Washington — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has named longtime aide Peter Navarro, who served on the White House Trade Council in the first Trump administration, to be “senior counselor for trade and manufacturing.” The announcement comes just months after Navarro, 75, was released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for defying
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City Wednesday morning, calling it a “brazen targeted attack,” the New York Times reported. Thompson was shot just before 7 a.m. outside a Midtown hotel where his company was holding an investors meeting. Thompson’s killer escaped on an electric Citi Bike
Washington — Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican who is nearing the end of his Senate term, warned in his farewell address on Wednesday of those who “tear at our unity,” urging America to uphold the nation’s values as he capped more than two decades in public service. “I have learned that politics alone cannot
Under Whatley’s leadership, the GOP took back the White House, the Senate, and kept the House in the Nov. 5 election. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s request to remain in his role. In a Dec. 4 post on Truth Social, Trump praised Whatley for doing “an OUTSTANDING and
‘We cannot have a situation where we have Kim Jong Un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping and Iran high-fiving,’ NATO’s Mark Rutte said. The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) warned President-elect Donald Trump that the United States would face new threats if Ukraine is forced to make concessions to Russia
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to Tennessee’s efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria, as the justices stepped into the politically charged debate over health care for transgender youth. Twenty-four states have passed laws similar to Tennessee’s, which prohibits puberty blockers or hormone therapy for those
Faulkender, currently a professor at the University of Maryland, served in the first Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump is nominating an ally and member of his first administration as his deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. On Dec. 4, in a statement posted to his Truth Social account, Trump said he is