Decision 2024

Trump Administration 6 hours ago

Three of Trump's Cabinet selections face allegations of sexual misconduct

Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. face questions about their personal actions as well as their professional qualifications ahead of the Senate confirmation process.

Trump Administration 12 hours ago

Trump names former top DOJ official to serve as ambassador to NATO
Trump Administration 4 hours ago

Democrats try to force a vote to release Matt Gaetz report as Ethics panel has ‘no agreement'

Trump Administration 13 hours ago

Trump picks former wrestling executive Linda McMahon for education secretary

President-elect Donald Trump is nominating the billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised t...
Trump Administration Nov 19

Trump ‘heavily working the phones' to drum up support for Matt Gaetz nomination

President-elect Donald Trump has been making calls to bolster his pick to lead the Justice Department — Matt Gaetz — who is already facing skepticism from some Republican senators, according to source...
Trump Administration Nov 19

Trump chooses Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Donald Trump Nov 19

Trump picks Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to be commerce secretary

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he has chosen a key transition adviser and billionaire financial services executive, Howard Lutnick, to lead the Commerce Department.

Decision 2024 Nov 19

Ramaswamy's ‘jackhammer and chain saw' plan to force federal workers back into the office

Eighteen months after the pandemic ended, nearly two-thirds of the country’s 2.2 million federal workers are still approved to work from home.
Health Nov 18

Caroline Kennedy, a U.S. ambassador, says her cousin RFK Jr. holds ‘dangerous' views on vaccines

Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, bashed her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week over his views on vaccinations, calling them “dangerous.”
Trump Administration Nov 18

Matt Gaetz allegedly paid an adult woman for sex in 2017, attorney says

Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, paid a woman for sex at a small, invitation-only party in Florida, where prostitution is illegal, in 2017 while he was a member of the House, the woman’s attorney said to NBC News on Monday.
Trump Administration Nov 19

Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary

President-elect Donald Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.
Donald Trump Nov 19

Georgia appeals court cancels arguments in Trump election case until further notice

Three other criminal cases against Donald Trump have been put in limbo on the heels of the Republican’s election as president.
news Nov 18

House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday

Many Senate Republicans want the House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz to be released. Gaetz is a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump.
Decision 2024 Nov 18

Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments

The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.
Health care Nov 18

How Trump's win could change your health care

President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care.
Trump Administration Nov 16

Trump returns to Madison Square Garden for UFC event after naming energy secretary

President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: fierce battles inside the octagon and New York City.
Decision 2024 Nov 16

Democratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underway

Nearly two dozen Democrats are seen as possible contenders ahead of an invisible primary that will be shaped partly by Trump and his second term.
Donald Trump Nov 15

Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary

Leavitt, 27, currently a spokesperson for Trump’s transition, would be the youngest White House press secretary in history.
politics Nov 15

Woman told House ethics committee she saw Gaetz have sex with minor, her lawyer says

Matt Gaetz is president-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become U.S. attorney general.
Iran Nov 15

Iran said it won't try to kill Trump: U.S. official

Iran sent a written message via Swiss diplomats in mid-October saying that it would not seek to kill Donald Trump, a U.S. official told NBC News.