Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister has withdrawn from consideration to head President-elect Donald Trump‘s Drug Enforcement Administration. In a statement, Chronister said Tuesday being nominated “the honor of a lifetime” but was stepping down after the “gravity of this very important responsibility set in.” TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO’S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT’S […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) lambasted House Democrats over an X post from Ways and Means Committee Democrats “mocking” economic troubles. A post from the Democratic Ways and Means Committee account boasted about record online Black Friday spending, suggesting it debunked Republican concerns over the rising cost of living. Johnson took offense to the post, […]
Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump have requested the dismissal of his conviction for falsifying business records, citing President Joe Biden’s recent comments while pardoning his son, Hunter Biden. The 72-page motion to dismiss, filed in New York on Tuesday, argues that Biden’s statements undermine the fairness of Trump’s prosecution, calling it politically motivated. The legal […]
After months of holding off on filing some official transition forms, President-elect Donald Trump‘s team announced Tuesday that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Justice Department, paving the way for FBI background checks. “This agreement with the Department of Justice will ensure President Trump and his team are ready on Day […]
The unprecedented pardon of Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, has ignited a firestorm of criticism from legal and political experts, with some viewing it as a pointed rebuke of the Justice Department and others downplaying it as political theater. In conjunction with the sweeping 11-year pardon, the president announced Sunday that he […]
Former presidential candidate Nikki Haley was among the many users on social media condemning the Biden administration’s decision to give $1 billion to Africa, arguing the United States is continuing to recover from hurricane season. President Joe Biden announced the aid on Tuesday during a visit to Angola, stating that doing so was “the right […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has agreed to end his martial law decree just hours after its implementation. The president’s hand was forced after 190 lawmakers managed to hold an emergency vote on the floor of the National Assembly in Seoul, where they unanimously overturned the decision. Under the South Korean Constitution, Yoon is bound […]
Sen. George Helmy (D-NJ) will end his brief tenure in the Senate on Sunday, allowing his successor, Sen.-elect Andy Kim (D-NJ), to take his place the following day. Helmy, appointed as a caretaker for the seat of disgraced Sen. Bob Menendez, will have served exactly three months in the Senate when he resigns from his […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) repeatedly refused to answer questions on Tuesday about President Joe Biden’s controversial pardon of his son, Hunter Biden. Schumer, pressed four times by separate reporters on the issue that has roiled Democrats on Capitol Hill, continued to offer the same blunt response: “I’ve got nothing for you on that.” […]
Commissions in Miami-Dade County, Florida, voted in favor of a resolution approving a measure by the city of Hialeah to add President-elect Donald Trump‘s name to Palm Avenue. County commissioners voted 9-1 to approve the city measure to co-designate the four-mile stretch of Palm Avenue in Hialeah as President Donald J. Trump Avenue. Hialeah city […]
