Politics

Linda McMahon speaks during the Republican National Convention in July. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is nominating Linda McMahon, a billionaire professional wrestling mogul and small-business champion with minimal schools experience, as secretary of Education. The nomination of McMahon, a major Republican donor, caught many education experts by … Read more

Dr. Mehmet Oz, former host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he plans to nominate Oz Mehmet, a celebrity heart surgeon and former daytime television host, as administrator for the Centers for Medicare … Read more

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first transgender person to be elected to Congress, would be forbidden from using women’s restrooms at the Capitol under a proposal that Speaker Mike Johnson said he would support Tuesday. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah … Read more

Howard Lutnick speaks at a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in New York last month. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of the brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for Commerce secretary. The nomination would put Lutnick in charge of … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump leaves Manhattan criminal court, where he was convicted of 34 felony counts in his hush money trial earlier this year. (Mary Altaffer / Associated Press) New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to … Read more

Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) speaks during a hearing in 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for Transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet. Duffy is a former reality TV … Read more

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries during an interview with the Associated Press in Irvine in October. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Associated Press) House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader, receiving support from his colleagues despite the party’s inability to win back majority control of the chamber in the November election. Jeffries … Read more

Unveiling his most sweeping education initiative yet, Sen. John F. Kerry said Thursday he would provide states more than $20 billion over the next decade to hire more teachers and raise their pay in return for new efforts to weed out poorly performing instructors. The plan would use the carrot of increased federal funding to … Read more

A transgender candidate defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker Tuesday who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use. Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, is set to make history as the first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state legislature in the United States. She unseated Republican Del. Bob … Read more

This image from police body-worn camera video, contained and annotated in the Justice Department’s statement of facts, supporting the arrest warrant for Edward Richmond Jr., at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Department of Justice via Associated Press) A former U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian … Read more