‘It has been the greatest honor of my life to lead you, to serve you, care for you, to defend you just as you defended us,’ the president said. President Joe Biden gave his final Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 11. Joined by First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris,
Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) have said they would support recess appointments. Candidates for Senate majority leader have said they will honor President-elect Donald Trump’s request to make appointments when the Senate is in recess. Ahead of the Senate leadership election on Nov. 13, Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John
‘It’s the one question that you exist to answer,’ Carville said Democratic strategist James Carville said Vice President Kamala Harris’s failed campaign was “reducible to one moment”: her “devastating” response on The View saying she wouldn’t have done anything differently from President Joe Biden. “The country wants something different. And she’s asked—as so often the
The Washington Post previously reported that Trump had spoken with Putin after he won the U.S. election. The Kremlin has denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump had spoken in the days following Trump’s election win, disputing reports in Western media outlets. The Washington Post first reported on Nov. 10, citing anonymous
Taiwan is weighing a large arms purchase from the United States as a signal to President-elect Donald Trump of its commitment to investing in its own defenses against China, the Financial Times reported Sunday. The defense package, estimated at $15 billion, would include dozens of F-35 fighter jets, 4 Advanced Hawkeyes, 10 retired warships, and
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called for the state’s attorney general to investigate whether FEMA discriminated against Trump-supporting Tennesseans. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joined Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in calling for an investigation into claims that some Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers were instructed to avoid the homes of Trump supporters in the aftermath of
As of Monday, about 53 percent of Californians had rejected Proposition 6. California voters rejected a proposition that would amend the state constitution to bar forced prison labor in any form. The Associated Press projects that voters in the Golden State have rejected Proposition 6, with about 72 percent of votes counted following last week’s