Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) will resign from the House on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Trump takes office, to become the national security adviser for Trump's second term, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. His upcoming resignation means that House
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will hold its leadership elections Feb. 1, less than two weeks after President-elect Trump is inaugurated. Elections will take place at the party's winter meeting in National Harbor, Md., according to a Monday press release. Jamie
Lawyers for Donald Trump investigated allegations of noncriminal influence peddling against one of the president-elect’s top aides, Boris Epshteyn, according to a CNN report published Monday. Per CNN, the internal review examined “multiple instances of Epshteyn allegedly
President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, in the special election for Matt Gaetz’s House seat. Just one problem: Patronis doesn’t live in Gaetz’s district. Trump announced his endorsement via TruthSocial on Monday, writing: A
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Ukraine needs money invested into its own military production industry, not foreign troops to fight its war against Russia, Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur told The Hill. While President Biden has lifted restrictions on American military
California Rep. Ro Khanna (D) said President-elect Trump’s new attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, has said some “concerning” things about investigating the people who investigated Trump’s various legal battles. Khanna on Monday joined CNN’s Jim Acosta, who asked about Bondi’s
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will head to trial on April 14. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg scheduled a bench trial, meaning the case will not go before a jury and the judge will decide the
State health officials are warning Californians not to drink a single batch of milk from a Fresno-based dairy farm after bird flu was found in a sample. The virus was found in a batch of cream top, whole raw milk produced and packaged at Raw Farm LLC after a public health
The conservative who helped to push the Supreme Court to the right and overturn Roe v. Wade now has his sights set on crushing “ liberal dominance ” in America. Leonard Leo was the architect of a decades-long effort to remake the federal judiciary in the right wing’s image
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday suggested that Democrats could work with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) on cutting the defense budget. The issue came up during an interview Khanna gave to CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who noted the new
The bill proposes sweeping changes to energy development. It would prioritize speedy approval over thorough review of environmental impacts, including threats to water quality.
A man was charged in connection with last week’s bomb hoax outside the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities from the U.K. said Monday. Daniel Parmenter, 43, was charged and taken into custody Monday, after appearing at Ealing Magistrates' Court. He was arrested at his home
Elon Musk criticized the British government, continuing his feud by calling the U.K. a “tyrannical police state” as the country grapples with violent unrest. In a post on X, the social platform that Musk owns, he shared a post that said a petition going around England has more
The Trump team’s delay in signing standard transition agreements is raising ethics and security concerns, as well as questions about the incoming administration’s preparedness come Inauguration Day. The president-elect’s transition team has not yet signed three memoranda of
Exposure to the tiny pollutants emitted by wildfires may be increasing the older adult population’s odds of dementia diagnosis, a new study has found. Among more than 1.2 million people tracked over a decade in Southern California, each microgram-per-cubic-meter rise in
The Trump administration could launch a new national service project that would give undocumented immigrants the opportunity to contribute to our ongoing efforts to create a more perfect union.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Canada’s military chief is working to soften the expected blowback from President-elect Trump’s return to office, with Canada trailing the majority of NATO allies in reaching the targeted 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for defense spending.
Veteran political strategist James Carville reflected on the 2024 election, calling it a “troubling election for Democrats.” “Fortunately, my most optimistic thing about the Democratic Party is there's just so much potential talent in it,” Carville said Monday on MSNBC's
President-elect Trump’s pick for “border czar,” Tom Homan, on Sunday threatened funding for states that refuse to cooperate in the federal government's deportation plans. Fox News’s Mark Levin, in an interview with Homan aired Sunday, said the border czar will have “a very,
Despite pro-marijuana groups spending millions, voters in red and blue states rejected marijuana and psychedelic legalization ballot measures, indicating that drug legalization is unpopular and bad policy, and that marijuana use is increasing and leading to health issues and
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday announced he is moving to dismiss his biggest case against Donald Trump, the criminal indictment related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Smith asked a federal judge to dismiss the case with prejudice, which means it could be
“After 11 months the waiting has finally ended and unfortunately our target was not Amelia's Electra 10E," the exploration company said.
Special counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss both his election interference case and classified documents case against President-elect Trump, citing Department of Justice (DOJ) policy against prosecuting a sitting president. “After careful consideration, the Department has
Progressives must embrace the Constitution's limits on governmental power, including federalism and separation of powers, in order to defend the nation's foundational charter and prevent the presidency from having too much policy-making discretion.
The White House said Monday that a temporary cease-fire deal between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is close, but declined to offer details on the agreement, including when it could be reached. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told
The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages include graphic warnings showing the impacts of smoking. The court declined to hear the case, the case order from Monday said. Tobacco company R.J. Reynolds brought the case to the
The western U.S.'s plans to decarbonize electricity grids by 2050 may be much more expensive than anticipated, as such targets fail to account for the effects of climate change on water resources, a new study has found. Shifts in water availability due to warming could decrease
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to partner with Republicans in Congress to address the federal treatment of marijuana, which would align federal law with state laws and establish a federal regulatory apparatus for a safe, legal and regulated market.
He said that Jimmy Patronis has “been a wonderful friend to me.”
President-elect Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins, a former White House aide in his first administration, to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in his second term. “Brooke’s commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, and the
Representative Lauren Boebert apparently sees the need to supplement her income from Congress—she’s now taking fees to make videos on Cameo. The far-right Colorado congresswoman and live theater enthusiast joins her former colleagues George Santos and Matt Gaetz on the
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Monday. Happy Thanksgiving week! President Biden just pardoned two turkeys in what is one of the weirdest and silliest traditions in the White House. Peach and Blossom are two lucky fellas this year. Trump has nominated several Cabinet picks with
It’s important to understand the contrast between the exceptional nominees that may be left behind and the kind of nominees we can expect to see from the incoming Trump administration.
Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and former White House coronavirus coordinator under President Biden, said President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged President-elect Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, billionaire investor Scott Bessent, to not interfere with the Federal Reserve. “I have been a fierce critic of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s extreme interest rate hikes and lack of
Right-wing provocateur Christopher Rufo could help shape President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for higher education, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal . Rufo—a leading actor in right-wing culture wars, from the moral panic surrounding “critical race theory”
President-elect Trump urged Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis to run in the special election for former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R) seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District on Monday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called Patronis “a wonderful friend to me and
Microsoft said Monday it is investigating outages impacting its Microsoft 365 service, with thousands of users reporting issues with their Outlook, Exchange or Teams features. Microsoft 365 confirmed early Monday it is looking into an "issue impacting users attempting to access
RKF Jr. will not only ask the tough questions, he will demand the answers. This is exactly why the nation needs Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of HHS — and why the Senate should move swiftly to confirm him.
Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, once wrote about how Israel is key to a necessary “American crusade”—and the Geneva Conventions should be thrown out the window. The Guardian has reported that in his most recent work, The War on Warriors , Hegseth wrote
