House Ethics Committee to meet this week to discuss Matt Gaetz report
The committee had been scheduled to discuss the report on Friday, but that meeting was postponed following Gaetz’s resignation from the House.
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Former White House COVID response coordinator on RFK Jr.’s nomination and vaccines
Deborah Birx spoke to Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for Department of Health and Human Services and the decline in vaccinations.
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Connecticut representative on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination and China interference
Represenative Jim Himes (D-Conn.) spoke to Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and interference from China.
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Arkansas representative on President-Elect Trump’s picks
Representative French Hill (R-Ark.) spoke to Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation on President-Elect Donald Trump’s recent picks.
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Pete Hegseth reportedly paid woman after accusing him of sexual assault
Hegseth’s attorney confirmed to NBC News Sunday that the former Fox News host paid an undisclosed amount in 2023 as part of a civil confidential settlement, which stemmed from an alleged October 2017 assault at a hotel in Monterey, California.
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President-Elect Trump attends UFC fight in New York
Trump arrived at Madison Square Garden to thunderous applause just weeks after his historic campaign rally there.
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President-Elect Trump announces White House Press Secretary
President-Elect Donald Trump has selected Karoline Leavitt as the White House Press Secretary.
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Biden set to meet South Korean and Japanese leaders amid growing worries about North Korea
LIMA, Peru (AP) — President Joe Biden is gathering South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for talks Friday amid heightened concerns about North Korea’s growing military partnership with Russia and Pyongyang’s stepped-up cadence of ballistic missile tests. The meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru comes as North Korea
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Trump nominates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid.
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Gaetz pick shows value Trump places on loyalty — and retribution — as he returns to Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz, who has thundered at one prosecutor after another for perceived bias against the president-elect and emphatically amplified the Republican’s rallying cry that the criminal investigations into him are “witch hunts.” That kinship was rewarded Wednesday when Trump named Gaetz as his pick
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South Dakotans react to Gov. Kristi Noem being selected as the Homeland Security Secretary
President-Elect Donald Trump has selected Governor Kristi Noem as his Homeland Security Secretary, meaning a change in leadership will likely be coming to South Dakota soon.
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President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as his Attorney General, according to the Associated Press.
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Senate Republicans elect South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the Majority Leader
Thune will replace Senator Mitch Mcconnell of Kentucky, who is stepping down from party leadership after a record 18-year tenure.
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President Biden meets with President-Elect Trump
President-Elect Donald Trump is making his first trip back to Washington D.C. since being elected for a second term.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team plan to resign
Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team plan to resign before President-Elect Donald Trump takes office, a source familiar with the matter said.
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President-Elect Trump names Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary
U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump has picked South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing two sources.
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President-Elect Trump expected to name Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State
The sources cautioned that nothing is final until the position is formally announced and that the president-elect could still change his mind at the last minute.
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New York Rep. Elise Stefanik named U.S. Amabassador to United Nations
Stefanik, a vocal and staunch Trump ally and the No. 4 House Republican as chair of the House Republican Conference, would take on a role Nikki Haley held during the first Trump administration.
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President-Elect Trump to hire former ICE director
He made the announcement on Truth Social Sunday, saying that Tom Homan’s responsibilities would include “the southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and aviation security.”
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National Security adviser on Biden-Trump transition and international affairs
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan on Sunday about the peaceful transition of power in the White House and his outlook on international affairs such as the War in Ukraine and conflicts in Israel.
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