The Vance Gaetz message to senators: Get him to a hearing

The Vance-Gaetz message to senators: Get him to a hearing

Politics - Politico - 19 hours ago

Senators say there are other ways to vet Gaetz without ethics report

Sen. John Cornyn seemed to suggest one way info about Gaetz could come out is by calling those associated with the allegations to appear before the Judiciary Committee.

Vance will introduce Gaetz, Hegseth to senators this week

Vice President-elect JD Vance will make the rounds with GOP senators later this week to introduce them to former-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s picks to head the ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Gaetz, Vance arrive at Capitol to meet with GOP senators

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Vice President-elect JD Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday morning to meet with Republican senators who could make or break Gaetz’s nomination to serve as ...

Politics - The Hill - 22 hours ago

Trump demands Senate allow him to circumvent hearings to appoint cabinet

Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for ‘recess appointments’ while US Senate is paused. US politics live – latest updates US election results 2024: live map and ...

World - The Guardian - November 11

Vance, Gaetz call senators to shore up support amid GOP concerns

Vice President-elect JD Vance has been working the phones reaching out to senators trying to gauge support for former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Trump, Vance phoning senators to push Gaetz as attorney general

President-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his choice for attorney general. Trump is calling senators to push his pick of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, even while he considers making recess ...

'Kavanaugh on steroids': Gaetz, Vance meet with GOP senators amid questions

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz met with senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance.

JD Vance Courts Senators With Matt Gaetz, Controversial Cabinet Pick

Vice President-elect JD Vance was on Capitol Hill with Matt Gaetz, the former representative whom President-elect Donald J. Trump wants as his attorney general.

Top stories - The New York Times - 13 hours ago

Gaetz, Vance meet with undecided GOP senators over AG selection

Matt Gaetz and Vice President-elect JD Vance met with GOP senators who have not committed to confirming Gaetz as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

Politics - NBC News - 12 hours ago

Can Gaetz get Senate confirmation to be Trump's attorney general?

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz will have to be confirmed by the Senate before he becomes President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. Some members of Congress are already having strong ...

GOP senator concerned Gaetz 'can't get across the finish line'

Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) acknowledged to reporters Thursday that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), whom President-elect Trump nominated to serve as attorney general, might not get ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Trump transition live updates: Trump announces pick for energy secretary

Donald Trump is wasting no time in planning his return to the White House.

Vance joins Gaetz to meet GOP senators who will decide if he becomes attorney general

Vice President-elect JD Vance joined former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz's meetings with Republican senators who will decide whether he becomes the next attorney general. The House Ethics ...

Politics - NBC News - 13 hours ago

Senators want to see ethics probe into Matt Gaetz before voting to confirm him as AG

Republican senators want details of the Ethics Committee investigation into Matt Gaetz after Trump selected him to run the Justice Department as attorney general.

Politics - NBC News - 6 days ago

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 - Yesterday

Matt Gaetz Is the Perfect Man for the Job

Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department is a flagrant provocation that is, like a pulpy B movie, so bad it’s good.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

GOP warns Gaetz hearings will be 'Kavanaugh on steroids'

Senate Republicans are warning confirmation proceedings for former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) will be like “Kavanaugh on steroids,” referring to the contentious hearings for Supreme Court nominee ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 hours ago

Vance on calling Putin an 'enemy': 'We’re not in a war with him'

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former President Trump’s running mate, refrained from labeling Russian President Vladimir Putin an “enemy,” instead saying he’s an “adversary” and urging diplomacy to help ...

Politics - The Hill - October 27

Watch live: Vance takes closing message to voters in North Carolina

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former President Trump's running mate, is giving his closing arguments to North Carolina voters on Friday. His comments are expected to focus on immigration and rising ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Vance pushes anti-vaccine message during Joe Rogan podcast

Recent comments from both JD Vance and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could signal how a Trump administration erodes public confidence in vaccines.

Jockeying kicks off to fill Vance vacancy in Senate

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is facing a key decision on whom to tap to fill the term of Vice President-elect Vance as jockeying among Ohio Republicans for the coveted appointment is set to become a ...

Politics - The Hill - November 10

Trump picking Gaetz to head justice sends shockwaves

Picking the outspoken congressman for attorney general is Trump laying down a challenge, writes Anthony Zurcher.

JD Vance says Putin is ‘clearly an adversary’ but doesn’t call him an enemy

In an interview with Meet the Press, Republican VP candidate JD Vance tells Kristen Welker that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “clearly an adversary” but stops short of calling him an enemy.

Politics - NBC News - October 27

WATCH: JD Vance will still ‘love you’ if you don’t vote for him

Former President Donald Trump’s running mate spoke to reporters after voting on Election Day in Ohio.

Trump tells Vance to shore up support for Gaetz as misconduct allegations swirl

House ethics panel debates release of secret report into president-elect’s pick to run justice department

World - Financial Times - Yesterday

All of Trump’s nominees must face questioning in Senate confirmation hearings

For the Senate to go into recess specifically to avoid its constitutional duties would be a shameful first in American history.

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Bob Casey zeroes in on 'greedflation' message in key Pennsylvania Senate race

Democrats in battleground Pennsylvania and nationally see the 'greedflation' argument as a way to combat Republican campaign attacks over inflation.

Politics - NBC News - October 29

Trump bewilders Senate GOP with Gaetz AG selection

President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to become attorney general caught Senate Republicans completely flat-footed, and put the party on the defensive immediately over one ...

Politics - The Hill - November 13

Evening Report — GOP senators in their own words on Gaetz

PLUS: RFK Jr's new Trump role {beacon} Evening Report Thursday, Nov. 14 © AP Photo/Evan Vucci Washington in uproar over Gaetz President-elect Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

House and Senate Clash Over Ethics Report on Gaetz

Also, nuclear power went from pariah to rising star. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

How will Vice President-elect JD Vance's Senate seat be filled?

Vice President-elect JD Vance has served in the U.S. Senate for less than two years and soon the process will begin to pick his replacement in the upper chamber.

Brown not ruling out run for remainder of Vance's Senate term

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), who was unseated last week by Republican businessman Bernie Moreno, seems open to a bid to replace Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who will be leaving the upper chamber to ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Letby 'offered tips on getting away with murder', inquiry hears

The serial killer nurse joked with a friend after being accused of harming babies, an inquiry hears.

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