Nominee for attorney general brushes off questions about Ethics Committee report, saying his focus remains on reforming the Justice Department. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, said Wednesday that he’s focused on reforming the Department of Justice (DOJ), brushing off questions about the House Ethics Committee’s decision not to
NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she’ll be just the second woman in the high-profile, high-pressure post. The move comes at a critical time for the nation’s largest police department, shoring up its leadership after a tumultuous
President-elect Trump's team is confident that Senate Republicans will approve his cabinet selection after the president-elect picked cabinet nominees at a rapid-fire pace.
The longtime Trump ally also served under the president-elect’s first administration. Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the Western alliance the president-elect once said was in danger of making itself “obsolete.” In a Nov. 20 statement announcing the nomination, Trump described Whitaker as “a
Sen. Bernie Sanders' effort to prevent the White House from selling certain weapons to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate Wednesday by a margin of roughly 60 votes.
House Republicans scored a valuable pickup in Alaska's lone seat in the chamber, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.
Vermont socialist’s resolution to block tank cartridges to Jewish state fails 79-18 Senate Democrats failed on Wednesday to implement an arms embargo on Israel, with the upper chamber swatting away three measures led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly against three separate disapproval resolutions that called for an immediate pause on American