Witkoff, who runs a commercial real estate firm in New York City, has no foreign policy background. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 12 that Steven Witkoff will be his special envoy to the Middle East. “Steve is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy, who has made every project and community he has
‘We are witnessing the emergence of a new politics of class,’ said Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston. President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election in part because working-class voters continued their migration toward the America First populism that Trump has advocated for the past three election cycles. One indicator of that shift is the
‘I was not paid a dime. My time and energy was my way of supporting the campaign,’ she says. Oprah Winfrey said on Tuesday that she didn’t receive a “personal fee” for a campaign event she held with Vice President Kamala Harris in Detroit in mid-September. The daytime TV star and media mogul was responding
Some widely circulated names have not yet been officially confirmed by Trump’s transition team. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team have already announced several key appointments. Susie Wiles, who was senior adviser to the Trump campaign, will be his chief of staff. Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin will lead the Environmental Protection Agency,
In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas). An Iraq War veteran and West Point graduate, Hunt has a distinguished family legacy of military service, with nearly 60 years of collective service among his immediate family. Now serving in his “next deployment,” Congress, Hunt shares … Original
John Nassif of Florida was convicted of four misdemeanor counts in connection to the breach at the U.S. Capitol and received a 7-month prison term. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider a challenge to a misdemeanor charge that was used to target Jan. 6, 2021, defendants for parading at the U.S. Capitol.
Herzog also spoke with Trump and reiterated the urgent need to bring hostages back home. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crises in Gaza and Lebanon. Before their meeting, Biden reaffirmed that his commitment to Israel is “ironclad.” Herzog expressed gratitude to Biden,