Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) fended off a competitive challenger on election night, defeating Republican Austin Theriault in a district former President Donald Trump has won three times in a row. The Associated Press called the race for Golden on Friday, Nov. 15, at 8.50 p.m., 10 days after the election. Golden received 49.9% to Theriault’s […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has defended himself after facing repeated accusations that his tattoos were associated with white nationalism. Hegseth, whose nomination by Trump has been one of the more surprising in the past week, has been the subject of multiple articles focusing on his tattoos, An Associated Press […]

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 […]

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 […]