Trump top spy pick faces fresh scrutiny over Syria visit and Russia comments

How Trump plans to avoid Senate fights over Cabinet picks

President-elect Donald Trump says he wants the next Senate Republican leader to allow "recess appointments." This would allow the White House to temporarily bypass confirmation votes for high-level ...

Trump Cabinet picks hover over the search for Vance's Senate successor in Ohio

Whoever Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine picks to replace JD Vance in the Senate will face a battery of Trump loyalty tests on backing embattled Cabinet picks like Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and more.

Former Rear Adm. breaks down Trump's Russia, Ukraine special envoy pick

President-elect Donald Trump selected retired three-star army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg on Wednesday to be his special envoy to Russia and Ukraine. Retired Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery joins "The ...

Newsom to Visit California’s Trump Country: ‘Message Received’

Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged that residents were frustrated by economic problems and said that Democrats needed to address their concerns.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 21

Homan visiting border with Abbott ahead of Trump inauguration

Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s "border czar," will visit the Texas southern border Tuesday to discuss plans for mass deportation alongside the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott (R), with less than two ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Russia’s fury over US missiles

And, when Prime Minister Starmer met China’s President Xi.

Thune faces first Trump loyalty test

So far, it seems like the Senate’s leader-in-waiting and other Republicans are giving the president-elect wide latitude on his picks.

Politics - Politico - November 15

Trump defense secretary pick facing questions about paying woman who accused him of sexual assault

Trump defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth is facing new questions tonight over a settlement he paid to a woman who accused him of sexual assault. NBC News' Allie Raffa reports.

Processed food stocks fall as investors brace for increased scrutiny under Trump, RFK Jr.

Shares of several companies behind popular soda and snack brands pulled back sharply Friday.

Business - CNBC - November 15

‘Murderers’: Spaniards pelt mud at king over bungled flood response

Furious locals mob monarch, prime minister and Valencia chief after deadliest natural disaster in decades

Business - Financial Times - November 3

Bitcoin tops $89,000 as crypto euphoria over Trump win shows no sign of waning

Bitcoin hit another high Monday, as the rally in cryptocurrencies continued following President-elect Donald Trump's election win.

Business - CNBC - November 11

Trump's pick for top intel job has been accused of 'traitorous' parroting of Russian propaganda

Tulsi Gabbard, who has never worked in the intelligence world, has denied accusations that she promoted Kremlin disinformation.

Politics - NBC News - November 14

From 'brilliant' to 'dangerous': Mixed reactions roll in after Trump picks RFK Jr. for top health post

In the hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, mixed reactions began ...

Politics - NBC News - November 15

Trump Picks Pam Bondi for Attorney General After Matt Gaetz Withdraws

In Ms. Bondi, who served on his legal team during his first impeachment, the president-elect turned to a loyal ally to put his stamp on a Justice Department that he sees as hostile to him.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 22

Trump makes more Cabinet picks but some top economic posts remain unfilled

President-elect Donald Trump announced more Cabinet picks this weekend, while CBS News polling shows that some of his highest-profile picks have more support among Americans than opposition. Nikole ...

Trump’s picks to reward top donors who helped him win, watchdogs say

President-elect taps allies to roll back rules and cut taxes in ‘nakedly transactional’ ploy critics call ‘unprecedented’. Donald Trump has quickly tapped big donors and political allies for top ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Netanyahu in fresh storm over Gaza hostages after arrests linked to alleged leak

Court says arrests followed investigation into suspected breach of national security that had ‘harmed Israeli war aims’. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is at the centre of a new ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

Germany arrests a US citizen over accusations of spying for China

Germany’s federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen who allegedly spied for China

World - ABC News - November 7

Trump rides in garbage truck in effort to seize on Biden comment

Former President Trump on Wednesday climbed into a campaign-themed garbage truck in his motorcade in Wisconsin in an effort to draw attention to comments made by President Biden in which he ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

White House cleans up Biden's 'garbage' comment as Trump seizes on it

Biden seemed to call Donald Trump supporters as “garbage” during a campaign call, but has insisted that he was referring to rhetoric at a Trump rally.

Trump highlights Biden's "garbage" comment, alleges fraud with Pennsylvania ballots

Former President Donald Trump climbed aboard a garbage truck in Green Bay, Wisconsin, highlighting a recent remark by President Biden in which he called Trump supporters "garbage," which the ...

Trump climbs into garbage truck to mock Biden's "garbage" comment controversy

Former President Trump intensified his response to Biden's recent comments by climbing into a garbage truck and declaring, "250 million Americans are not garbage" as he campaigned in Wisconsin.

Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women are ‘offensive to everybody’

Democrat criticizes Republican candidate after he said he would protect women ‘whether they like it or not’. Kamala Harris said on Thursday that Donald Trump ’s comment that he would protect ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Liz Cheney says Trump comments were akin to death threat

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) denounced former President Trump for his recent comments branding her a "war hawk" and using language akin to a death threat, equating the rhetoric to that of a ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

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