In one of the most surprising Cabinet appointments of his transition, President-elect Donald Trump announced last week that he intends to nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) to be secretary of labor. The announcement was significant for a few reasons, but especially because Chavez-DeRemer was the preferred choice of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of […]
LATROBE, Pennsylvania — The making of whiskey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has often been fraught with a fair amount of drama. Whether it was those trying to make it or those trying to drink it, the government has sought to tax and sometimes even ban both activities. Two hundred thirty years ago, William Findley, a Revolutionary […]
A campaign chair for Vice President Harris’s 2024 presidential bid said the notion that she dodged interviews during the campaign was “completely bull---t.” “I think back and think we should have signaled more of our strategy early on about podcasts and who we were [trying to] reach and — but we had a limited amount...
President-elect Trump's transition team has received briefings from the chief architect of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal under President Biden, a senior administration official said Tuesday. Amos Hochstein, Biden's lead negotiator on the ceasefire, led two briefings with Trump’s national security team on the tenants of the deal – which was announced on Tuesday – and...
U.S. forces on Tuesday struck Iranian-aligned militia groups in Syria in retaliation for the fighters attacking American bases. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on the social platform X that it struck a weapons storage facility and that a battle damage assessment was underway to determine the impact of the strike. "We will...
President-elect Trump’s legal strategy of delay is paying off, with his election victory changing the trajectory of his four criminal prosecutions. Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to dismiss his two cases against Trump, and the former president’s team believes his state cases must similarly be tossed as he prepares to return to the...
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith to drop President-elect Trump’s Florida documents case, ending the battle to charge him over retaining records with classified markings after leaving office. The order fulfills a request from Smith to end an appeal in the case as it relates...