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D.C. senator picks issue with Indiana's 'bought' 10-0 team
Indiana barreling into a late November game with Big Ten title and playoff stakes on the line should be held up as a reason why college football is better because of NIL and the transfer portal.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago -
Recount triggered in Pa. Senate race as McCormick heads to D.C.
Sen. Bob Casey is locked in a tight race with Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania. There will be an automatic recount of the votes, state officials say.Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Breaking down Trump's trip to D.C. as more team picks emerge
More news is emerging about President-elect Donald Trump's team picks as he visits with politicians in Washington. Zeke Miller, the chief White House correspondent for the Associated Press, joins ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Harris wins Washington, D.C.
Vice President Harris will win Washington, D.C., continuing the district's streak of voting for Democrats for president, Decision Desk HQ projects. The district has voted for every Democratic ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
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 ...Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
Triumphant Republicans Grapple With Trump’s Influence as They Return to Capitol
The president-elect is to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday as Republican senators elect a majority leader. His staffing decisions are already depleting the narrow majority the G.O.P. expects in the ...Top stories - The New York Times - November 12 -
'Who?' Some Republican senators surprised by Trump's defense pick
Some Republican senators expressed surprise and said they had little knowledge about who exactly President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense is.Politics - NBC News - November 13 -
Trump baffles Republican senators by picking Matt Gaetz for attorney general
President-elect Donald Trump stunned Senate Republicans by announcing that he will nominate Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general.Politics - NBC News - November 13 -
Trump 'challenging' Republican senators with controversial Cabinet picks: ANALYSIS
Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet picks.Top stories - ABC News - November 14 -
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 ...Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
Trump picking Gaetz for AG may be loyalty test for senators
President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, is facing a tough Senate confirmation process for the job. CBS News political director Fin Gómez reports on some of the ...Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
Morning Report — Trump squeezes Senate GOP with Cabinet picks
In today’s issue: President-elect Trump wants Washington to take him seriously — and literally. After promising voters he would rewire U.S. governance, he’s putting his political heft to the test ...Politics - The Hill - November 15 -
Senate GOP gives RFK Jr. pick relatively warm reception
President-elect Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set off immediate alarm among Democrats and public health experts, but so far the ...Politics - The Hill - November 16 -
The 9 GOP senators who could derail Trump’s Cabinet picks
Multiple Republican senators are looming as potential obstacles to President-elect Trump's controversial Cabinet picks, especially his two most polarizing choices: former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
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 - 2 days ago -
Here Are the GOP Senators Best Positioned to Take on Trump
These are the Republican lawmakers who, by dint of age, independence or unusual constituencies, could provide a crucial check on Trump’s dictatorial ambitions.Politics - Politico - 2 days ago -
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.Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
Trump's defense secretary pick faces new headwind, meets with senators
As Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, tried to build support among senators, he faced a newly released police report about an alleged sexual assault. Hegseth said the ...Politics - NBC News - Yesterday -
Musk joins Trump in D.C. for meetings
Elon Musk joined Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., for meetings with Republicans in Congress before the president-elect's transition meeting with President Biden. Musk and Trump's bond remains as ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
In closing message at Ellipse in D.C., Harris calls Trump "unstable"
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech Tuesday evening to thousands of supporters at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the same park where former President Donald Trump spoke ahead of the ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Inside Harris headquarters on election night in Washington D.C.
NBC News' Peter Alexander reports from Vice President Kamala Harris's headquarters in Washington D.C. as the crowd grows concerned about election results.Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
Washington, D.C., kosher restaurant vandalized on anniversary of Kristallnacht
WASHINGTON — Char Bar, a kosher restaurant in D.C., was vandalized by having two of its windows smashed on Saturday, police say.Top stories - NBC News - November 11 -
What Trump's victory means for life in Washington, D.C.
Once President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025, the federal government is sure to feel a shake-up. But what about the lives of everyday people in the capital of the ...Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
US election briefing: Trump demands Senate streamline his cabinet picks as recruitment begins
Rick Scott has emerged as front runner for the role of Senate majority leader, as Trump urges Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine Continue reading...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Tough votes on Trump Cabinet picks could pose big risks for midterm Senate candidates
Lawmakers running for reelection loathe tough votes. And for senators up in purple states in two years, those tough votes are coming early.Top stories - ABC News - November 16 -
GOP senator says he supports recess appointments for Trump’s Cabinet picks as a ‘last resort’
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.) says on Meet the Press that he would support recess appointments, which would allow President-elect Trump to bypass the Senate confirmation process for his ...Politics - NBC News - 6 days ago -
Trump eyes bypassing Congress if Republicans don’t sign off on his Cabinet picks
How far can Donald Trump go to push through some of his controversial Cabinet picks, like former Rep. Matt Gaetz?Top stories - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Senate Democrats seek evidence from FBI sex-trafficking probe of Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz
The House Ethics panel is mulling whether to release a report on alleged sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, whom Donald Trump wants to run the Justice Department.Business - CNBC - 2 days ago -
Republican Senators Rally Behind Pete Hegseth Amid Sexual Assault Accusations
Some Republican senators, who will consider his nomination to be defense secretary, shrugged off the accusations and defended him.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Jayden Daniels Has Injected Hope Into a Long-Suffering N.F.L. Franchise
“It only took one practice for Commanders players to realize the rookie quarterback was different. "Sports - The New York Times - October 26 -
Harris to give closing argument in D.C. as Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania
Seven days before Election Day, former President Donald Trump will have rallies in Pennsylvania while Vice President Kamala Harris will give a speech at the park south of the White House.Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Harris delivers closing argument on 2024 election from D.C. Ellipse
Watch live coverage as Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a closing argument speech on the 2024 election. Harris will speak at the Ellipse, outside of the White House in Washington, D.C., which ...Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
D.C. Ellipse park where Harris is speaking has Trump connection
Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her closing argument before the 2024 election in Washington, D.C., Tuesday where she will speak from the Ellipse, the park south of the White House where ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Crypto’s ‘Death Star’ election spending has wowed D.C. Will profits follow?
Digital asset companies are the biggest corporate donors in 2024Business - MarketWatch - October 30 -
D.C. police investigate assault of gay model as a hate crime
A 22-year-old gay man was assaulted by multiple people in Washington, D.C., after not saying "excuse me" to one of the assailants, according to police.Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
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 ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Latest news on Trump's D.C. visit with Biden, Republicans in Congress
President-elect Donald Trump met with President Biden at the White House after gathering with House Republicans in Washington, D.C. Semafor's Kadia Goba joins CBS News with more on Trump's visit ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13