Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he would be open to entire committees viewing background checks of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Traditionally, Senate committee leaders won’t share background checks with the rest of the committee leaders given how lengthy the reports can be. There is an expectation the Senate committees make their confirmations […]

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and a group of Republican senators are warning the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives against putting into place any new policies ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The senators sent a letter to Director Steven Dettelbach telling him to “firmly commit to and focus […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook pledged to donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration committee. The donation comes following a strained relationship between Cook and the Biden administration after the Justice Department sued Apple in March, alleging the company had a monopoly on the smartphone market. Cook rarely interacted with President Joe Biden, but during the Trump […]

Authorities have ruled out a connection between the Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck explosion and the New Orleans pick up truck attack on New Year’s Eve, which killed at least 15.  The Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion outside of a Trump International Hotel occurred just hours after the attack in New Orleans. “Why don’t we consider what happened […]