Pete Hegseth, the former National Guard officer who President-elect Trump has tapped to lead the Department of Defense, said he’s had ‘great’ conversations with senators amid efforts to shore up his confirmation and was ‘standing…
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Pete Hegseth on the Hill for another day of meetings to rally support: ‘It’s been a wonderful process’
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, spent another day courting support from Republican senators on Capitol Hill and taking a few questions from reporters while he was at it. …
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The House of Representatives rejected a bid by Democrats to force the release of an ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Thursday evening. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., filed a measure known as…
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Musk, Ramaswamy huddle with lawmakers in quest to downsize widely-distrusted federal government with DOGE
Many Americans don’t trust the federal government, and Elon Musk — an eccentric billionaire business tycoon tasked by President-elect Donald Trump with helping slay the unwieldly bureaucratic leviathan — thinks that’s just the right attitude.…
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Biden team reportedly considering preemptive pardons for Fauci, Schiff, other Trump ‘targets’
President Biden’s White House is reportedly considering preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Sen.-elect Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. White House counsel Ed Siskel is arranging discussions about the potential pardons…
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GOP senators ‘very impressed’ with Musk, Ramaswamy DOGE framework amid meetings on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lawmakers told Fox News Digital they are ‘very impressed’ with President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) framework amid meetings on Capitol Hill with agency appointees Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.…
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‘The pendulum is swinging’: Experts weigh in on historic SCOTUS transgender case amid oral arguments
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) began hearing oral arguments for the high-profile case involving Tennessee’s ban on transgender medical procedures for minors on Wednesday, and one expert is saying the historic case shows ‘the pendulum is…
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At a recent church service, a close relative (an avid Trump supporter) mentioned to me that the president-elect needs to clean house at the U.S. Secret Service and staff it with vetted and loyal special…
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As Democrats, we are deeply disappointed in President Joe Biden’s decision to offer a full and unconditional pardon to his son Hunter, who was convicted on multiple tax and gun charges. To be clear, we…
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President Biden is returning to the White House after a history-making trip to Angola this week, as Biden became the first American president to visit the sub-Saharan African nation. But Biden, likely on his last…