President-elect Donald Trump is facing a tough battle getting his Cabinet picks approved, with the primary obstacle being four Republican senators. With his election victory on Nov. 5, Trump has largely solidified his hold over the Republican Party. However, some Republicans in the Senate have remained stubborn, signaling they may not support Trump’s Cabinet picks, […]
The Board of Commissioners chair at the center of the voting controversy in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, regarding the Dave McCormick-Bob Casey Senate race said her comments about violating laws were “misinterpreted.” Diane Ellis-Marseglia tried to walk back her previous comments on Monday, suggesting that she did not mean she supported breaking the law or violating […]
Progressives are upset that a news program spoke with a top newsmaker who is set to become the president of the United States early next year. That’s one takeaway from the backlash against MSNBC’s Morning Joe cohosts making a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump. Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were almost […]
Jose Antonio Ibarra, the migrant who allegedly killed nursing student Laken Riley, received a taxpayer-funded hotel stay in New York City and a flight to Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2023, according to a witness in a criminal court trial on Monday. Rosbeli Flores Bello, a Venezuelan migrant and former roommate of Ibarra, testified at his […]
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz has been calling Senate Republicans, asking for a “fair shake” as he faces a long road to confirmation as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. Within hours of his nomination on Wednesday, Gaetz began placing calls to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, tasked with vetting his nomination at the start of […]
President Joe Biden’s staffers are leading another revolt against their boss, who is facing his final days in office and continued criticism for how he has handled the country’s relationship with Israel. A group of more than 20 White House staffers not directly involved in Middle Eastern policy issued a letter of protest over the […]
President Joe Biden was seen wandering off into the Amazon rainforest after making a speech in Manaus, Brazil. Biden made brief remarks on Sunday about the importance of tackling climate change, and as he left, he was seen disappearing into the forest. “Did the President of the United States just wander off into the Amazon?” […]
Senate Republicans rebelled Monday night against President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees in the final weeks of his presidency by forcing Democrats to have roll-call votes on what would otherwise be mundane procedural matters. For action that would typically be teed up in a span of minutes by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and […]
President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Rep. Sean Duffy as transportation secretary. After appearing on several reality TV shows, on which he met his wife, Duffy served as a district attorney in Wisconsin from 2002 to 2010. He was elected as Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District representative in 2010, a position he held for most of the […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) sided with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in its ruling that faulty mail-in ballots can’t be counted. Four Pennsylvania counties openly disregarded a ruling from the highest state court that ballots without signatures or dates cannot be counted, opening up a legal battle with Republican National Committee lawyers. Shapiro came out on […]
