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Trump names Gorka to White House counter-terror post, picks Scott Turner to lead HUD
President-elect Donald Trump is bringing back Sebastian Gorka into the White House to serve as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, marking his latest back-to-the-future pick as he fills out his inner circle. Source link
Read MoreTrump fills key health care positions: surgeon general, heads of CDC, FDA
President-elect Donald Trump is building out his health team, announcing that he will nominate Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be Surgeon General. Source link
Read MoreTrump names Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary, expected to pick Kelly Loeffler for Agriculture
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has picked financier Scott Bessent as the next Treasury secretary to serve in a key role carrying out his economic agenda. Source link
Read MoreTrump senior adviser Dan Scavino fuels speculation about a congressional run in N.Y.
A longtime senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump is wondering aloud about running for the House seat that Rep. Elise Stefanik will vacate when she resigns after Mr. Trump nominates her to be U.N. ambassador. Source link
Read MoreAdultery no longer a crime in New York as governor signs repeal of 1907 law
New York repealed on Friday a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse – a misdemeanor that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months. Source link
Read MoreCNN asks court to dismiss N.C. lieutenant governor's defamation lawsuit
CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attacks its report that he made explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board. The network says Robinson presented no evidence that the network believed its story was false or aired it recklessly. Source link
Read More2 convicted in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death on U.S.-Canada border
A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border during a 2022 blizzard. Source link
Read MoreBiden, bureaucrats scramble to set roadblocks to Trump-proof federal government
Democrats are racing against time to set lawful “land mines” to blunt the impact of President-elect Donald Trump, scrambling to rush billions in cash out the door, confirm judges and entrench climate and health policies before the incoming administration can dismantle all of it. Source link
Read MoreUSAID paid for meals that went to Syrian terrorists
American taxpayers paid for hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria, federal prosecutors revealed in announcing charges against the NGO employee they say was responsible for it. Source link
Read MoreTrump-backed Derek Merrin concedes to Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Ohio
Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s Trump-endorsed rival said he called the veteran Ohio congresswoman to concede defeat in the 2024 election. Source link
Read MoreGaetz won't return to Congress after abandoning attorney general nomination
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from his pending nomination as attorney general in the next Trump administration, said he won’t return to Congress next year. Source link
Read MoreVance takes on a more visible transition role as he works to boost Trump's most controversial picks
After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks through Senate confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Source link
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