Key cabinet picks -- including Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert Kennedy Jr. -- joined President-elect Trump at UFC 309 at the Madison Square Garden.
President-elect Donald Trump’s first responsibility as president will be to keep the nation safe. No country poses a greater threat to the United States than communist China. Trump’s foreign policy legacy will be determined by how he deals with Beijing. How can Trump master this most consequential challenge? To start, he should return to the […]
The Detroit News issued an editorial urging the Senate to reject President-elect Trump's nominations of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. “The Republican-controlled Senate should establish its intention to vigorously fulfill its advise and consent role, and its independence from the administration, by rejecting...
The Onion’s CEO Ben Collins confirmed that the publication purchased Alex Jones’ Infowars outlet in a Saturday series of posts on the social media platform Bluesky amid Jones's claims of wrongdoings and illegal activity. “I just wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as...
Pete Hegseth’s co-hosts on “Fox & Friends Weekend” defended his character after Sherillyn Ifill, a former NAACP Legal Defense Fund president, declared the Secretary of Defense nominee was a “white supremacist.” “If he was a white supremacist, I think we’d know and I hope that he has the time, which I’m sure he doesn’t because...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will revive plans for the nation’s first traffic congestion-pricing plan in New York City at a reduced rate after delaying the controversial plan earlier this year. Under the proposal, set to begin in January, most vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street will be subject to a $9 charge, down...
The United States is investing in marine energy technology to help meet clean energy goals, with the Marine Energy Technologies Acceleration Act providing $1 billion for research, demonstration projects, workforce development and streamlined permitting.
The top Republican focused on U.S. competition with China introduced legislation on Thursday to end normal trade relations with Beijing. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, proposed revoking China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR), a policy in place for more than two decades. Lawmakers in both...
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) weighed in on President-elect Trump's controversial decision to elevate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to attorney general when he returns to the White House, saying he doesn't know yet if he will get confirmed. "I don't know until we start the process, and that's what we intend to...
Republicans asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday to again ensure mail ballots with a missing or improper date are not counted in this year’s election, accusing multiple counties of ignoring the court’s commands. In the lead-up to Election Day, the state’s top court issued multiple orders declaring the handwritten date requirement must be enforced,...
Steve Bannon, President-elect Trump's onetime White House adviser and a conservative media personality, said if confirmed to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would go after media outlets. Bannon singled out MSNBC, the cable news channel owned by Comcast, a company Trump himself has threatened to investigate over what he says is "treasonous"...
President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to the Senate for its "advice and consent" by proposing recess appointments to expedite the appointment of top administration positions.
The uniform adoption of just four waste management policies around the world could eliminate more than 90 percent of the planet’s plastic waste and nearly a third of associated carbon emissions by 2050, a new study has found. If countries choose to proceed with the status quo, on the other hand, the amount of plastic...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Thursday afternoon en route to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru. The gaggle comes as President Biden is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week on the sidelines of the summit. The event in Lima will mark the third, and...
The Biden administration has thrown its support behind a controversial land swap that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. In a draft environmental review document released this week, the administration stated that it supported pursuing the road’s construction. The road would connect the small King Cove community...
Democrats approach elections — and communicating with voters — through a lens of how they think the world should be, rather than meeting them in the world as it actually is.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) urged the House Ethics Committee to "preserve and share" its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) after President-elect Trump tapped the Florida congressman to serve as attorney general. After receiving the attorney general nod from Trump on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Gaetz will resign "effective immediately," making the investigation, which...
The House Oversight Committee's COVID-19 panel is holding its final hearing Thursday, focusing on ways to prepare for a future pandemic. Subcommittee Chair Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) said in a press release that lawmakers will use the hearing to evaluate "the most effective strategies for improving America’s public health response during a future crisis, identify...
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb, who served under President-elect Trump’s first term, said the decision to nominate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general is a “f‑‑‑ you to America.” Cobb joined CNN’s "OutFront" with Erin Burnett Wednesday after Trump made the announcement, where she asked him why he described it that way....
