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
Some of the prominent names in economic policymaking have held the position, which advises the president on U.S. and global economic policy. President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 22 nominated Stephen Miran to chair the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Miran, who has a PhD in economics from Harvard University, served as a senior adviser for
The president-elect said he would also revert the names of multiple U.S. military bases. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said he would revert the name of Denali, the tallest mountain in the United States, back to Mount McKinley after he takes office. President Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the Alaska mountain as Denali, ending
In a speech closing out Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest event, President-elect Donald Trump interrupted his post-election victory lap to address claims that Elon Musk is commandeering his presidency. “He’s not gonna be president, that I can tell you,” Trump told a massive crowd in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 22. “He can’t be. He wasn’t born
In a speech closing out Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest event, President-elect Donald Trump interrupted his post-election victory lap to address claims that Elon Musk is commandeering his presidency. “He’s not gonna be president, that I can tell you,” Trump told a massive crowd in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 22. “He can’t be. He wasn’t born