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Government agencies concerned Trump inauguration ‘potential target’ for extremists: report

Agencies are concerned that violent extremists may be drawn to President-elect Trump's inauguration, particularly those with "election-related grievances," according to a new report.

Confirmation delays stack up for Trump nominees as paperwork lags in federal offices

Paperwork delays have forced some Trump confirmation hearings to be postponed, with Republicans blaming bureacracy.

‘Masterclass’: Bondi flips script on Dem senator after suggesting she will weaponize DOJ

President-elect Trump's attorney general nominee Pam Bondi was praised by conservatives for her response in a hearing to Dem. Sen Sheldon Whitehouse on Wednesday.

Democrats and Republicans criticize Biden admin’s Cuba detente

The Biden administration earned blowback from both Democrats and Republicans for moving to nix Cuba's state sponsor of terrorism designation.

Duffy confirmation hearing marked by bipartisanship, pledge to visit Helene-devastated states

Former Rep. Sean Duffy sat for an hourslong confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Transportation secretary, sitting before Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell.

Lawmakers, former officials weigh in on TikTok ban as case heads to Supreme Court  

Top lawmakers, First Amendment advocacy groups and President-elect Trump weighed in Friday on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S., as the Supreme Court prepares to take up the case.  The court agreed last week to hear TikTok’s challenge to the law, which requires its China-based parent company ByteDance to divest from the...

Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas. How do they work?

Tech mogul Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have faced backlash within President-elect Trump's base after the two signaled their support for the H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international talent that’s been criticized as too complicated and susceptible to abuse. The backlash heightened on the tech billionaire's social platform X within the last...

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can ‘negotiate a resolution to save the platform’ 

President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay the deadline for a potential TikTok ban, which is slated for the day before his inauguration. The court has agreed to hear TikTok’s challenge to the potential ban on an expedited schedule, but Trump told the justices that delaying the law until he returns to the White House...

GOP rep on backing Johnson as Speaker: ‘I’m going to keep my options open’

Rep. Scott Perry (Pa.), a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is the latest Republican to decline to commit to supporting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the House prepares to formally elect a Speaker on Jan. 3, adding uncertainty to the GOP leader’s prospects of retaining his gavel. “Right now, I think that Mike...

Former director of both FBI, CIA cautions against Patel and Gabbard

The only man to lead both the FBI and CIA spoke out against Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, two of President-elect Trump’s top intelligence picks, saying both positions require “complete independence from political influence.” William Webster, who led the agencies under both Democratic and Republican presidents, made the comment in a letter to senators, saying...

Second Florida Democratic lawmaker switches to GOP

A second Democratic Florida legislator has switched parties to the GOP this month, citing her former party’s lack of unified support for Israel. State Rep. Hillary Cassel (R) said in a Friday statement on the social platform X that she is not making the decision lightly, but she is joining the Republican Party because she...

MAGA civil war erupts between Musk, critics over H-1B visas

A Trump World civil war has erupted over visas for highly skilled workers, with the president-elect’s new tech industry allies like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on one side and the anti-immigration MAGA base on the other. The clash is a preview of the challenges in holding the Trump coalition together as his administration executes...

Sanders pens Fox News op-ed slamming political power of billionaires: ‘That is not democracy’ 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) published an op-ed on Fox News, slamming the political power of billionaires in the U.S. and increasing wealth concentration, arguing the country is moving down "the path of oligarchy." Sanders, who in November secured his fourth term in the Senate, wrote that the country is diverging in two opposite directions: the...

More Americans approve of Trump 2.0 transition than first time around: Survey

Fifty-one percent of Americans approve of the way President-elect Trump has handled his presidential transition, according to a new Gallup survey. It's a slightly higher number than in December 2016, when 48 percent said they felt positive about the Trump transition compared to 48 percent who felt negative. In the new Gallup poll, 44 percent...

Homelessness hit record high this year amid affordable housing shortage

Homelessness in the U.S. hit the highest level on record this year as the affordable housing crisis intensifies, federal regulators said Friday. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tallied more than 770,000 people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January, an 18 percent increase from 2023 that is likely an undercount. Families...

Julián Castro: Trump’s border czar embodies ‘dark heart’ of administration’s immigration policy

Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro (D) sharply criticized incoming “border czar” Tom Homan during a Friday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe," saying a "heart of cruelty" is behind President-elect Trump's strident immigration policies. Homan, who has encouraged undocumented immigrants to "self-deport" out of the U.S., said this week that family detention...

Trump marvels at embrace by CEOs, top tech bosses: ‘Everybody wants to be my friend!’

A smattering of CEOs and top tech company leaders are currying favor with President-elect Trump, who has acknowledged with some awe that people who once went up against him now appear to be embracing the prospects of him becoming president. Top names in the business community have made the trip down to Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Florida...

Time to rethink the borders of the Middle East map

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse of Syria has led to calls for the region to be divided according to ethnic and religious lines, as the current nation-states are not sustainable.

Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says

A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed mutations that may result in the virus becoming more transmissible among humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency in its latest update released Thursday said the mutations were not found in...

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