As Biden nears Trump's number of judicial confirmations, GOP may slow the process

The Senate has confirmed 217 of Mr. Biden's selections to serve on the federal bench and are aiming to approve more before Republicans take control.

In reversals, Trump and Thune look to stop Biden's judicial nominees

Senate Democrats are expected to dedicate hours of floor time in coming weeks as a last-minute effort to confirm President Joe Biden's nominees to the federal judiciary.

Trump urges Senate GOP to block Biden's last judicial nominees

President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican senators to stop Democrats from confirming any more of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees.

Business - CNBC - 7 hours ago

Trump again prods GOP to block Biden judges after Monday night Senate slowdown

Politics - Politico - 16 hours ago

Trump’s nominees heading for thorny confirmation process

Controversial picks such as Matt Gaetz and Robert F Kennedy Jr will face hurdles even in a Republican-controlled Senate

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Democrats look at late-night, weekend votes to confirm last Biden judicial nominees

Senate Democrats are expected to vote late into the night Monday in a frantic effort to confirm as many of President Biden’s nominees to the federal judiciary as possible before President-elect ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

GOP senator says RFK Jr.s' disproven vaccine claims are not a dealbreaker in confirmation process

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.) on Meet the Press defended President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

What goes into the Senate confirmation process for Trump's cabinet picks

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a number of nominees to fill out his cabinet, but there's still a Senate confirmation process before those nominees are able to take their posts. Stephen ...

President-elect Trump seeks to upend Senate confirmation process

President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to the Senate for its "advice and consent" by proposing recess appointments ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

GOP senator: Trump shouldn’t pardon Hunter Biden

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says President-elect Trump should not pardon Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, of felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 nor the tax charges he ...

Politics - The Hill - November 8

What the confirmation process looks like for Trump Cabinet picks like Hegseth, Gaetz

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, particularly Pete Hegseth and Matt Gaetz, have stirred up controversy on Capitol Hill. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more ...

Trump Admits Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed. He’s Pushing His Nominees Anyway.

The president-elect is taking a flood-the-zone approach to his cabinet nominations, betting that the Senate won’t dare to turn them all down.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Fix the Senate confirmation process, don't steamroll it

President-elect Donald Trump's demand for a recess to allow his top appointees to take office without a confirmation vote would be a complete abdication of the Senate's constitutional advice and ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

2024 election updates: Biden angers GOP associating 'garbage' with Trump supporters

Biden is under fire for turning a comment about "garbage," first used to disparage Puerto Ricans at a Trump rally Sunday, back toward his supporters.

Biden remark about Trump "garbage" rally angers GOP

Biden was responding to a joke made at a Trump rally by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, in which Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

Trump arrives in Washington D.C. ahead of meeting with Biden, GOP leadership

President-elect Donald Trump is in Washington Wednesday for the first time since winning the election. He'll meet with Republican congressional leaders on Capitol Hill and President Biden at the ...

Republicans fume as GOP absences help Democrats move judicial nominees

Senate Republicans aired frustrations Tuesday after Vice President-elect Vance and other party members skipped votes Monday, greasing the skids for Democratic-backed judicial nominees to be ...

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Why Trump May Drop Plans to Repeal Biden’s Chips Act

The president-elect has a record of reversing policies from prior administrations, but there are many reasons he might spare Biden’s program to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

Business - Inc. - November 7

Why House GOP women are struggling to grow their numbers

Republican women have grown frustrated as they've watched their gains in the chamber stagnate — and it seems likely they’ll see losses in 2025.

Politics - Politico - November 5

Alzheimer's researchers say brain stimulation device may slow symptoms

Alzheimer's disease researchers found that when they aimed a TMS device at the right spot in the brain, it could slow the progression of memory loss.

Trump may deport hundreds of thousands of migrants whom Biden allowed to legally enter U.S.

The migrants participated in two Biden programs that created legal pathways to enter the US and punished those who crossed the border illegally.

Politics - NBC News - November 8

Biden's final months may offer conflict opportunities, even as Trump's return looms

President Joe Biden will see out his term knowing that President-elect Donald Trump -- a man he called a "genuine danger to American security" -- will succeed him.

Trump picks Linda McMahon for education, and says he won’t reconsider Matt Gaetz nomination – live

President-elect picks prominent donor and co-chair of transition team as education secretary; Trump won’t rethink Gaetz for attorney general despite mounting scrutiny. Trump nominates transition ...

World - The Guardian - 2 hours ago

Trump blasts federal judicial decision on Virginia election rolls

Former President Trump on Friday blasted a federal judge’s ruling that Virginia must restore more than 1,500 people to the state’s voter rolls, falsely claiming Vice President Harris was behind the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Biden’s ‘garbage’ gaffe hastens Harris’s slow-mo breakup with president

Harris faces conundrum of showing deference to president while distancing herself after his ‘garbage’ comments . The delicate dance by Kamala Harris ’s presidential campaign to simultaneously show ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Kyle Neptune's days at Villanova may be numbered as free fall continues

Under Kyle Neptune's watch, Villanova has gone from the top of the college basketball world to the depths of mediocrity.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 days ago

Late Night Processes Donald Trump’s Re-Election

“Trump returning to the White House is a huge historic comeback for someone who literally never went away,” Jimmy Fallon said.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 7

What is voter certification – the process that Trump targeted in 2020?

With voting complete, election officials will now certify results before the electoral college meets in December. With voting completed in the US presidential election , election officials across ...

World - The Guardian - November 11

Examining Elon Musk's influence on Trump's transition process

President-elect Donald Trump announced this week that Elon Musk will help lead a new agency known as the Department of Government Efficiency. Theodore Schleifer, campaign finance reporter for The ...

Erick Erickson: GOP should block RFK Jr.’s confirmation

Conservative radio host Erick Erickson said Republicans in the Senate should block Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as Health and Human Services secretary because his worldview does not align ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Thune says he doesn't know if Gaetz will be confirmed as AG 'until they start the process'

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) weighed in on President-elect Trump's controversial decision to elevate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to attorney general when he returns to ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Gold prices break a new record, but may be near a peak

Gold topped $2,800 an ounce for the first time ever on Wednesday, but one analyst warned that the upward movement for prices may be “limited” going forward as strength in Treasury bond yields is a ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 30

Muslim voters once abandoned the GOP. Now they may leave the Democrats.

Arab and Muslim voters moved away from the Democratic Party this year in ways that led some community leaders to warn of a lasting shift from a voting bloc that has been reliably Democratic for two ...

Politics - NBC News - November 10

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