What are recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet?

President-elect Donald Trump is considering using recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government. (Mariam Zuhaib / Associated Press) As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering … Read more

Trump’s pick to lead Department of Defense was investigated for alleged sexual assault

Then-President Trump is interviewed by Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House on April 6, 2017. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, was investigated for sexual … Read more

News Analysis: Trump’s transition moves raise fears of a politicized military

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

Senate will block Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general, ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy says

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

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