Here’s what we’re watching in transition world today: 🗓️ What we’re watching President-elect Donald Trump’s transition, which kicked off at an expeditious pace with his naming of top Cabinet positions, comes to a close on Monday, when Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn in during a frigid ceremony at the Capitol. Speaker […]
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China will send an envoy, Vice President Han Zheng, to Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, the country’s foreign ministry said in a news release. Karoline Leavitt, who will serve as press secretary in Trump’s new administration, confirmed last month that Chinese President Xi Jinping was invited to the event. Han’s presence at the inauguration comes […]
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has settled on the themes for its first hearings of the new Congress, focusing on bolstering U.S. innovations and advancements in domestic wireless technology and chemical production. The topics send a signal about the panel’s priorities in the new Republican governing trifecta — and what political message it wants […]
Paul Mango, a former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate and senior health official during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term who was advising on the current transition, has died. Mango’s death was confirmed Thursday afternoon by his current employer, the Paragon Health Institute. “Paul was a mentor and friend who dedicated his life to serving his country, who […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland bid farewell to the Justice Department Thursday with an unmistakable call to its career staff to resist any efforts by the incoming Trump administration to turn the department into a political weapon. “It is the obligation of each of us to follow our norms, not only when it is easy, but […]
House Energy and Commerce Republicans met Thursday to shape their strategy for energy portions of the GOP’s budget reconciliation bill — including clawing back climate spending approved by Democrats. Panel leaders previewed a “menu” of programs in the Inflation Reduction Act and other Biden administration climate spending that could be rescinded, lawmakers familiar with the […]
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday tapped three new special ambassadors — but not to a foreign nation or policy area. Actors Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone will serve as “Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, with the aim of boosting […]
Prepare to freeze at Donald Trump’s inauguration. It’s forecasted to be the coldest Inauguration Day since President Ronald Reagan’s second swearing-in ceremony in 1985 (temperature: A cool 7 degrees). The weather is expected to peak in the mid-20s (very cold!) and dip as low as 10 degrees (very very cold!) at night. The good news: […]
President-elect Donald Trump has selected private equity CEO and philanthropist Bill Pulte to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. If confirmed, Pulte would become the country’s top housing regulator. FHFA oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-controlled mortgage giants standing behind roughly half of the U.S. residential mortgage market. Pulte founded Pulte Capital Partners […]
More than 60 House Democrats backed a GOP bill that would make sexual and domestic violence deportable offenses, marking the second bipartisan immigration bill to pass the chamber this Congress. The bill, led by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), earned 10 more Democratic votes than the 51 who backed it in the last Congress. Many Democrats […]