National security minds in Washington, D.C., are awaiting President-elect Donald Trump’s decision for Defense secretary. Trump’s pick of Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., as his national security adviser and his expected pick of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for secretary of state, set a tone for his foreign policy that is expected to be hawkish on China […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of two House Republicans to serve in his administration could pose issues if the GOP’s majority in the chamber ends up critically thin. Trump has selected House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as his ambassador to the United Nations, while a source told Fox News Digital that he picked Rep. […]
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has called Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap to serve as secretary of state, a ‘strong choice’ for the cabinet-level role. ‘Unsurprisingly, the other team’s pick will have political differences than my own,’ Fetterman wrote in a post on X. ‘That being said, my colleague […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said there are ‘preliminary plans’ for President-elect Donald Trump to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The Louisiana Republican broke the news during a Tuesday morning press conference in response to Fox News Digital’s question about whether he and Trump had discussed the issue of government funding. ‘I didn’t intend to […]
With former president and now President-elect Donald Trump unable to run again for the White House in 2028, Vice President-elect JD Vance appears to be the heir apparent to the America First movement and the Republican Party’s powerful MAGA base. It was a point driven home by Donald Trump Jr., the former and future president’s […]
A competitive race is brewing within the House GOP after the conference’s No. 4 leader was plucked to serve in the new Trump administration. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., was elevated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations next year, sending lawmakers jockeying to fill her spot in Wednesday’s internal party leadership elections. Now, at […]
Once Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., vacates her seat to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has 10 days to set the date for a special election to replace her in the House. The special election must be held within 70 to 80 days afterward, and there are already […]
One week after Election Day, control of the House of Representatives is still up in the air with votes continuing to be counted in 17 House races. Republican Donald Trump won the presidency again and the GOP will have the Senate majority. House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, is still waiting to learn whether he will […]
President-elect Donald Trump said his election victory ‘gives me a very big mandate to do things properly’ in a newly released video by Indonesia’s president. Prabowo Subianto could be heard congratulating Trump, adding, ‘Wherever you are, I am willing to fly to, to congratulate you personally sir.’ ‘We had a great election in the U.S…. […]
So many takes on the 2024 election and so little time. Here are my top 10 in reverse order of importance. I’ll skip the obvious one: President-elect Donald Trump, aka ’45/47′ or ‘DJT,’ is the greatest comeback story in American political history. His resilience is like Richard Nixon’s, but not even Nixon got up off […]