November 21, 2024
Donald Trump gets a brutal reality check
Donald Trump is not a monarch. That’s the unmistakable lesson of the ill-fated nomination of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Rather than showcasing Trump’s absolute power over his GOP allies, it revealed his limits. The doomed nomination lasted just eight days — and its failure is an unwelcome lesson for the president-elect, who has been […]
November 21, 2024
What does Gaetz’s withdrawal mean for the Ethics report?
House Democrats vowed to press forward with their plan to force the release of a long-awaited report into Matt Gaetz even after he withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. But there are early signs that House Republicans, some of whom had indicated prior to Gaetz’s withdrawal that they supported the […]
November 21, 2024
GOP senators expect to meet with RFK Jr. soon
Republican senators expect Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to soon make the rounds on Capitol Hill as he seeks to win their votes for his confirmation to be Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Thursday Kennedy was likely to journey to the Hill in the coming days, suggesting he’d meet with […]
November 21, 2024
‘Efficient and accountable’: GOP-led DOGE bill aims to slash outflow of federal dollars
House Republicans are eyeing ways to slash the outpouring of federal dollars after President-elect Donald Trump signaled that cutting government red tape would be a major part of his agenda. Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., introduced a new bill on Thursday, titled the ‘Decreasing Overlapping Grants Efficiently (DOGE) Act,’ which would establish a system for cutting […]
November 21, 2024
RUBY CHEN: Trump NSA pick Mike Waltz can help US crush Hamas
As President-elect Donald Trump continues to shape his cabinet, the selection of Mike Waltz as incoming national security adviser gives me, the father of Itay Chen, a U.S. hostage being held in Gaza by Hamas, a renewed sense of hope. Waltz should bring the decisive policy changes that we, the families of those abducted by Hamas, have been begging […]
November 21, 2024
Would the US win a war with China over Taiwan? US lawmakers briefed on the potential outcome
House lawmakers were briefed Wednesday about the potential outcome if the U.S. were to find itself at war with China over Taiwan within the next two years, as the global superpower increasingly encroaches on U.S. allies. The Chinese defense industrial base is operating at a ‘wartime footing,’ and now has a shipbuilding capacity 230 times […]
November 21, 2024
SEC Chair Gary Gensler to step down Jan. 20
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, who pursued a sweeping and controversial agenda as Wall Street’s chief overseer over the last three-plus years, plans to step down on Jan. 20, the agency said Thursday. His departure will clear the way for President-elect Donald Trump to install his yet-to-be-named pick to lead the top U.S. […]
November 21, 2024
Turning Point readies state lobbying effort to help Trump’s nominees
As uncertainty mounts about whether the new Republican-controlled Senate will sign off on some of President-elect Donald Trump’s more controversial Cabinet picks, a top conservative grassroots group is dialing up the pressure. Turning Point Action, the group spearheaded by prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk, plans to hold rallies in states where they believe GOP senators […]
November 21, 2024
RFK Jr. previously compared Trump to Hitler
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and disparaged his supporters on his podcast in 2016. Kennedy, who ultimately backed Trump in the 2024 election after dropping his own independent bid, is now a newly selected cabinet member to lead Trump’s Health and Human Services Department — but the old comments reflect […]
November 21, 2024
Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration for Trump’s AG
Matt Gaetz announced he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as attorney general, noting in a social media post that his nomination had become a distraction. Gaetz held multiple meetings with GOP senators over the past couple of days as he sought to game out his chances of getting confirmed.
November 21, 2024
McDonald’s preparing a 2025 ‘McValue’ offering
McDonald’s is preparing 2025 value offerings in a bid to hang onto customers who are fed up with high costs at restaurants. The company is working on a new “McValue” approach for next year that involves keeping the $5 value meal offer it launched this summer on the menu for the first half of the year, along with […]
November 21, 2024
Heritage launching $1M campaign targeting senators who could ‘make or break’ Trump Cabinet confirmations
The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America are launching a $1 million public education campaign to advocate for the ‘prompt confirmation’ of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees and will target the home states of key senators who could ‘make or break’ the confirmation process, Fox News Digital has learned. The campaign will also educate […]