Things to Know About the 2 Billionaires Leading Trump’s Transition, Hiring Efforts

It is still being determined if McMahon and Lutnick would serve in the incoming administration. President-elect Donald Trump has moved to confirm key members of his cabinet with a flurry of announcements in the past few days. Behind the scenes, two influential figures who lead Trump’s transition team are shaping the choices for the top

Trump Names Steven Witkoff as Special Envoy to the Middle East

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

Why Many Working Class Voters Shifted Rightward This Election

‘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

Oprah Winfrey Denies Claims She Took ‘Personal Fee’ From Harris Campaign

‘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

Here’s Who Could Be in Trump’s Cabinet

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,

Congressman Wesley Hunt on Service and Family | NTD’s Profiles of Service

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

US Supreme Court Rejects Jan. 6 Defendant’s Appeal Over Parading Charge

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.