Chris Wright, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Energy Department, has denied the well-established connection between climate change and extreme weather, claiming that storms are not getting more intense. “We have seen no increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts or floods despite endless fear-mongering of the media, politicians and activists,” Wright, the chairman...
Conservative radio host Erick Erickson said Republicans in the Senate should block Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as Health and Human Services secretary because his worldview does not align with Christian conservatism. “Worldview matters, and because worldview matters, that is why the Senate Republicans should kill the nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. because his worldview...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday rebuked Democratic-controlled elections boards that counted undated and misdated mail ballots, siding with Republicans and reiterating that such votes are invalid. Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks counties voted to count hundreds of such ballots in recent days despite previous rulings from the court that they cannot be included in this election....
“The View” co-hosts Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin clashed over the motives of people who voted for President-elect Trump on Monday. In a clip highlighted by Mediaite, the show's co-hosts were talking about the president-elect’s win and how it came about, as well as examining comments from a recent “Real Time with Bill Maher”...
President-elect Trump is expanding his search to lead the Treasury Department as the jockeying over who will fill the key economic role has spilled into public view. Investor Scott Bessent appeared to be the front-runner for the role and has visited Mar-a-Lago multiple times in recent weeks, but billionaire Elon Musk, who has frequently been...
Two women testified before the House Ethics Committee that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) paid them to have sex, according to the attorney representing them. Joel Leppard, a Florida-based attorney, made the disclosure in an interview with ABC News that was published Monday. The article does not include the identities of his clients, both of whom...
Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggested that Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” had met with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago as a ploy to maintaining ratings. "Let’s be clear, Joe and Mika didn’t suddenly see the light, they saw their ratings," Haley wrote on the social platform X on Monday. "They realized they...
Trump campaign official Chris LaCivita said Democratic Pennsylvania commissioners will face jail time over their recount effort amid Sen. Bob Casey refusing to concede the race.