Hoekstra formerly served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and represented Michigan’s 2nd District in Congress. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) to be the ambassador to Canada. “In my Second Term, Pete will help me once again put America first,” Trump said in
President-elect Donald Trump is set to launch the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he introduced during a pre-election interview on billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform, X. Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-chair the effort, which aims to slash $2 trillion from the roughly $6.75 trillion federal budget, hack
Senate Democrats have asked for FBI files on Matt Gaetz, citing concerns over his nomination as attorney general in the incoming Trump administration. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked FBI Director Christopher Wray in a Nov. 20 letter to provide investigative files on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as part of their review of
President-elect Donald Trump reacts to the guilty verdict of an illegal immigrant in the murder case of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, saying, “It’s the time to secure the border.” What is Trump vowing to do, and who are some of his latest selections for his next administration? On Capitol Hill Wednesday, the House Ethics…
The two want to cut costs and conduct a sweeping roll back of federal regulations. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy co-authored a Nov. 20 op-ed article on the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that they will lead in the second Trump administration starting next year. The article appeared
McMahon, a major donor and fundraiser for President-elect Donald Trump’s campaigns, is currently a co-chair of his transition team. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 19 that he is nominating billionaire Linda McMahon to be his Education Secretary. “Linda will use her decades of leadership experience and deep understanding of both education and business to empower
Resistance to the Chinese Communist Party’s suppression in Hong Kong has garnered bipartisan support in the United States. WASHINGTON—U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined a group of pro-democracy Hong Kong activists to decry the sentencing of 45 political prisoners, imposed under the special administrative region’s draconian Article 23 based on China’s