Trump picked former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to serve as deputy Mideast envoy and Roman Pipko to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia Friday afternoon.
Democratic lawmakers reacted to Rep. Mike Johnson being re-elected as speaker of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress Friday.
EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan for denying his request to dismiss the charges against him in New York v. Trump, telling Fox News Digital Democrats “just want to see if they can get a pound of flesh because every case has failed."
Republicans expressed happiness and relief to have elected Speaker Johnson so quickly on Friday, avoiding the lengthy process to elect Speaker McCarthy in the last Congress.
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Republican House Education Committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx suffered a fall on the grand staircases of the U.S. Capitol.
Plasket asked the House clerk why she and other delegates were not asked to participate in the House speaker vote.