Some GOP senators seem tepid on Hegseth nomination as allegations pile up

Washington — A number of Republican senators have expressed concern about Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, potentially putting his intended nomination at risk.  Hegseth, who has been meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill this week to try to build support ahead of his confirmation hearings, has faced a

Chad Chronister, Trump’s pick to lead DEA, withdraws from consideration

Chad Chronister, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced Tuesday he is withdrawing his name from consideration, citing the goals he has yet to complete as sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida. Calling it “the honor of a lifetime” to have been nominated, Chronister said in a social media post on X,

Trump cites Hunter Biden pardon in motion to dismiss New York criminal case

Donald Trump’s lawyers pointed to an unlikely person in demanding a judge dismiss the president-elect’s New York criminal case: Hunter Biden. Trump’s attorneys said in a court filing made public Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s controversial pardon of his son echoed Trump’s complaints about the prosecution. “Yesterday, in issuing a 10-year pardon to Hunter Biden

Trump’s Nominee for DEA Chief Withdraws From Consideration

‘There is more work to be done for the citizens of Hillsborough County,’ the sheriff Chad Chronister said on X. Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff in Florida, withdrew his bid to become head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) next year days after being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for the role. Chronister posted