Trump Selects Personal Attorney Will Scharf for White House Staff Secretary Job

President-elect Donald Trump has named one of his personal attorneys, William Owen Scharf, to be his White House staff secretary. “Will is a highly skilled attorney who will be a crucial part of my White House team,” Trump said in a Nov. 16 statement posted on his Truth Social platform. The White House staff secretary is

Xi tells Biden he is “ready to work with a new administration”

In their final meeting, China’s leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Biden that his nation was “ready to work with a new administration,” as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take over. The two leaders gathered Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Mr. Biden was expected to urge Xi to dissuade

Californians Decisively Reject Rent Control Measure

Voters blocked Prop. 33, which would have let local governments expand rent control, and approved Prop. 34, which will curb one of Prop. 33’s key sponsors. California voters have rebuffed Proposition 33, which would have given cities and counties authority to control residential rents, according to unofficial election results. At the same time, Golden State

Trump selects Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as secretary of Energy

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration. CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking, a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global