Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will be under the microscope when it comes to President-elect Trump's most contentious Cabinet nominees, with senators watching closely to see if he will oppose confirming former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general or former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence. McConnell, who clashed with Trump and is leaving his leadership position in the new Congress, will turn 83 in February and is up for reelection in 2026. Crossing Trump could make his road to another term more difficult, but it's also far from clear that he would seek another six years in the Senate. |
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President-elect Trump's White House victory set his legal cases on a downward spiral, but his allies who have faced prosecution or other legal trouble are not yet in the clear.
Dozens of Trump aides, associates and backers — including top officials in his first administration — have faced criminal charges tied to efforts to keep the former president in power after he lost the 2020 election. Many also faced disbarments, bankruptcy and civil litigation. |
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Republicans have made gains with minority voters in the past two elections, a marked shift among some of the most loyal voting blocs for Democrats.
The GOP saw an increase in support from Asian, Black, Hispanic and Latino voters in November, building on the growth the party saw from the midterms. |
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President-elect Trump has talked about using the military on the "enemy from within," at the border and potentially even in Mexico against cartels. The rhetoric has sparked increasing worry among Democrats on Capitol Hill as Trump heads toward his second term. Republicans, however, largely downplayed the concerns during interviews this week. |
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Democrats and veterans groups are taking aim at Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's belief that women should not serve in combat roles, with at least two crucial GOP senators also asking for answers on his stance. Hegseth, 44, a Fox News host, has often made questionable comments on the military matters he'd oversee should he be confirmed as Pentagon chief. But his assertions last week have elicited fears that Hegseth's views could have a chilling effect on women wanting to serve or alienate those currently in uniform. |
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A woman told the House Ethics Committee that she saw former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) "having sex with a minor" at a party, Florida attorney Joel Leppard confirmed to The Hill on Saturday. "As the Senate considers former Rep. Gaetz's nomination for attorney general, several questions demand answers," Leppard told ABC News on Friday. "What if multiple credible witnesses provided evidence of behavior that would constitute serious criminal violations?" |
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President-elect Trump on Saturday announced he would nominate Chris Wright, a donor and fracking company leader, to serve as his Energy secretary. "Chris has been a leading technologist and entrepreneur in Energy. He has worked in Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, and Oil and Gas," Trump said in a statement announcing the pick. "Most significantly, Chris was one of the pioneers who helped launch the American Shale Revolution that fueled American Energy Independence, and transformed the Global Energy Markets and Geopolitics." |
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Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk threw his support behind Howard Lutnick, chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, over Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, as Treasury secretary in the next Trump administration in a post on the social platform X on Saturday. "My view fwiw is that Bessent is a business-as-usual choice, whereas @howardlutnick will actually enact change. Business-as-usual is driving America bankrupt, so we need change one way or another," Musk wrote in the post. |
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President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the third and final time on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru on Saturday, in the wake of the U.S. presidential election. "The United States has recently concluded its elections," Xi told Biden. "China's goal of a stable, healthy and sustainable China-U.S. relationship remains unchanged." |
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OPINION | Since America's inception, we have outpaced the rest of the world in technological innovation. Scientific figures such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison have always seemed present with us, and their heirs — modern-day titans like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk — maintain that tradition. Alongside their innate genius, their innovative successes occurred through hard work and revolutionary thinking, incentivized by a system that rewards hard work and provides an opportunity for efforts to bear fruit. Their achievements met the exacting tests of hard science. |
OPINION | What is the value of someone who has the potential to literally save millions of lives and improve the health of tens of millions of children and adults? We may be on the verge of revolutionizing America's failing health care system for the better, and two men will be responsible: President-elect Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
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BY JACQUELINE ALEMANY, MICHAEL SCHERER, JOSH DAWSEY AND ASHLEY PARKER |
The president-elect has been operating off his own script, making Cabinet picks that have posed immediate political challenges. | Mr. Trump has criticized the Biden administration for what he calls its lax handling of the border — but it has left him with tools he can use to shut down the border. |
U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration's support for Israel's war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his cabinet picks, they tell Reuters. |
BY WILL WEISSERT AND DAN GELSTON |
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. |
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