Alina Habba, a White House counselor who was previously a personal lawyer for President Trump, was sworn in Friday as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. A staunch defender of the president in the courtroom and in the media, Habba represented Trump in high-stakes New York civil trials including in his business fraud case and...
President Trump said Friday he asked Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to withdraw as his pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations because he did not want to risk losing her congressional seat, calling it “politics 101.” “We don’t want to take any chances, so I went to Elise and I said, ‘Elise, do you...
Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, said it’s illegal for Elon Musk to cut $1 million paychecks for voters who support Brad Schimel, a Republican candidate for the state’s Supreme Court. “Elon Musk has committed a blatant felony by offering money for votes in order to help Brad Schimel,” Wikler said in...
President Trump on Friday announced a deal with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services “during the Trump administration and beyond.” The agreement comes as Trump has signed executive orders targeting Big Law firms tied to his critics and perceived political enemies,...
Florida Rep. Kat Cammack (R) said she hopes President Trump will choose to “elevate” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) after the 2026 midterms following the news this week that Trump pulled her nomination to become United Nations ambassador in order to keep her in the house. Cammack said in an interview on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America”...
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna Shalala criticized the Trump administration's efforts to cut back the department she once led, calling it an insult that puts Americans' health at risk. In an op-ed for Stat News published Thursday, Shalala said the administration was "insulting a generation of patriotic federal workers, proposing a silly new bureaucracy, and...
Two more transgender inmates were moved back to women's facilities after a Reagan-appointed judge issued a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump's executive order.