President-elect Donald Trump plans to hit the ground running. National security adviser-designee Mike Waltz is rapidly assembling the White House national security team. Secretary of State-designate Marco Rubio should breeze through confirmation. Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are already identifying ways to cut wasteful spending and unnecessary programs. Trump knows he has only two […]
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said he believes President-elect Trump will issue a “blizzard of executive orders” once he is inaugurated. Barrasso joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where he was asked about the Senate’s confirmation of Trump’s Cabinet picks and what lies ahead for the start of Trump’s second term. “The rubber hits...
It’s going to get tougher and tougher for Democrats to win the Electoral College and the White House if present trends hold, new projections from the U.S. Census Bureau suggest. Democratic strongholds like California and New York appear likely to lose population and multiple electoral votes, while GOP-leaning states like Texas and Florida are likely...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that his country has offered assistance on the California wildfires. “Today, I instructed Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs and our diplomats to prepare for the possible participation of our rescuers in combating the wildfires in California,” Zelensky said in an address, according to an English transcript on his website....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed President-elect Trump for politicizing the Los Angeles wildfires and said he is “threatening our first responders.” In an interview with NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Newsom continued his criticisms of Trump as the fires continue burning the populated neighborhoods in California. Newsom was asked about Trump blaming...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday he is aware that the possible TikTok ban “is controversial,” yet the app “has a national security risk to it.” “I imagine [there's going to] be a disruption in the service here, you know, starting on the 19th,” Kelly told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.” “I...
Vice President-elect JD Vance said people who “committed violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, “obviously” shouldn’t be pardoned by President-elect Trump. “I think it’s very simple, look, if you protested peacefully on Jan. 6, and you had Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned,” Vance said during an...
Trump intel director nominee Tulsi Gabbard on Friday visited the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as America's spy agencies prepare for a change in power next week.
President-elect Donald Trump slammed special counsel Jack Smith as "deranged" after Mr. Smith resigned from the Department of Justice and gave up the federal prosecutions he was pursuing against Mr. Trump.