North Korea officially ratified a defense treaty with Russia on Monday, November 11, further strengthening the two countries’ military alliance. The ratification is believed to be the formal conclusion of the agreement Russia and North Korea agreed to in June. The announcement comes as thousands of North Korean troops have been sighted in Russia and are […]
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is looking to boost the national profile of National Veterans Small Business Week. Ernst, a veteran, hailed the contributions of veterans through small businesses in Iowa and throughout the United States in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “Veterans represent our nation’s best, and they should have access to every opportunity […]
Former first lady Melania Trump will not be joining her husband for a White House meeting with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden. Sources familiar with the matter told CNN that the reason for the snub was a scheduling conflict related to her new memoir. One source said the decision not to attend […]
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as his secretary of state. Three people familiar with the matter told the New York Times of the looming decision. It would mark a victory for the defense hawks of the Republican Party after Trump picked Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) as his national security […]
President-elect Donald Trump has asked Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) to be his national security adviser, according to source familiar with the conversations. The Green Beret veteran is cut from the same foreign policy cloth as Trump. He is known as a China hawk who has also been skeptical about the amount of aid the U.S. […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to shake up how the Senate confirms his Cabinet and other appointments has more potential to weaken his agenda rather than kick-start it. His desire to use so-called recess appointments would erode the Senate’s power and tradition by sidestepping the confirmation process, and the Democratic obstruction that comes with it, for […]
Facing the loss of control of the Senate and executive branch, the Democrats are looking to lay a minefield to stop President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda during their lame-duck session. The Democrats lost control of the Senate and White House after last week’s elections and don’t appear to be on track to win back the House. […]
New York will soon hold a special election for Rep. Elise Stefanik‘s (R-NY) seat in the 21st Congressional District after the House Republican Conference chairwoman announced she would step down and accept an ambassadorship in the next Trump administration. With Stefanik accepting the role of President-elect Donald Trump‘s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, she […]
Progressives are pushing back against claims from fellow Democrats that the party saw losses up and down the ballot as a result of leaning too far into “culture wars.” With a looming Republican trifecta on the horizon, some Democrats have resorted to a blame game while others are taking time after the 2024 election to […]
The White House isn’t bowing to pressure from president-elect Donald Trump to stop making judicial confirmations during President Joe Biden’s lame-duck period. Trump has a little more than two months before he returns to the White House and steps back into a position to control various governmental appointments. However, he has tried to see if […]
