Politics May 08 Trump picks Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Politics Dec 15 McConnell says Trump’s nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine The statement by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, appeared to be directed at Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after a report that one of his advisers filed a petition to revoke approval for the… By Moriah Balingit, Associated Press
Politics Dec 14 Trump attends Army-Navy football game with GOP allies, nominees and Daniel Penny President-elect Donald Trump was huddling with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday's Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team. By Noah Trister, Tara Copp, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
Politics Dec 06 WATCH: Vance says Trump team is ‘not abandoning’ Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary Vance said he had spoken with GOP senators and he believes Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's embattled choice to lead the Defense Department, will be confirmed. "We are completely behind him.”… By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Politics Dec 06 Trump picks former Sen. David Perdue to be ambassador to China During his time in the Senate, Perdue was labeled as “anti-China” in a 2019 Chinese think tank report. The former Georgia lawmaker advocated that the U.S. needed to build a more robust naval force to cope with threats, including from… By Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
Dec 05 WATCH: Hegseth speaks with reporters as senators push back on his views about women in combat By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Pete Hegseth has spent the week trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead Trump’s Department of Defense in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault. But senators in both parties have also expressed concern about… Continue reading
Dec 01 What happens next after Trump chooses FBI critic Kash Patel to remake the agency By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Patel is likely to face deep skepticism during his confirmation hearings over his stated plans to rid the government of “conspirators” against Trump, and his claims that he would shut down the FBI’s headquarters in the nation’s capital and send… Continue reading
Nov 30 Trump names loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director to help with effort to upend law enforcement By Eric Tucker, Alan Suderman, Associated Press The selection is in keeping with Trump's view that the government's law enforcement and intelligence agencies require a radical transformation and his stated desire for retribution against supposed adversaries. Continue reading
Nov 27 Meet the health care critics Trump picked to lead top U.S. health agencies under RFK Jr. By Associated Press On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health, tapping an opponent of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates to lead the nation's top medical research agency. He is the latest in a string of… Continue reading
Nov 27 Trump nominates Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia By Lolita Baldor, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an “America First” national security agenda for the incoming administration, will come into the role as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year… Continue reading