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December 2024

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TikTok asks federal appeals court to bar enforcement of potential ban until Supreme Court review

TikTok asked a federal appeals court on Monday to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge to the statute.

Lara Trump steps down as co-chair of RNC amid Senate bid speculation

Lara Trump is stepping down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee amid speculation that she's eyeing the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

Trump names State Department picks, personal lawyer Alina Habba as counselor

President-elect Donald Trump picked several longtime national security and diplomacy officials for roles at the State Department.

Trump turns photo of smiling first lady Jill Biden into a perfume sales pitch

President-elect Donald Trump smelled a business opportunity when the cameras caught first lady Jill Biden smiling at him during the grand reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own

In the history of American politics, there's no shortage of presidents who promised to shake up Washington once they got to the White House. But Donald Trump may prove to be in a class of his own, and he appears more interested in beating the federal government into submission than recalibrating it.

Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Trump antagonist

Democrat Adam Schiff stood on the Senate floor almost five years ago as a House impeachment manager and made a passionate case that Donald Trump should be removed from office for abusing the power of the presidency. "If right doesn't matter, we're lost," he told the senators, his voice cracking at one point.

Pete Hegseth will make the military great again

Senate Republicans are getting wobbly on the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a decorated former Army officer who served in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, a longtime veterans advocate, and a graduate of Harvard University and Princeton University. President-elect Donald Trump has won the most sweeping Electoral College mandate for a Republican in more than 30 […]

With his child present, Musk builds trust

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk brings a child, usually his son X, everywhere. Apart from being a nice sight, the move brings a helpful sense of levity to the GOP reboot President-elect Donald Trump has set in action. That levity is needed with a presidential transition proving quite controversial, particularly in the realm of Cabinet picks. […]

Tim Walz says country wasn’t ready for ‘positive’ message of Harris campaign

It’s been over a month since the presidential election, but Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) still doesn’t get it. The former Democratic vice presidential candidate can’t comprehend why millions of people in the country chose to vote for (now president-elect) Donald Trump and (now vice president-elect) Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) over Vice President Kamala Harris and […]

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