Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes before the August recess on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as U.S. attorney general. Trump wrote […]
President-elect Trump appointed Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to join his administration as National Security Adviser. “Mike is the first Green Beret to have been elected to Congress, and previously served in the White House and Pentagon,” Trump said in a statement announcing his latest cabinet pick. “Mike served in the Army Special Forces for 27 […]
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has won the race for Arizona’s open Senate seat, beating out Republican Kari Lake, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, according to The Associated Press Monday night. Gallego has served in the House of Representatives since 2015, representing the 7th and 3rd congressional districts in Arizona. ARIZONA DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICE […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. “Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,” Trump said in a statement Monday announcing his pick. Nikki Haley, who challenged Trump for the GOP nomination, was among those who previously […]
Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) said Friday in a post on social platform X that the Margate Police Department, which is in his district, informed him the day before the election about “a potential plot” to threaten his life. In the statement, Moskowitz said a man was arrested near his home with a rifle, suppressor…
First-term Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is projected to survive his first re-election bid in his suburban 17th Congressional District. He defeated former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., delivering a much-needed victory for House GOP leaders as they seek to hold onto their razor-thin margin of control over half of Congress, according to The Associated Press, which […]
CNN host John Berman sparred with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) as the Republican failed to address questions on Thursday following Donald Trump’s pledge to protect women “whether the women like it or not.” Berman hit back at Donalds after he claimed that CNN played a clip lacking “context” from Trump, who used a Wisconsin rally […]
Robert Lighthizer, former US trade representative, speaks during an event with former US President Donald Trump, not pictured, at Precision Components Group in York, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Donald Trump’s longtime trade adviser is apparently telling Wall Street money managers that if the Republican presidential nominee is reelected, he […]
