Then-President Trump walks to a church near the White House during protests in 2020. Marine Gen. Mark Milley, then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is in uniform behind him. Milley later regretted that his presence “created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.” (Associated Press) Critics of President-elect Donald Trump have long … Read more
Kevin McCarthy predicts that Matt Gaetz “won’t get confirmed” as attorney general and that “everybody knows that.” (Associated Press) Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted that President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general would be rejected by the Republican Senate next year. “Gaetz won’t get confirmed, everybody knows that,” McCarthy said … Read more
Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP-Getty Images) Shortly after she won a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2016, Kamala Harris said she expected to follow the traditional freshman lawmaker playbook: “Listen and watch, and kind of get a lay of the land.” Far from keeping her head down, however, California’s … Read more
Republican Bill Simon Jr. sought to bolster his campaign to oust Gov. Gray Davis on Monday with newly unsealed court records showing that a convicted racketeer tried in 1993 and 1994 to implicate Davis in improper campaign fund-raising. Prosecutors found no evidence of a crime when they reviewed the matter, concluding at the time that … Read more
Republicans have won the majority in both houses of Congress. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier … Read more
Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York after Trump’s first election. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Pete Hegseth served as a National Guardsman in Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan, earning two Bronze stars. But after President Biden was elected, Hegseth left the military, complaining he … Read more
MAGA loyalist Matt Gaetz is Trump’s pick for attorney general. Will he be confirmed? President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general sent a clear signal through Washington on Wednesday that Trump intends for his Justice Department to take a sharp-elbowed, hyper-partisan approach to law and order — one that is both … Read more
Elon Musk listens Wednesday as President-elect Donald Trump addresses House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump has given two wealthy entrepreneurs a mission that has eluded many other occupants of the White House: Make the U.S. government smaller and more efficient. No one knows much … Read more
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., departs after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 23. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, putting a loyalist in the role of the nation’s top prosecutor. In selecting … Read more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. (Mariam Zuhaib / Associated Press) Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the … Read more
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