Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, will begin the Senate confirmation process on Jan. 14. The U.S. Senate is set to begin hearings on Jan. 14 to consider the first of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Much of the attention during the hearings is likely to focus on Pete Hegseth, a former Minnesota Army National
Weeks after President Joe Biden pardoned his son back to 2014, David C. Weiss disputed Biden’s assertion that ‘raw politics’ influenced his prosecution. The special counsel assigned to investigate Hunter Biden defended his work and criticized President Joe Biden’s pardon for his son in a final report made public days before the president is slated
House Speaker Mike Johnson said alleged failures of state and local leaders should be a factor that determines any conditions on federal aid. WASHINGTON—Any disaster relief funding issued by Congress in response to recent wildfires in Los Angeles may come with policy conditions, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Jan. 13. The wildfires, which began
The outgoing national security adviser said U.S. alliances have grown stronger as its adversaries weakened. Outgoing National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan lauded the Biden administration’s policies on Sunday, saying the United States is “safer” and “better off” than it was four years ago. Reflecting the administration’s performance days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Sullivan said
Biden said the United States was now better positioned for the long-term competition with China, noting that its economy would never surpass that of America. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the State Department on Jan. 13 outlining his foreign policy achievements and stating that he’s leaving the incoming Trump administration a stronger America.
Multiple federal officials provided a security update on the Jan. 20 ceremony. With just one week to go before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office in Washington, the FBI said there are no known threats to the Inauguration Day ceremony. “We are not currently tracking any specific or credible threats to the inaugural ceremony
Protester estimates are down compared with that during Trump’s 2017 inauguration, according to authorities. WASHINGTON—Authorities project there will be more than 250,000 ticketed guests at President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration and fewer demonstrators than anticipated. “We encourage people to show up early just because of the size of the crowds we expect,” U.S. Capitol