general. “Of course it should be released,” Jeffries said on NBC News’s “Meet...
President-elect Trump is tapping Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to chair the agency. Trump said he first nominated Carr to the FCC in 2017 and he was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. “His current term runs through 2029 and, because of his great work, I will now be designating him as permanent...
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) said the 2024 election shows there is a “need for a third party.” Manchin joined NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt on Sunday for “The Hill Sunday,” where he argued that the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have a duopoly, and both of their business models right now are “spewing hatred and division.”...
