LANDOVER, Maryland — LANDOVER, Maryland (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was huddling with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game, a chance to take in one of most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team. Trump was joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance, embattled Pentagon pick […]
WASHINGTON — National defense would see a 1% increase in spending this fiscal year under a Pentagon policy bill that also gives a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military. The measure is traditionally strongly bipartisan, but not this year as some Democratic lawmakers protest the inclusion of […]
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump made another flurry of job announcements on Tuesday, selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade CommissionRon Johnson was nominated to be ambassador to Mexico, and Kimberly Guilfoyle to be ambassador to Greece. Ferguson, who is already one of the FTC’s five commissioners, will replace Lina Khan, […]
MARTIN, Tenn. — Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he was elected the first time. Matt Gaetz’s decision to pull his name Thursday from consideration for attorney general — amid continued fallout over a federal sex trafficking investigation — represents the […]
President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign. Here’s a look at who he’s selected so far. Wiles, 67, was a senior adviser to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and its de facto […]
An Associated Press investigation examined extremism among members of the U.S. military and veterans. Here are highlights from the reporting. The AP received exclusive access to data collected and analyzed by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, or START, at the University of Maryland. According to this data, there […]
