President-elect Donald Trump has tapped lawyer and Trump loyalist Harmeet Dhillon, a former top official of the California Republican Party, to be assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department.
Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard began meeting Monday with the Senate Republicans whose votes she will need to get confirmed, drawing questions on her past comments and actions.
Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa signaled Monday she is finding common policy ground with Pete Hegseth after holding an "encouraging" meeting with President-elect Donald Trump's embattled nominee to lead the Department of Defense.
CAN THE NATION WAIT UNTIL JAN. 20? Joe Biden has 42 more days to serve as president of the United States. But anyone watching events in Paris over the weekend would think President-elect Donald Trump has already taken office. The president-elect traveled to France ostensibly to celebrate the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, but the visit […]
Jonathan Turley, a legal analyst for Fox News, on Monday blasted President-elect Trump’s recent “rage rhetoric” comments referencing jailing members of the former House panel on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s first sit-down interview since his election win last month aired on Sunday. In the “Meet the Press” interview, he suggested to NBC...
President-elect Trump announced new picks for roles at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday. The president-elect said in posts on Truth Social that his pick for OMB general counsel is Mark Paoletta, and his choice for assistant attorney general of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is Harmeet Dhillon. Paoletta...
Pete Hegseth praised women in the military as “great warriors" after critics took issue with comments he made about women not being fit to serve in combat roles.