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Five of RFK Jr.’s most controversial views

President-elect Trump's decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary will put some of the former independent presidential candidate's most controversial views under deep scrutiny. Kennedy will need to win 50 Senate votes to get confirmed, and while that's far from impossible, a series of statements he's made in...

Evening Report — House GOP seeks to bury Gaetz ethics report

{beacon} Evening Report © Greg Nash House GOP seeks to bury Gaetz ethics report Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday the House Ethics Committee should not release the results of its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who has been tapped by President-elect Trump to be attorney general. Johnson said he’d personally talk...

5 takeaways from Trump’s emerging Cabinet

President-elect Trump has made quick work of pulling together a Cabinet and group of senior aides for his incoming administration, roiling Washington with some of his more controversial picks in the process. Trump issued a flurry of nominations and appointments during his first full week as president-elect, sending lawmakers scrambling to react. Here are five...

Democratic senators call for federal probe into Musk’s contact with Russia  

A pair of Democratic senators called for a federal investigation into Elon Musk’s involvement in SpaceX’s federal contracts following reports the tech billionaire has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a letter sent Friday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said Musk’s reported relations...

Former White House aide: Cabinet picks show Trump’s ‘drunk on power’ 

Sarah Matthews, a former spokesperson for President-elect Trump, said his recent Cabinet picks stem from him being “drunk on power.” In an MSNBC appearance Friday afternoon, Matthews said the narrative of Trump playing “4D chess” by making distracting nominations is “hilarious.” “That's not what's happening. He knows that he is drunk on power right now because...

Bill Clinton reveals his ‘rules of politics’ in new book

Former President Clinton is revealing some of his "rules of politics," which include avoiding bringing "your feelings to work," never drinking in public and taking criticism "seriously but not personally." In an excerpt published Friday by People from his forthcoming memoir, "Citizen: My Life After the White House," the 42nd president discloses his "Clinton's Rules of Politics,"...

McCormick-Casey recount cost to top $1M; GOP slams blue counties defying high court

The cost of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate recount is expected to top $1 million, and three counties appear to defy the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Larry Kudlow to remain at helm of FOX Business show amid Trump admin reports

FOX Business host Larry Kudlow will remain in his role, Fox News Media said, amid reports President-elect Trump was eyeing the economics expert for a role in the administration.

Dem says Gaetz can’t ‘resign away’ ethics probe; Mike Johnson says release would not be ‘appropriate’

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has called for lawmakers to release an ethics report after a three-year probe into allegations against Matt Gaetz.

Democrats’ furor over ‘unqualified’ Trump nominees puts Biden’s staffing decisions back in the spotlight

Democrats have been blasting President-elect Trump's cabinet appointments as unqualified, while many officials in the Biden administration have also been labeled with the term.

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