President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), who he selected to lead the Department of the Interior, will also chair a newly formed National Energy Council. According to a statement by the Trump administration, the National Energy Council will consist of agencies and departments across the government to address U.S. […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s high-profile nominees for his second administration have simultaneously stunned Washington and prompted warnings from Trump not to outshine the boss. During an America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-a-Lago Thursday night, Trump teased Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick for Health and Human Services Secretary, about the increasing attention the Kennedy scion […]
Bucks County commissioners who voted to violate the law by flouting a ruling from the Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania Supreme Court spurred outrage from local and national Republicans. The decision to count roughly 124 provisional ballots that were missing signatures, against the advice of the board’s lawyers, shocked Bucks County Republican Party Chairwoman Pat Poprik, who blasted […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) criticized Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) after she heaped the blame on President Joe Biden for the Democratic Party’s sweeping losses last week. With voters delivering President-elect Donald Trump the White House over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, Pelosi was quick to point the finger at Biden, the Democratic […]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) announced he will run for New Jersey governor next year in a campaign video as incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) is term-limited. Gottheimer enters the race as a top Democratic candidate among a host of state Democrats jockeying for the blue-leaning seat. He recently won reelection to a fifth term in […]
Despite high approval ratings and being a twice-elected governor in deep-blue Maryland, former GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan’s campaign says he faced insurmountable “national factors.” The “false narrative” from Democratic victor Angela Alsobrooks and the media that the centrist Republican would be the Senate majority-maker as the GOP’s “51st seat” doomed his odds, the Hogan […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) blasted Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for expressing skepticism about former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination as attorney general, suggesting she is not a Republican. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gaetz for attorney general on Wednesday, sparking an uproar from centrist Republicans and Democrats alike. Murkowski said she does not think it is […]
President-elect Donald Trump tapped campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung as his incoming director of communication and Sergio Gor as director of the presidential personnel office. “Steven Cheung and Sergio Gor have been trusted Advisors since my first Presidential Campaign in 2016, and have continued to champion America First principles throughout my First Term, all the way […]
Law-snubbing “sanctuary cities” during the four-year Biden-Harris administration freed over 22,000 criminal migrants sought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation, according to newly reviewed federal records. The reports found that from 2021 to 2024, 22,040 illegal immigrants were let out of jail into communities instead of being peacefully transferred to ICE. That represents about […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland became visibly emotional Friday while addressing the “gravity of the loss” families in the United States have dealt with under the fentanyl crisis. “As we work to strengthen the community responses to addiction and to break apart the fentanyl supply chain, we promise that we will never forget those that we have lost,” […]
