President-elect Trump is spoiling for a fight as he chooses the members of his incoming administration. Provocative picks from Trump keep coming. The four most prominent so far are former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) for director of National Intelligence, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services, and Fox News personality and veteran Pete Hegseth for secretary of Defense. |
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Progressives are at odds with one another over how to hone their message to voters after losing the White House again to President-elect Trump.
There's little disagreement that things need to change. Democrats' most recent electoral strategy has been rendered ineffective, delivering Trump back to Washington with his party's full control of Congress.
But there's no consensus about what the left should do next. |
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Florida's abortion rights groups are taking stock after a narrow loss in last week's ballot referendum but say the fight to overturn the state's six-week abortion ban isn't over. Florida became the first state to reject an abortion rights amendment since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, leaving Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-Fla.) six-week ban in place. Although the amendment, which sought to protect abortion access to the point of fetal viability, was approved by 57 percent of voters, it fell short of passing due to Florida's supermajority threshold, which requires any amendment to have a 60 percent approval rating. This requirement paired with unprecedented involvement from the DeSantis administration presented a unique set of challenges to pass the amendment. People on both sides of the debate say the uphill battle to enshrine abortion protections in solid red Florida's constitution will persist. |
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President-elect Trump's pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set off immediate alarm among Democrats and public health experts, but so far the reception among key Senate Republicans has ranged from enthusiastic to open-minded.
Kennedy is a prominent vaccine skeptic who argues the rise of chronic diseases in America can be traced to ultra-processed foods, environmental toxins and chemical additives. He also blames fluoridated water and vaccines, and wants to increase access to raw milk. |
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President-elect Trump has made quick work of pulling together a Cabinet and group of senior aides for his incoming administration, roiling Washington with some of his more controversial picks in the process. Trump issued a flurry of nominations and appointments during his first full week as president-elect, sending lawmakers scrambling to react |
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President-elect Trump has tapped Karoline Leavitt, the top spokesperson for his 2024 campaign, to be his White House press secretary when he takes office in January. "Karoline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as the National Press Secretary on my Historic Campaign, and I am pleased to announce she will serve as White House Press Secretary," Trump said in a statement Friday evening. "Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator. I have the utmost confidence she will excel at the podium, and help deliver our message to the American People as we, Make America Great Again." |
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A federal judge on Friday agreed to recuse himself from overseeing the exonerated Central Park Five's defamation lawsuit against President-elect Trump. Shanin Specter, the Central Park Five's lead attorney, disclosed earlier this week he has been friends with the judge since childhood and represented him and his wife in legal matters. |
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BY ALEJANDRA O'CONNELL-DOMENECH AND JOSEPH CHOI |
President-elect Trump's decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary will put some of the former independent presidential candidate's most controversial views under deep scrutiny. Kennedy will need to win 50 Senate votes to get confirmed, and while that's far from impossible, a series of statements he's made in the past are likely to cause problems not only with Democrats, but some Republicans. |
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Officials shared that high school Hispanic and LGBTQIA students are receiving offensive messages saying they've been selected for deportation or re-education camps. "Although we have not received reports of violent acts stemming from these offensive messages, we are evaluating all reported incidents and engaging with the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division," the FBI wrote in a release. "We are also sharing information with our law enforcement partners and community, academia, and faith leaders." |
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OPINION | Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidency to Donald Trump because she ran an awful campaign. Contrary to received wisdom, this was not because she did not adequately distance herself from President Biden — rather, it was because she did not embrace him sufficiently. The two dominant issues in the election cut in Trump's favor. Both were grounded in the experiences of most voters (apart from those doing well enough economically so as not to notice). |
BY JEFFREY A. SINGER AND JOSH BLOOM |
OPINION | A recent study found two-thirds of homeless people have a mental illness, with more than three-quarters of them having experienced it during their lifetimes. Between 10 and 20 percent of the homeless have schizophrenia, one of the most debilitating of all mental health disorders. For people with such a severe condition, it is crucial that they have easy access to effective antipsychotic medications. Unfortunately, an FDA policy — specifically the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program — has been largely responsible for the underprescription and underuse of clozapine, the only FDA-approved drug for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, the most severe form of the disorder. |
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BY JONATHAN SWAN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN |
President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty. |
BY AARON ZITNER AND SIOBHAN HUGHES |
President-elect looks to bypass federal institutions to install nominees and shrink government. |
After one of the most chaotic and least productive sessions in modern history, voters made a surprising choice in elections for the U.S. House -- they overwhelmingly stuck with the status quo. |
BY MICHAEL KRANISH, JOSH DAWSEY, JONATHAN O'CONNELL, DAN LAMOTHE AND JOHN HUDSON |
Trump's pick for defense secretary was investigated in a 2017 incident in California, Monterey police said. Hegseth's lawyer said police found no evidence of wrongdoing. |
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