Schumer and Durbin will be Senate minority leader and minority whip, respectively, as the GOP will control the upper congressional chamber starting in January. Senate Democrats reelected Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Dec. 3 as their leader and whip, respectively. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) got the third-ranked
The incoming Department of Government Efficiency co-director pledges to scrutinize last-minute spending by the Biden administration. Vivek Ramaswamy—who will head up a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk—said the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) $7.5 billion loan proposal to StarPlus Energy LLC announced on Monday should be revoked. StarPlus Energy LLC is
At least two Republican senators have publicly said he would be confirmed as FBI director. Several Republican senators said in media interviews this week that they are open to Kash Patel heading the FBI, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated Patel for the role. Trump’s nomination of Patel, a former Pentagon official in his first administration,
‘The future of the world is here,’ Biden said. ‘We don’t think because we are bigger and more powerful we are smarter.’ LUANDA, Angola—President Joe Biden met with Angolan President João Lourenço on Tuesday to discuss strengthening ties with the African country. Biden first participated in the arrival ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Luanda,
U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika terminated the case. A federal judge in Delaware on Dec. 3 ended a case against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, after the president issued a pardon for his progeny. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika in an oral order said that in light of Biden’s pardon, “all proceedings in this
The outgoing Senate Republican leader was critical of recent decisions made by two judges. Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s administration should ask two judges who reversed their retirement decisions in recent weeks to recuse themselves in certain cases. During remarks on the Senate floor on Monday,
It comes amid talks between President-elect Trump and Mexico’s president on border security. Authorities in Mexico dissolved two caravans of would-be illegal immigrants heading to the United States, just days after President-elect Donald Trump warned he would levy a 25 percent tariff on imports from the country. Migrant activists said this week that some were