Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) admitted he would be “surprised” if Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general gets confirmed, joining a crowd of doubters that include Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and others. “I’d actually be surprised if Gaetz gets confirmed,” Kinzinger told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday in the clip highlighted by...
A former Detroit Lions linebacker was arrested and charged with allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other offenses over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Leander Antwione Williams, 31, of Savannah, Ga., was charged with a felony offense of resisting, assaulting and impending law police officers, according to the...
Addressing the Federalist Society’s annual dinner on Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch sought to use a recent example to prove his point that government overreach has swept up ordinary Americans in the law. “I’ve just seen too many cases like that. You have just the other day, some of you might have seen one in the...
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said Fox News's Pete Hegseth was only selected to serve as the Secretary of Defense because President-elect Trump wants “yes men” around him. “He's unqualified to be the secretary of defense, what he's being installed to do is to say yes and to supplicate himself to the will of the White...
President-elect Trump said Thursday he would nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to serve as secretary of the Interior. Trump made the announcement during a gala for the America First Policy Institute being held at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Burgum was in attendance. The North Dakota governor ran an unsuccessful primary campaign before endorsing Trump earlier...
Donald Trump's win, driven by a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-religious coalition, showed that divisive diversity, equity and inclusion policies are widely unpopular — and he...