Allies of President-elect Donald Trump see former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal as a necessary political sacrifice to carry out Trump’s second-term vision. Gaetz was despised by many lawmakers across both political parties as his firebrand antics upended Congress including ousting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But it was the stench of sex trafficking allegations […]
Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host and nominee for secretary of defense, likely has a clear path to Senate confirmation after Republican senators indicated they would support him, despite new details coming out about the 2017 sexual assault claim against him. Hegseth, 44, who met with GOP senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday, was […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Thursday that he will chair the Appropriations subcommittee that controls the defense budget next year as he prepares to step down from Senate leadership. In January, McConnell will become a rank-and-file member after 18 years leading Republicans in the Senate, but his committee assignment guarantees he will maintain a […]
Rep.-elect Tom Barrett (R-MI) will start his freshman term in Congress in the same office his great-grandfather occupied 70 years earlier when he passed consequential legislation to change the Pledge of Allegiance. The Michigan Republican won his coveted pick of room 1232 in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill thanks to the cooperation […]
President-elect Donald Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his next pick for attorney general, following former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal earlier in the day. Bondi served as attorney general of Florida from 2011 to 2019. However, she is best known for serving as one of Trump’s defense lawyers during his first impeachment. In […]
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) conceded the Pennsylvania Senate race to David McCormick. The race was called days after the election for McCormick, but Casey had refused to concede. He held out longer than any other Senate candidate in the 2024 cycle. VOTERS SEND HISTORY-MAKING CANDIDATES TO CONGRESS “I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to […]
After distancing himself from Project 2025 during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump has tapped some of its contributors to join his incoming administration. Though the project itself encompassed a variety of things, including education and preparing personnel for a presidential transition, public focus, and criticism, revolved around the book it produced — Mandate for Leadership […]
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg speculated that billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk is “the actual vice president,” deeming Vice President-elect J.D. Vance “an interim.” Musk actively assisted President-elect Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election and has since been assigned to co-head the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency. “I believe Elon Musk […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the Global Alliance for Responsible Media over allegations of an anticompetitive boycott targeting social media platforms, including Elon Musk’s X. The investigation comes on the heels of an antitrust lawsuit filed by X in August, accusing GARM and its suburbanization, the World Federation of Advertisers, […]
The Justice Department is telling Google to divest from its Chrome browser in an effort to be in compliance with antitrust law. “Google must promptly and fully divest Chrome, to a buyer approved by the Plaintiffs in their sole discretion, subject to terms that the Court and Plaintiffs approve,” the Justice Department said in its […]
