President-elect Trump has tapped businessman and Army veteran Daniel Driscoll to be his secretary of the Army. “As a former Soldier, Investor, and Political Advisor, Dan brings a powerful combination of experiences to serve as a disruptor and change agent,” Trump said in the Wednesday announcement on Truth Social. Driscoll is a senior advisor to...
President-elect Trump said Wednesday that he asked Michael Whatley to stay on for another term as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) following the party's successful 2024 election cycle. Trump praised Whatley in a post on Truth Social, calling him a "smart, tough lawyer" and citing the RNC's election integrity efforts to challenge certain...
The Senate’s three current Hispanic Democrats are calling on President Biden to extend and strengthen humanitarian protections for certain groups of immigrants whose legal status could be stripped by the incoming Trump administration. In a letter on Wednesday, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), Alex Padilla (Calif.) and Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) called on Biden to...
Ukrainians may not wish to be saved if the settlement terms amount to total capitulation, and the Ukrainian government and many Ukrainians remain determined to defend their freedom, even if it means sacrificing territory.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s embattled pick for Defense secretary, is facing growing scrutiny on Capitol Hill — but says he won't back down from the fight. Hegseth has already been the subject of accusations of sexual assault stemming from a 2017 encounter he says was consensual. But fresh revelations emerged over the weekend involving alcohol...
President-elect Trump on Wednesday named his once-jailed former aide Peter Navarro as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing to the incoming White House, picking a loyal ally to help implement broad plan for tariffs. Navarro served as White House trade adviser in Trump’s first term. That eventually led to Navarro serving a a four-month sentence for...
NBC's Chuck Todd called President Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, "a huge mistake" in an analysis article published Wednesday. "Biden made a huge mistake, and it really is going to make a lot of people question everything they thought they understood about him in public service," the former "Meet The Press" moderator wrote....
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is strongly considering a bid to become the top Democrat on the powerful Oversight and Accountability Committee, a pivotal seat that will play a prominent role in pushing back against the incoming Trump administration in the next Congress. “I’m interested in jumping in, and I’m having a lot of conversations with...
The increasingly leftward lurch of the Democratic Party as a whole has alienated millions of people of faith and raises serious questions about the ability of our party to regain the White House in 2028.