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Democrats' furor over 'unqualified' Trump nominees puts Biden's staffing decisions back in the spotlight

Democrats' furor over 'unqualified' Trump nominees puts Biden's staffing decisions back in the spotlight

Democrats have been blasting President-elect Trump's cabinet appointments as unqualified, while many officials in the Biden admini...

Senators Call for Probe of Musk’s SpaceX Contracts Over Russia

Senators Call for Probe of Musk’s SpaceX Contracts Over Russia

Two Democratic US senators called for an investigation into Elon Musk’s involvement in contracts between the US government and his...

Ranked choice voting dealt blow by voters, rejected in numerous states

Ranked choice voting dealt blow by voters, rejected in numerous states

Ranked choice voting measures were rejected in four states on Election Day, including Colorado, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. In Misso...

Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

President-elect Donald Trump said Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department, will ...

Trump Returns to Office With a Slew of Challenges in Front of Him

Trump Returns to Office With a Slew of Challenges in Front of Him

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Every Friday, White House corr...

Biden pushes to finalize more student debt relief before end of term, including for 'future borrowers'

Biden pushes to finalize more student debt relief before end of term, including for 'future borrowers'

President Biden's Department of Education is trying to push through a new federal rule during its final weeks to provide additiona...

Speaker Johnson Wants Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Kept Secret

Speaker Johnson Wants Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Kept Secret

Speaker Mike Johnson urged the House Ethics Committee to keep confidential its findings on alleged sexual and other misconduct by ...

Trump defense pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'

Trump defense pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'

Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was f...

Iran Told U.S. That It’s Not Trying to Kill Trump

Iran Told U.S. That It’s Not Trying to Kill Trump

The Biden administration had warned that the United States would consider any Iranian attempt on Mr. Trump’s life to be “an act of...

Harris Campaign, Democratic Party Ended Election With No Debt

Harris Campaign, Democratic Party Ended Election With No Debt

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and the Democratic National Committee spent close to $1.5 billion in their unsuccessful pre...

Rudy Giuliani has turned over his luxury watches in defamation case, rep says

Rudy Giuliani has turned over his luxury watches in defamation case, rep says

A representative for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York City mayor is relinquishing his cherished watches ahead of a deadline ...

Democratic US Rep. Josh Gottheimer announces run for New Jersey governor

Democratic US Rep. Josh Gottheimer announces run for New Jersey governor

Democratic U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey has launched a long-expected campaign for governor

Trump Promised to Kill US Steel Deal. Now What?

Trump Promised to Kill US Steel Deal. Now What?

On the final day of his election campaign, Donald Trump stood on stage in Pittsburgh flanked by steelworkers and promised to prote...

Biden Meets Pacific Allies as Russia-North Korea Ties Deepen

Biden Meets Pacific Allies as Russia-North Korea Ties Deepen

US President Joe Biden told the leaders of Japan and South Korea that their coordinated efforts were essential to “countering Nort...

Rand Paul wants to abolish agency established under Trump, but calls prospect 'unlikely'

Rand Paul wants to abolish agency established under Trump, but calls prospect 'unlikely'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., would like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to be nixed, but said elimination is "unlik...

Trump Asks Steven Cheung to Lead White House Communications

Trump Asks Steven Cheung to Lead White House Communications

After serving as the president-elect’s chief campaign spokesman, Mr. Cheung will return to the White House next year.

Commanders have issues on each side of the ball after losing back-to-back games to fall to 7-4

Commanders have issues on each side of the ball after losing back-to-back games to fall to 7-4

Going for it and not converting on fourth down was a major topic of conversation after the Washington Commanders lost at Philadelp...

Republicans Are Leaving Office for Trump Posts. How Will the Vacancies Be Filled?

Republicans Are Leaving Office for Trump Posts. How Will the Vacancies Be Filled?

The president-elect has selected several allies in Congress, along with a current governor, to join his administration.

Trump Asks Steven Cheung to Lead White Hosue Communications

Trump Asks Steven Cheung to Lead White Hosue Communications

Key Senate Republicans Press Agency on US Jobs Data Revisions

Key Senate Republicans Press Agency on US Jobs Data Revisions

Two key Senate Republicans excoriated the US government statistics agency responsible for monthly employment reports, saying recen...

Outside report calls on UCLA to develop clear plans and policies for major protests

Outside report calls on UCLA to develop clear plans and policies for major protests

A law enforcement consulting group says the University of California, Los Angeles should develop clear plans and policies, communi...

‘This s--- has to stop’: Former Jill Biden spox rips Dems for 'vilifying' DEI critics as 'White supremacists'

‘This s--- has to stop’: Former Jill Biden spox rips Dems for 'vilifying' DEI critics as 'White supremacists'

First Lady Jill Biden's former press secretary was one of many on social media to blast an MSNBC guest who labeled a Trump cabinet...

How Harris Failed to Neutralize Immigration as a Campaign Issue

How Harris Failed to Neutralize Immigration as a Campaign Issue

Democrats struggled to respond to real and manufactured challenges as voters grew more concerned over the number of people crossin...

Trump picks Steven Cheung for communications director, Sergio Gor for personnel office director

Trump picks Steven Cheung for communications director, Sergio Gor for personnel office director

President-elect Donald Trump has made two more additions to his White House staff, promoting campaign spokesman Steven Cheung to W...

Johnson Doesn’t Want Gaetz Ethics Report Released

Johnson Doesn’t Want Gaetz Ethics Report Released

The House speaker said revealing the findings of a yearslong inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use would be a...

Johnson Kept the Gavel but Faces Steep Challenges Atop Slim G.O.P. Majority

Johnson Kept the Gavel but Faces Steep Challenges Atop Slim G.O.P. Majority

The Republican speaker, once viewed as an interim figure, maintained the House majority and his job. But his narrow margin of cont...

South Africa’s Ramaphosa to Tighten Rules After Child Deaths

South Africa’s Ramaphosa to Tighten Rules After Child Deaths

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a plan to remove harmful pesticides from the streets and shops, following the...

'Political prosecutions': Republican AGs demand end to 'lawfare' prosecutions of President-elect Trump

'Political prosecutions': Republican AGs demand end to 'lawfare' prosecutions of President-elect Trump

GOP Attorneys General urge an end to "political prosecutions" against Trump, calling cases unjust and aimed at derailing his presi...

Iran Loath to be Drawn Into New Clash With US as Trump Returns

Iran Loath to be Drawn Into New Clash With US as Trump Returns

The last time Donald Trump was US president it spelled disaster for Iran — he walked away from a landmark nuclear deal, derailed t...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to potentially releasing the Ethics Committee report on Gaetz

The Hitchhiker's Guide to potentially releasing the Ethics Committee report on Gaetz

The House Ethics Committee was planning on releasing its report investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and alleged drug us...

Ukraine Slams Scholz’s Putin Call as Allies Question German Move

Ukraine Slams Scholz’s Putin Call as Allies Question German Move

Ukraine blasted Olaf Scholz’s telephone diplomacy with Vladimir Putin, as many of Kyiv’s allies took a dim view of the German chan...

Heftier GOP majorities in Arizona Legislature could imperil Democratic governor's agenda

Heftier GOP majorities in Arizona Legislature could imperil Democratic governor's agenda

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs had hoped fellow Democrats would make enough gains during this month’s election to flip one or both chamb...

'Not committed': Conservatives warn Mike Johnson still has hill to climb before winning speaker's gavel

'Not committed': Conservatives warn Mike Johnson still has hill to climb before winning speaker's gavel

Some conservatives are warning that House Speaker Mike Johnson may still have to prove himself before a House-wide speaker vote in...

Regulators Likely to Avoid ‘Slaughter’ by Trump, Jim Millstein Says

Regulators Likely to Avoid ‘Slaughter’ by Trump, Jim Millstein Says

Despite chatter around the prospects of financial deregulation, it’s unlikely President-elect Donald Trump will leave the financia...

Rahm Emanuel mulling bid to steer DNC in wake of disastrous election night for Dems

Rahm Emanuel mulling bid to steer DNC in wake of disastrous election night for Dems

Rahm Emanuel is considering a run for chair of the Democratic National Committee, two sources in the DNC orbit confirm to Fox News...

‘Anti-Woke’ 1789 Capital Bets on Drug Startup BlinkRx

‘Anti-Woke’ 1789 Capital Bets on Drug Startup BlinkRx

Omeed Malik’s 1789 Capital, which counts Donald Trump Jr. as its latest hire, led a funding round for BlinkRx, a startup that aims...

Will Trump White House rescue TikTok from looming ban? President-elect has done a 180 on the app

Will Trump White House rescue TikTok from looming ban? President-elect has done a 180 on the app

Months ago, Trump vaguely suggested that those who "like TikTok" should vote for him, raising the hopes for users of the video-sha...

It doesn’t have to take years to rebuild, especially with the right coach: Analysis

It doesn’t have to take years to rebuild, especially with the right coach: Analysis

Teams considering a coaching change should be encouraged by some of the quick turnarounds around the NFL

Why Kennedy Sees an ‘Epidemic’ of Chronic Disease Among Children

Why Kennedy Sees an ‘Epidemic’ of Chronic Disease Among Children

Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccin...

Senate Vacancy Sets Up Potential Revival of Trump-DeSantis Rift

Senate Vacancy Sets Up Potential Revival of Trump-DeSantis Rift

Donald Trump’s closest allies have an idea for who should fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat: Lara Trump, the president-elect’s daught...

The Trump Lawyer Who Wields Outsize Influence on the Next White House

The Trump Lawyer Who Wields Outsize Influence on the Next White House

Boris Epshteyn has quickly become one of the most powerful figures in the early days of the presidential transition, even floating...

Former GOP Virginia lawmaker Matt Fariss pleads guilty to felony gun and drug charges

Former GOP Virginia lawmaker Matt Fariss pleads guilty to felony gun and drug charges

A former Virginia lawmaker has pleaded guilty to felony gun and drug charges and been sentenced to time already served in jail

Pence Urges Republicans Not to Confirm RFK Jr., Citing His Support of Abortion Rights

Pence Urges Republicans Not to Confirm RFK Jr., Citing His Support of Abortion Rights

Former Vice President Mike Pence described Mr. Kennedy, who does not support a federal abortion ban, as a choice unlike any in the...

NJ’s Crowded Race for Governor Heats Up With Congressman’s Bid

NJ’s Crowded Race for Governor Heats Up With Congressman’s Bid

US Representative Josh Gottheimer announced his run for governor of New Jersey, joining a packed field of candidates jockeying to ...

Trump's pick to lead Defense Department was accused of sexual assault in 2017

Trump's pick to lead Defense Department was accused of sexual assault in 2017

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 ...

Vivek Ramaswamy Returns to Push His Plans to Decimate the Government

Vivek Ramaswamy Returns to Push His Plans to Decimate the Government

The wealthy entrepreneur, tapped by Donald Trump to co-lead an outside effort focused on “efficiency,” campaigned on an assertion ...

Rep Moulton says fellow Dems 'privately' agree with his criticism of party

Rep Moulton says fellow Dems 'privately' agree with his criticism of party

Rep. Seth Moulton is urging fellow House Democrats to have serious conversations about the direction of the party and how it toler...

Fetterman defends Casey-McCormick recount as challenger’s team says 'zero' path for Democrat

Fetterman defends Casey-McCormick recount as challenger’s team says 'zero' path for Democrat

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John K. Fetterman talked to Fox News Digital about the Casey-McCormick race now headed for automatic ...

Elon Musk blasts John Bolton as 'staggeringly dumb warmonger' after criticism of Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz

Elon Musk blasts John Bolton as 'staggeringly dumb warmonger' after criticism of Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz

Elon Musk called John Bolton "a staggeringly dumb warmonger" and suggested that Bolton's opposition to someone is "a great sign!"

A Guide to the Investigations of NYC Mayor Adams’ Administration

A Guide to the Investigations of NYC Mayor Adams’ Administration

Here a rundown of who’s who — as well as who’s resigned and who’s pushing back.

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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