The Democratic National Committee Staff Union blasted its leadership for laying off scores of employees without severance last week, blaming the “shocking” move on “callous and short-sighted mismanagement.” “The Democratic National Committee is facing the fallout of callous and short-sighted mismanagement by senior leadership,” the union said in a Monday statement. “The principles we champion
The president-elect has confirmed the meeting, describing it as ‘extremely cordial.’ The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program said they traveled to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump to “restart communications,” noting that American voters made their choice clear in the presidential election. Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, who have been highly critical of
Key Trump ally Steve Bannon released from prison Key Trump ally Steve Bannon released from prison 01:58 Steve Bannon, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s loudest supporters, is scheduled for trial in February in a case in which Trump once pardoned him — but this time a White House pardon isn’t on the table. A judge
‘There may be a function for that. We’ll have to see how it plays out,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson said. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said he supports the use of recess appointments of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections outside of the standard Senate nominating process. Over the past week or so, the
Mass deportations was a major part of the president-elect’s 2024 campaign messaging. President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Nov. 18 that he will declare a nationwide emergency to carry out mass deportations of illegal immigrants, a move he frequently proposed while on the campaign trail. Tom Fitton, the head of the conservative legal group Judicial Watch,
The special counsel had asked for a weeks-long pause following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win. A federal appeals court has granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to pause his appeal in one of the cases involving President-elect Donald Trump. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Nov. 14 granted Smith’s request to
Thune said he would make the sanction legislation ‘a top priority’ in the next Congress should the current Senate majority leader fail to act on it. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Nov. 17 urged the Senate to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it continued to pursue arrest warrants