President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday announced that he was nominating Chris Wright, who runs Denver-based oil and natural gas fracking company Liberty Energy, to lead the Energy Department.
Democrats and veterans groups are taking aim at Trump Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s belief that women should not serve in combat roles, with at least two crucial GOP senators also asking for answers on his stance. Hegseth, 44, a Fox News host, has often made questionable comments on the military matters he’d oversee should...
President-elect Trump is set to visit New York City on Saturday for the UFC heavyweight championship at Madison Square Garden. The event will be Trump's first visit back to the arena since his highly publicized and controversial October rally. The event, which featured speakers including Melania Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, sparked controversy after comedian Tony...
Journalist Chris Cuomo told Bill Maher that he voted for his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), for president, writing in his name on the ballot. “I got some heat for who I voted for for president,” Chris Cuomo said in a Friday clip of Maher's show "Real Time" highlighted by Mediate. When...
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) launched a bid for Democratic leadership on Thursday, announcing his candidacy for co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC). If he wins the position, he will be the first Generation Z congressional leader from either party. He shared a letter, obtained by Axios, with fellow lawmakers to hammer down...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) admitted he would be “surprised” if Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general gets confirmed, joining a crowd of doubters that include Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and others. “I’d actually be surprised if Gaetz gets confirmed,” Kinzinger told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday in the clip highlighted by...
A former Detroit Lions linebacker was arrested and charged with allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other offenses over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Leander Antwione Williams, 31, of Savannah, Ga., was charged with a felony offense of resisting, assaulting and impending law police officers, according to the...
Addressing the Federalist Society’s annual dinner on Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch sought to use a recent example to prove his point that government overreach has swept up ordinary Americans in the law. “I’ve just seen too many cases like that. You have just the other day, some of you might have seen one in the...
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said Fox News's Pete Hegseth was only selected to serve as the Secretary of Defense because President-elect Trump wants “yes men” around him. “He's unqualified to be the secretary of defense, what he's being installed to do is to say yes and to supplicate himself to the will of the White...
President-elect Trump said Thursday he would nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to serve as secretary of the Interior. Trump made the announcement during a gala for the America First Policy Institute being held at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Burgum was in attendance. The North Dakota governor ran an unsuccessful primary campaign before endorsing Trump earlier...
Environmental lawyer and antivaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to be an “honest public servant” if he gets confirmed as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “Together we will clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition...
Author Stephen King announced Thursday that he is leaving the social media platform X because of its "toxic" environment. "I'm leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic. Follow me on Threads, if you like," King wrote in a Thursday post on X. The announcement came just a day after...
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a brain surgeon, said "there's a lot of concern" in the medical community about former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. having a larger role in the Trump administration, though he added that the medical community is "not monolithic." "There's a lot of concern. Well, even over the last hour...
President-elect Trump announced Thursday he will nominate three of his personal criminal defense attorneys to serve in senior Justice Department roles. Todd Blanche will serve as deputy attorney general, and Emil Bove will serve as principal associate deputy attorney general, the department's No. 3 official, Trump announced in a statement. Both men serve as Trump’s...
NBA star Rudy Gobert shared his approval of President-elect Trump tapping antivaccine activist and environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “Let’s go @RobertKennedyJr🙏🏽,” Gobert wrote in a short Thursday post on the social platform X following the announcement. The Minnesota Timberwolves center, a four-time Defensive...
Radio host Charlamagne tha God criticized President Biden for welcoming President-elect Trump to the White House for a transition meeting Wednesday. “I just don't understand the White House visit. Now granted, you know, I'm glad it's a peaceful transition of power, but what happened to the ‘threat of democracy’ talk? What happened to the ‘fascist’...
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