Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is set to become the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. During Trump’s first term, Cotton was one of his loudest advocates in the Senate promoting stricter border policy and merit-based immigration. With the report from Punchbowl News on Tuesday morning, the Arkansas senator could […]
While top allies of President-elect Donald Trump have endorsed Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Brit Hume, chief political analyst at Fox News, doesn’t think Trumpworld will secure Scott as leader. “I think this press from Trump world to support him is likely to backfire,” Hume said Monday on […]
Possible Trump Cabinet pick Mike Davis said staffing for the second Trump administration would prioritize “highly competent loyalists.” Following President-elect Donald Trump‘s crushing victory last week, the focus has shifted to who will man his second administration. Davis, who has been floated as a likely pick for attorney general, told Politico that loyalty and competence […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a forum for the public to nominate members of the next Trump administration. As he helps lead President-elect Donald Trump’s White House transition team, the longtime environmental lawyer and health activist created a public website for people to write in their favored candidates for over 4,000 positions in the incoming […]
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to make a visit with House Republican leadership on Capitol Hill before meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday morning, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters on Tuesday. Although the details have not been finalized, Johnson said they have “preliminary plans” to meet with the president-elect […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) invited Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick to freshman Senate orientation after not extending an invitation due to uncounted ballots in the race. The Associated Press called the race for McCormick last Thursday, but incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) has refused to concede the race. McCormick was spotted on […]
A judge postponed deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump‘s criminal case in Manhattan until next week to give attorneys time to evaluate how the election will affect court proceedings, according to email exchanges made public on Tuesday. Judge Juan Merchan’s law clerk wrote to attorneys involved in the case that the judge would wait to issue […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an effort by Mark Meadows, former Trump White House chief of staff, to move the Georgia election interference case to federal court. Meadows’s legal team contended that the charges stemming from the sweeping racketeering case surrounding President-elect Donald Trump should be heard in federal court because he was serving […]
Indications that President-elect Donald Trump wants to install his former Small Business Administration chief Linda McMahon as commerce secretary are winning applause from officials eager to elevate the department’s impact in global affairs. McMahon, the co-founder and former CEO of the professional wrestling franchise WWE, is the co-chairwoman of the Trump transition and head of […]
Republican House leaders are holding their first post-election victory press conference. The press conference will begin at 10 a.m. and will feature House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC). The Republicans won their most crushing victory in decades, and on […]
