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President-elect Trump's rollout of his Cabinet and administration nominees, coupled with the transition team's lack of vetting, is creating unwanted headaches for Senate Republicans. Trump has been rolling out appointments and nominees at a breakneck pace as he seeks to stock his administration with loyalists, from Kash Patel at the FBI and Pam Bondi as attorney general, to Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon, Robert F. Kennedy and Health and Human Services and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) as director of national intelligence. But that swiftness has also brought pitfalls. A pair of nominees have already withdrawn in the early weeks — and Hegseth could follow suit as he struggles to win the requisite support in the upper chamber. |
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BY LAURA KELLY AND ARIS FOLLEY |
Lawmakers see a slim chance of passing President Biden's request for $24 billion in funding related to Ukraine, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has called for any new funding to be pushed back until President-elect Trump takes office.
Pro-Ukraine lawmakers are counting on strong bipartisan support in Congress to help push through the request alongside a stop-gap government funding bill because even some Trump allies are looking to leverage American assistance to Ukraine to force talks with Russia to negotiate an end to the war. |
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BY EMILY BROOKS, MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
House Republican leaders will choose new chairs for a number of influential committees this week, people who will have the power to help deliver on President-elect Trump's priorities in the GOP trifecta over the next two years.
Here are the competitive House GOP chair races for the 119th Congress. |
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is on the rise as a Democratic Party voice calling for a new direction as the party seeks to regroup following a stinging election loss. Murphy has been among the most prominent figures arguing for a new strategy to expand the party's tent and for leaders to embrace economic populism to reconnect with voters whom the party has lost. If followed, Murphy's advice could result in a different outlook for the Democrats and elevate him as the party seeks the next generation of leaders. |
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President-elect Trump heavily criticized Syrian rebels for their move to overtake the city of Damascus on Saturday, but emphasized that this was not America's fight. "Russia, because they are so tied up in Ukraine, and with the loss there of over 600,000 soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they have protected for years," Trump wrote on Truth Social, also claiming former President Obama did not help the country enough during his administration. |
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House Democrats say that they'll skip the election protests they've staged on Jan. 6 in past presidential cycles, four years after supporters of President-elect Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt to interrupt the certification of the 2020 election results. Democrats typically have used the formal certification of GOP presidential wins to air objections to how certain states carried out their elections. |
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Some allies of President-elect Trump are lashing out at Senate Republicans as a second Cabinet nominee appears imperiled, raising questions about the extent of Trump's mandate and how much leeway he should get to build his second administration. Trump has so far already seen one Cabinet pick withdraw in the face of Senate GOP opposition, with former Rep. Matt Gaetz bowing out as the nominee to serve as attorney general amid questions about a House ethics report and misconduct. Now, Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is facing headwinds among some Republicans concerned about allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking at previous jobs. |
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The Biden administration announced on Saturday nearly $1 million in arms support for Ukraine, the Department of Defense said in a press release. The $988 million assistance package will provide the country with munitions for rocket systems and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and support for maintenance and repair programs to help Ukraine's military "build and sustain combat power," the release read. |
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President-elect Trump and first lady Jill Biden attended the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, sitting in the same row during the ceremony. The cathedral reopened on Saturday after it suffered a devastating fire in the spring of 2019, causing its spire and wooden latticework of its roof to collapse. Trump and Jill Biden were photographed speaking when Brigitte Macron wasn't in her seat. |
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OPINION | Australia's parliament just passed a groundbreaking law that bans kids under the age of 16 from using social media platforms, marking a significant shift in how the government is addressing the online safety of young people. While the ban seems popular with the general public, particularly those concerned with the mental health implications of social media use among children, it has also generated considerable debate. |
OPINION | Despite the skepticism and outrage over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, there is a lot that he can do to reassure doubters in the medical community. His continued focus on the need to improve our food quality and fight the obesity epidemic head-on is one major thing, especially if you see food as medicine (as I do) or recognize that a healthy person with a normal weight is much less likely to get sick and need expensive health care. |
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BY RAJA ABDULRAHIM AND MUHAMMAD HAJ KADOUR |
Thoughts of loved ones dead or missing complicate joyous relief at the prospect of an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad. |
The main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is an offshoot of the Nusra Front, a onetime affiliate of al Qaeda, and is funded by Turkey.
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As the search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killer stretches into a fourth day and beyond the New York City limits, investigators are reckoning with a tantalizing dichotomy. |
BY ARELIS R. HERNÁNDEZ, MELISSA DEL BOSQUE, CHARLES BOUTAUD, MONICA CAMACHO, SARAH CAHLAN, JACK SAPOCH AND MIRIAM RAMIREZ |
An investigation found more migrant drowning deaths than the U.S. or Mexico have reported. Many were in Eagle Pass, where Texas's border crackdown is focused. |
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