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Sanders finds common cause with Trump to lower and cap credit card interest rates

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he looks forward to President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming administration on at least one thing: capping credit card interest fees.  Speaking with the New York Times‘s The Daily podcast Friday, Sanders said Trump’s campaign call for limits on credit card fees was “a very good idea.” “If Trump, for example, follows […]

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary

President-elect Donald Trump announced his campaign national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, will continue with him in the administration as the White House press secretary. “Karoline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as the National Press Secretary on my Historic Campaign, and I am pleased to announce she will serve as White House Press Secretary,” Trump said […]

McDonald’s spends $100 million luring customers back after E. coli outbreak

McDonald’s is spending $100 million on marketing to bring customers back to its restaurants after a recent E. coli outbreak, which sickened over 100 people and damaged the franchise’s sales across the country. The company is putting $35 million directly toward marketing and another $65 million to lift up stores that lost business due to […]

Former Jill Biden spokesman tells Democrats to drop ‘white supremacist’ name calling

Former Jill Biden spokesman Michael LaRosa said in a post on X that opposing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives “does not make you a white supremacist.” LaRosa was responding to a Mediatite article detailing how an MSNBC guest called President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth a white supremacist for opposing DEI in […]

Thousands of ballots tossed after ‘cure’ deadline passes in Nevada

Nevada election officials scrapped a record number of ballots because of unresolved questions about ineligible signatures during the 2024 elections.  More than 9,000 mail-in ballots with inadequate signatures, or 0.6% of all votes cast, were tossed after Nevada’s deadline to “cure” or fix any problems with ballots passed on Nov. 12, a week after Election […]

McCaul chooses not to retain Foreign Affairs chairmanship

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) will not seek a waiver to retain his chairmanship, opting to end his six-year tenure as the top Republican on the committee. McCaul did not specify what he hopes his next leadership position will be, but he previously led the House Homeland Security Committee. “I have deep appreciation […]

Larry Kudlow removes himself from consideration for Trump Cabinet role

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow has told President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team that he does not want to return to government and would not take a role in the administration. The pair met this week at Mar-a-Lago, as Trump’s advisers saw Kudlow as a top contender to lead the National Economic Council or the Treasury […]

Alex Soros admits Trump was a ‘super candidate’

One Democratic megadonor is trying to explain President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last week as a result of him being a “super candidate” the party underestimated. Alex Soros, the son of Democratic megadonor George Soros, was the latest person to try to explain what led to the GOP recapturing the White House and Senate while maintaining […]

AOC removes pronouns from X bio

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) removed her pronouns from her bio on X as some Democrats are assessing if some social issues may have hurt them in last week’s elections. The congresswoman had previously listed her “she/her” pronouns at the end of her bio on the social media platform earlier this year, but as of midday […]

Eric Adams tells View hosts to tone down rhetoric amid criticism of RFK Jr.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams told the hosts of The View that the nation needs to tone down its rhetoric as the panel discussed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. possibly serving as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the HHS, and […]
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