President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler to serve as the head of the Small Business Administration in his upcoming administration.

House Republicans are headed into next year with an even slimmer majority that will temporarily shrink to a zero-seat advantage in the early months of President-elect Donald Trump's presidency, imperiling his ambitious agenda.

Republican senators said Wednesday they still have questions for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as he began to publicly fight a smattering of misconduct allegations that have threatened his confirmation.

Bitcoin surged to over 100,000 per coin on Wednesday after President-elect Trump announced Paul Atkins, a crypto aficionado, would be nominated to head the Security Exchange Commission (SEC). Google valued the coin at 102,726 U.S. dollars late in the day, while the NASDAQ and S&P 500 markets also measured gains. The digital currency has been...

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) said on Wednesday that he was "really impressed" with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, after the former Fox News host met with the House Republicans on Capitol Hill. McCormick said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill” that Hegseth presented his case well before the House Republican...

The hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus came out against “unpaid” disaster aid legislation in an official statement on Wednesday, urging “not one more cent to the Biden administration.” In the statement on Wednesday evening, the caucus urged their colleagues against passing “a whopping $100 billion unpaid disaster supplemental funding bill,” accusing Democrats of using the measure...

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) released a statement on Wednesday urging President Biden to issue blanket pardons to individuals who may be targeted under President-elect Trump’s FBI Director appointee Kash Patel. “By choosing Kash Patel as his FBI Director, Trump has made it clear that he is more focused on settling personal scores than on protecting...

Two children were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a small religious school in Northern California, according to the local sheriff’s office. Law enforcement officials arrived on the scene to find the suspected gunman lying on the ground near the playground after apparently shooting himself, officials said. Officials confirmed he was deceased. The children were...