Former late-night star and comedian Conan O’Brien is set to host the 97th Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Tuesday. “This is incredible. I’ve been handed an Oscar. I’m an Oscar winner. … It’s amazing,” O’Brien joked in an announcement video released by the Academy on X. “No, you’re the […]

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) left the door open to join President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet, marking his latest move to distance himself from the Democratic Party.  Weighing in after voters overwhelmingly handed Trump a second term last week, the Minnesota congressman told NewsNation, “I am not a big fan of the president himself, but I understand […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as Cabinet nominees, lamenting the former’s vaccine skepticism and the latter’s soft stance on Russia. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to be the United States’s secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Gabbard for director of national intelligence. […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is skipping the protocol of using the FBI to conduct background checks, according to a report. Instead, the president-elect’s team is turning to private companies to vet administrative appointees, people familiar with transition planning told CNN. Trump has criticized the FBI for its slow investigation process and feared it would […]