Opponents of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead HHS are buying tens of thousands of dollars in ads across the states of key Republican senators as he plans to meet with them this week. Protect Our Care, which has launched a Stop RFK War Room, has bought advertising slots — from digital ads to […]
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Here’s what we’re watching in transition world today: 🗓️ What we’re watching President-elect Donald Trump met with Speaker Mike Johnson and incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune in his suite at the Army-Navy game on Saturday to discuss how to implement his agenda, Playbook reports this morning. Johnson and Thune are anxious to get the […]
Congressional leaders were still trading offers Sunday afternoon on a government funding patch attached to a disaster aid package and a slew of other priorities leaders hope to clear before year’s end. Those negotiations between Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and their leadership counterparts are down to the wire, ahead of a […]
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that Pete Hegseth, the president-elect’s secretary of Defense pick, told him that he would release the person who accused him of sexual misconduct from her non-disclosure agreement. “He told me he would release her from that agreement,” Graham (R-S.C.) told NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker. “Just think […]
Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes on Sunday shared his frustration over the lack of information on recent drone sightings in New Jersey, but he also emphasized that he doesn’t believe there is reason to worry. “There’s a lot of us that are pretty frustrated right now. The answer ‘We don’t know’ is not a good enough […]
Mike Johnson’s speakership appeared to be on life support seven months ago. Now, even his biggest antagonists are preparing to back him as the party enters the second Trump era. It didn’t happen by accident — Johnson’s been working diligently behind the scenes to solidify support. According to interviews with roughly a dozen lawmakers, his […]
Retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said he was astonished how badly Democrats misread the electorate in the 2024 elections. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Romney said, “I look at this last election. Uh, I shake my head as I look at our Democrat friends. How could […]
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis warned Sunday that pressure campaigns to push President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees through Congress “run a lot of risks,” including the possibility of backfiring on its very purpose. “If anything they could create a structural problem for future nominees if they overreach,” Tillis (R-N.C.) said on “Fox News Sunday.” More than […]
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent hip replacement surgery, her spokesperson announced Saturday, after being hospitalized for an injury while traveling in Luxembourg. The surgery was “successful” and the 84-year-old “is well on the mend,” the spokesperson, Ian Krager, said in a statement. The California Democrat was hospitalized Friday while traveling in Luxembourg to the […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sharply criticized associates of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department, for seeking to rescind approval of the polio vaccine. McConnell, a polio survivor, said in a statement that “efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed […]