The U.S. Capitol Police have arrested 33-year-old James McIntyre for an alleged assault on Rep. Nancy Mace on Tuesday night in the Rayburn Office Building, according to the department. Capitol Police, in a statement, said they responded to an incident reported by a member’s office just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday. McIntyre is facing a […]
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Elon Musk, who is spearheading President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, is touting GLP-1 drugs to treat obesity. “Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors [sic] super low cost to the public,” Musk wrote in a post on X Wednesday. “Nothing else […]
House Democrats formally approved their party’s picks Wednesday for several leaders, including the ranking members of the so-called exclusive committees. These leadership spots — along with several other positions — were all uncontested. All of the lawmakers selected Wednesday also held their positions in the last Congress. The Democratic caucus formally approved: Ways and Means: […]
House lawmakers on Wednesday plan to take up one of the final must-pass bills of President Joe Biden’s presidency: the annual defense policy bill. It’ll hit the House floor with late afternoon votes under a rule, meaning it’ll need a simple majority of the chamber to pass. What to watch: House Armed Services ranking member […]
Here’s what we’re watching in transition world today: 🗓️ What we’re watching President-elect Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are unleashing a pressure campaign against GOP senators to confirm his Cabinet picks. 👀 What’s Trump up to? Trump is going to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson this weekend to discuss the party’s reconciliation strategy, […]
Senate Republicans have discussed elevating Sen. John Cornyn to chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to party officials, a move that would hand Cornyn a prized gavel as consolation for losing his GOP leader bid and could help induce him to run for reelection in two years. The complication, and almost certain deal-breaker: Cornyn […]
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Jacob Helberg to be the State Department’s top economic policy and trade official, selecting a China hawk for an integral role in U.S. efforts to secure supply chains. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump said Helberg, one of the leaders in the push to ban Chinese-owned social media […]
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is selecting former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnson to be the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico. Johnson, a Green Beret who spent more than 20 years at the Central Intelligence Agency before a diplomatic posting in San Salvador, would bring significant foreign policy expertise to one […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced private equity executive Tom Barrack, a longtime ally who faced legal scrutiny for his work on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, as his pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to Turkey. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump said Barrack, a California billionaire, is “a well respected and […]
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Court TV anchor and Fox News host who became a staunch advocate for Donald Trump, has been chosen by him to be the next U.S. ambassador to Greece. Trump announced the decision Tuesday in a social media post, calling her a a “close friend and ally” who “is perfectly suited to […]