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Who is Alina Habba? Trump’s fierce legal defender picked to serve as counselor to the president

President-elect Trump announced earlier this month that attorney and adviser Alina Habba will join his administration as counselor to the president.

Sen. Lindsey Graham says public trust in the FBI is gone

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the qualities needed in an FBI director today are different from those he noted in 2017, the last time President-elect Donald Trump selected a leader for the bureau.

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees seeking Senate confirmation should "steer clear" of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine.

D.A. Alvin Bragg urges N.Y. judge to treat Trump as if he died, not dismiss hush-money conviction

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has suggested that a New York judge treat President-elect Donald Trump as if he died, in the Democratic prosecutor's effort to keep alive Mr. Trump's felony conviction in a hush money trial.

Mitt Romney predicts J.D. Vance will be GOP presidential nominee in 2028

Outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney said he thinks Vice President-elect J.D. Vance's name will be at the top of the Republican Party's presidential ticket in 2028.

The GOP stoked fears of noncitizens voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality diverge

Before the November presidential election, Ohio's secretary of state and attorney general announced investigations into potential voter fraud that included people suspected of casting ballots even though they were not U.S. citizens.

Top adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams abruptly resigns amid federal investigation

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a top adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, resigned on Sunday amid a federal investigation into Adams' office.

Why Scott Turner is the perfect pick for HUD secretary

As one of millions of Americans concerned about the direction our country is headed under the current administration, I was thrilled with the news that President-elect Donald Trump selected my close friend Scott Turner as his nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. As a former HUD Secretary, I know how […]

The comedy of death, or the death of comedy?

In the aftermath of the horrific cold-blooded murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in New York City, one style of reaction was widely (and correctly) condemned: the rush to excuse, explain, and even celebrate the premeditated murder of a 50-year-old husband and father of two as some sort of political response. “This is not […]

Sanders: ‘We can all understand’ Hunter Biden pardon, but worried about ‘precedent’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he thinks President Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter, is understandable, but he expressed concern about the “precedent” it could set for future presidents. “I think two things: When you have his opponents going after his family, as a father, as a parent, I think we...

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