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Badenoch makes new chief whip first shadow cabinet appointment
It is the first shadow cabinet appointment Kemi Badenoch has made since becoming leader of the Conservatives.Top stories - BBC News - November 3 -
Jenrick accepts role in Badenoch's top team
Kemi Badenoch's Tory leadership rival has accepted the role of shadow justice secretary, the BBC understands.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
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German opposition leader Merz calls for snap elections
Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces growing pressure from politicians and business to commit to January voteWorld - Financial Times - November 7 -
Germany appoints new finance minister as pressure for quick snap elections mounts
Jörg Kukies was appointed as the new German finance minister on Thursday, replacing Christian Lindner.Business - CNBC - November 7 -
Trump poised to appoint conservative justices if Thomas, Alito step down
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House puts him in a position to influence the make-up of the Supreme Court and the effects could be felt for decades. CBS News legal contributor ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Netanyahu appoints hardline backer of settlements as Israeli envoy to US
Yechiel Leiter, American-born rightwinger, has called for ultimate Israeli ‘sovereignty’ over West Bank territories. Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a hardline supporter of the war in Gaza and ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Trump presses next GOP Senate leader to allow ‘recess appointments’
It comes as Rick Scott has racked up support from prominent conservative backers, including Elon Musk.Politics - Politico - 4 days ago -
Trump says Senate GOP leader candidates must agree to recess appointments
President-elect Trump demanded on Sunday that the next Senate GOP leader allow him to make recess appointments, which would effectively let him fast-track his nominees and appointments without ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Trump appoints UN ambassador Elise Stefanik and border tsar Tom Homan
All eyes are on the president-elect's picks for his top team as his party closes in on full control of Congress.Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago -
Senate GOP leadership candidates scramble to support Trump’s demand for recess appointments
Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who are all running to become the next Senate GOP leader, say they will do whatever is necessary to allow President-elect ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
Private prison stocks jump on Trump appointment of immigration hard-liner Tom Homan
Tom Homan served as the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump's first term.Business - CNBC - 3 days ago -
Haiti appoints new prime minister as security crisis mounts
Entrepreneur Alix Didier Fils-Aimé replaces Garry Conille as country rocked by worsening gang violence. Haiti’s transitional presidential council has appointed the entrepreneur and former senate ...World - The Guardian - 3 days 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 - 3 days ago -
Trump to name immigration hardliner Miller as deputy chief of staff
Adviser championed policies during president-elect’s first term that included separating migrants from their childrenBusiness - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Recess appointments could short-circuit Senate opposition to Trump nominees: ANALYSIS
The use of recess appointments to install members of Donald Trump's Cabinet would circumvent a key Senate process, consolidating presidential power.Top stories - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Trump expected to appoint China critics Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz
Rubio reportedly in line for secretary of state, while Waltz expected to be made national security adviser. President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly decided to appoint the prominent China ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
If You Thought Trump Wasn’t Serious, Look at His First Appointments
No one should be shocked when the first migrants are sent to military camps before deportation.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Trump appoints real estate exec Steven Witkoff as Middle East envoy
President-elect Trump said Tuesday that he picked real estate executive Steven Witkoff to be special envoy to the Middle East in his next administration. “Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
What is a recess appointment, the power Trump wants from the next GOP leader?
Congressional Republicans are preparing to carry out President-elect Donald Trump's agenda. This weekend, he took to social media saying that the next Senate Republican leader must "agree to recess ...Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
Nicola Jennings on Elon Musk being appointed Trump’s ‘head of efficiency’ – cartoon
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Nexstar appoints Bill Sammon as SVP of DC editorial content for The Hill, NewsNation
IRVING, TX (Nov. 13, 2024)—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced the appointment of Bill Sammon as Senior Vice President of Washington, D.C., Editorial Content for The Hill, the ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Trump’s early second-term choices fuel fears of extremist agenda
Trump has chosen loyalists and hardliners to lead departments that will shape US policy on immigration, defense and more. US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump may have won a second ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
What to know about recess appointments as Gaetz faces Senate headwinds
A recess appointment would allow Trump to install some officials and sidestep lengthy hearings and a floor vote.Top stories - CBS News - 12 hours ago -
How do recess appointments, the capability Trump is seeking, work?
President-elect Donald Trump said he wants to fill his Cabinet by using recess appointments. CBS News political reporter Hunter Woodall discusses what the power is and how it works.Top stories - CBS News - 13 hours ago -
What to know about recess appointments as Gaetz faces Senate headwinds
A recess appointment would allow Trump to install some officials and sidestep lengthy hearings and a floor vote.Politics - CBS News - 9 hours ago -
Hyundai appoints US citizen as co-chief to face Trump challenges
South Korean carmaker’s first foreign head may have to combat higher tariffs and end of electric vehicle subsidiesWorld - Financial Times - 5 hours ago -
FBI arrests Alabama man for SEC X hack that spiked price of bitcoin
Eric Council Jr. is accused of conspiracy in the hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission X account that tweeted a false claim about bitcoin.Business - CNBC - October 17 -
Arrest made in SEC hack resulting in bitcoin price spike
The FBI arrested an Alabama man Thursday in connection with the January hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on social platform X that briefly caused the price of bitcoin ...Politics - The Hill - October 17 -
Violence spikes in Syria's opposition-held northwest, killing civilians and striking infrastructure
A U.N. official has said he is “alarmed” by escalating violence in Syria’s opposition-held northwest in recent days, including airstrikes that hit near a food distribution site for displaced ...World - ABC News - October 17
