Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has been meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees and says he is open to voting for them. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said that Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, pledged during an off-record meeting that he wouldn’t pursue prosecutions against the incoming president’s political opponents. “He absolutely
Gaetz had sued the ethics committee and its chair on Monday in a last-minute bid to preemptively block the release of the report. The House Ethics Committee unveiled its report into the past conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Dec. 23 after he filed a lawsuit in federal court to block its release.
The United States made previous offers to purchase Greenland, first in 1867 and again in 1946. President-elect Donald Trump said on Dec. 22 that U.S. control and ownership of Greenland is “an absolute necessity” for “national security and freedom throughout the world.” His comments came as he announced PayPal co-founder and former Trump administration U.S.
Biden has been facing increased pressure to fulfill a campaign promise before he leaves office. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 prisoners on the federal government’s death row. These individuals, all convicted of murder, will now serve life sentences without the possibility of parole. The decision comes
President-elect Donald Trump announced more nominations to fill his incoming Department of Defense (DoD) on Sunday, less than a month before his inauguration day. Trump said in a series of statements posted to Truth Social that his “slate of American First Patriots” will work alongside his Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth to advocate for dedicated
‘America’s competitors and adversaries are weaker and under greater pressure than they have been,’ Sullivan said. WASHINGTON—White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Dec. 22 praised President Joe Biden’s foreign policies, stating that the incoming administration will inherit a stronger America globally, vis-à-vis its adversaries. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Sullivan said
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to issue a day-one executive order to restore federal approvals for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, similar to his January 2017 directive overturning the Obama administration’s 2015 rejection of the same project. Trump’s first-term Keystone restoration was reversed by President Joe Biden in a January 2021 executive order, again halting