Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) left the door open to join President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, marking his latest move to distance himself from the Democratic Party. Weighing in after voters overwhelmingly handed Trump a second term last week, the Minnesota congressman told NewsNation, “I am not a big fan of the president himself, but I understand […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as Cabinet nominees, lamenting the former’s vaccine skepticism and the latter’s soft stance on Russia. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to be the United States’s secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Gabbard for director of national intelligence. […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is skipping the protocol of using the FBI to conduct background checks, according to a report. Instead, the president-elect’s team is turning to private companies to vet administrative appointees, people familiar with transition planning told CNN. Trump has criticized the FBI for its slow investigation process and feared it would […]
The House Ethics Committee reportedly canceled its Friday meeting as pressure surges for the committee to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz after he was announced as President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for attorney general. The committee has been investigating the Florida Republican over allegations of sex trafficking and sex with a minor, accusations […]
The postmaster general is facing scrutiny for bragging about how he has nearly fully unionized the agency while running up an unsustainable budget deficit. Louis DeJoy recently said he was aiming for a “unionized operation … 100% unionized,” according to a report picked up by Postal Times and Americans for Tax Reform. In the initial […]
(The Center Square) – While not a concession, Republican Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake has released a video thanking Arizonans for supporting her throughout her attempt at a political career and spreading support for President Donald Trump’s win in addition to a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress. “As for me? Well, I […]
(The Center Square) – California still has four uncalled Congressional races as 1.7 million ballots remain to be counted over one week after Election Day, less than 10% of which are mail-in ballots that arrived after the election. Republican Congressman John Duarte’s lead has grown to nearly 4,000 votes in the 13th District, while Republican […]
(The Center Square) – A 28-year-old man in Houston, Anas Said, has been indicted and arrested on charges he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a federally designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Williams Jr. announced the details of […]
(The Center Square) – Although Initiative 2117 repealing the state’s cap-and-trade program was rejected by Washington voters earlier this month, state planners are still grappling with logistical and practical challenges around transitioning the transportation sector toward electric vehicles, an effort heavily funded by cap-and-trade revenue. “EVs are going to be a story here and it’s going to be […]
(The Center Square) – Taxpayers in North Carolina have more buying power through state government on the strength of an AAA long-term rating and an AA+ appropriation-backed rating. S&P Global Ratings affirmed the placements recently. Republican Treasurer Dale Folwell said, “Ultimately, the credit for these ratings goes to the taxpayers of North Carolina and the […]
