President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly set to fire the entirety of special counsel Jack Smith’s team as well as use the Department of Justice to investigate the 2020 election.  Trump plans to eliminate the entirety of Smith’s team, including career attorneys typically protected from political retribution, according to a report from the Washington Post. Smith […]

President-elect Donald Trump named a number of key nominations to his administration on Friday night. Notable nominations include hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as the secretary of the Treasury Department, outgoing Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) to be the secretary of the Department of Labor, and former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner for secretary […]

President-elect Donald Trump nominated outgoing Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) to be secretary of the Department of Labor.  Chavez-DeRemer has been described by the New York Times as a “a mainstream Republican” who pitches herself as an independent thinker. Trump, in his nomination, said her appointment “will achieve historic cooperation between Business and Labor that will […]

A bipartisan group of nearly 40 members of Congress is requesting Secretary of State Antony Blinken to provide “immediate classified briefings” on “Turkey’s growing relationship with Hamas.” The letter, led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Goldman (D-NY), and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) and co-signed by 34 other representatives in the House, is […]