Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) said that President-elect Trump choosing Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as attorney general was "very surprising," though he has "trust" in the confirmation hearing process. "As for that particular nomination, look, we have a process under the Constitution where the Senate provides advice and consent. And I trust that...
Pressure is building on the House Ethics Committee to release its findings on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who President-elect Trump said he will nominate to be attorney general. Such a move would be highly unusual, since the committee has no jurisdiction to investigate a former lawmaker, and does not typically release information on investigations...
House Republicans are probing allegations of discrimination by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Florida following the termination of an agency employee who advised a survivor assistance team to skip homes with President-elect Trump campaign signs. The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is calling on FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to brief the panel...
Eighteen Republican attorneys general sued the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Chair Gary Gensler on Thursday for allegedly overstepping the agency’s authority in its enforcement actions against the cryptocurrency industry. The states, led by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, argue that the SEC has sought to “unilaterally wrest regulatory authority away from the States”...
Colorado’s Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he was “excited” by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for the Secretary of Health and Human Services. “I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking...
Italian and Norwegian jets responded under NATO authority on Tuesday to multiple Russian aircraft “not adhering to international norms.” NATO Allied Air Command said on Thursday that Italy’s air force intercepted a Russian Coot-A over the Baltic Sea, and Norway’s air force “took off to identify multiple Russian aircraft flying in international airspace off the...
The Border Smuggling Crackdown Act raises federal penalties based on the number of people smuggled and severity of harm, aiming to deter organized human smuggling.
Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's choice not to publicly endorse.
President-elect Trump nominated the former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, to serve as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.