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Trump Says Support for Hegseth Is 'Strong and Deep'

'We've got his back,' Vance says

(Newser) - After days of relative silence on his nominee for defense secretary and rumors that he was eyeing replacements , President-elect Trump spoke out in support of Pete Hegseth Friday morning. Hegseth "is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have...

Biden Considers Some Preemptive Pardons

Media outlets name Liz Cheney, Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, Jack Smith

(Newser) - President Biden and his aides are discussing preemptive pardons for figures ranging from Anthony Fauci to Liz Cheney amid increasing fears that President-elect Trump will go after them, according to reports. Seeing Trump's picks for law enforcement positions , many of whom have called for retribution against Trump's political...

Trump Picks His Ambassador to China

He says former Sen. David Perdue 'brings valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has chosen former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China. Trump said in a Truth Socia l post Thursday that Perdue, a former CEO of firms including Dollar General, "brings valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China." Perdue lost his Senate seat to...

The FBI Is Not Woke


The FBI
Is Not Woke
OPINION
Dec 5, 2024 3:05 PM CST

The FBI Is Not Woke

Putting Kash Patel in charge would be a grave mistake, argues historian and journalist Garrett M. Graff

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's wish to make Kash Patel the next director of the FBI would be a serious mistake that could haunt America for decades, writes historian and journalist Garrett M. Graff in a New York Times op-ed. Patel's only qualification for the post seems to be that he...

Morning Joe Criticizes Guest's Joke, He Fires Back

David Frum suggests MSNBC hosts are in 'fear' of incoming Trump White House

(Newser) - The Morning Joe team is again making headlines over its handling of the incoming Trump administration. Once more, critics say Joe Scarborough and wife Mika Brzezinski are kowtowing, while the MSNBC hosts defiantly reject the idea. The latest flap stems from an appearance on Wednesday by Atlantic writer David Frum,...

Bezos: I May Be 'Naive,' but I'm 'Very Optimistic' About Trump

Amazon founder says he thinks 'it's going to be great' under the incoming administration

(Newser) - Some Americans started thinking about fleeing the country after Donald Trump won his second presidency, but Jeff Bezos isn't too worried—in fact, he's "very optimistic this time around." Speaking Wednesday at the New York Times' DealBook Summit , the Amazon founder said that President-elect Trump "...

After Trump Tariffs Threat, Mexico Makes Huge Drug Bust

Mexico makes what officials say is biggest fentanyl seizure ever there

(Newser) - Mexican soldiers and marines seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country's history. The raids came after a sharp drop in fentanyl seizures in Mexico earlier this year, and days...

Pete Hegseth Says He's 'Not Going Anywhere'

He vows to abstain from alcohol as defense secretary to woo hesitant senators

(Newser) - "We're not going anywhere," Pete Hegseth told reporters Wednesday as he tried to convince lawmakers to back his bid to become defense secretary. "I spoke to the president this morning, he supports me fully," said the former Fox News host. President-elect Trump is reportedly considering...

Bitcoin Hits a Big Milestone as Post-Election Rally Continues
Bitcoin Hits a Big Milestone
Dec 5, 2024 1:30 AM CST

Bitcoin Hits a Big Milestone

Cryptocurrency tops $100K for first time

(Newser) - Bitcoin has topped the $100,000 mark for the first time as a massive rally in the world's most popular cryptocurrency sparked by the election of Donald Trump rolls on, the AP reports. The milestone comes just hours after the president-elect signaled a lighter regulatory approach to the crypto...

Trump Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Georgia Case

Election makes prosecution unconstitutional, filing argues

(Newser) - Now that Donald Trump has won the election, his lawyers have asked an appeals court to dismiss the Georgia criminal case against him because a "sitting president is completely immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal." Prosecuting the 2020 election interference case would be unconstitutional,...

Trump: DEA Pick Didn't Pull Out, I Pulled Him Out

Trump said he didn't like what Sheriff Chad Chronister 'said to my pastors'

(Newser) - In a post on X Tuesday, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration said he had concluded that he "must respectfully withdraw from consideration." Trump, however, slammed the Wall Street Journal Wednesday for reporting that Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister had pulled out. "He...

Trump Announces Trade, SEC, Army Picks

Peter Navarro is returning to the White House

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is bringing Peter Navarro, a former adviser who served prison time related to the Capitol attack, back to the White House for his second administration. Navarro will serve as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, Trump announced in a Truth Social post . Trump wrote that the position...

Trump Might Have a Job for DeSantis
Trump Might Have
a Job for DeSantis
Dec 4, 2024 10:30 AM CST

Trump Might Have a Job for DeSantis

Florida governor is among possible replacements for Pete Hegseth as defense secretary: reports

(Newser) - If Pete Hegseth's background check proves troublesome, President-elect Trump won't be ill-prepared. Trump is eyeing replacements for his pick as defense secretary as Hegseth finds himself deeper and deeper in muck, media outlets are reporting, noting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is among those who could nab the job....

Report: Hegseth's Fox Colleagues Worried About His Drinking

Co-workers anonymously describe behavior they found concerning

(Newser) - Pete Hegseth was hit with another controversial report Tuesday. Ten current and former Fox News employees tell NBC News that during Hegseth's tenure as a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend—which started in 2017 and ended after President-elect Trump announced Hegseth as his choice to lead the Defense...

In NY Case, Trump Lawyers Cite Hunter Biden Pardon

They accuse DA of engaging in 'the type of political theater' that president condemned

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's lawyers cited President Biden's pardoning of his son in their latest bid to have Trump's hush-money conviction tossed. In the filing made public Tuesday, Trump attorneys Todd Blance and Emil Bove said that "in issuing a 10-year-pardon to Hunter Biden that covers any and...

Eye on His Inauguration, Trump Issues Gaza Ultimatum

President-elect: If Israeli hostages aren't released by Jan. 20, 'there will be ALL HELL TO PAY'

(Newser) - As news broke Monday that 21-year-old American Omer Neutra had been killed in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel, renewed attention was directed to the plight of the hostages still believed to be held by Hamas in Gaza. President-elect Trump was one of those weighing in, and he made clear...

Billionaire GOP Donor Gets Nod for Prestigious Ambassadorship

Trump picks Warren Stephens as ambassador to UK

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC, the AP reports. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site Monday evening, announced he was...

Senators Back Hegseth as Another Controversy Is Revealed

Member of Trump's inner circle was apparently no fan of Hegseth's years back

(Newser) - The controversy around Pete Hegseth is growing. Sources tell CBS News that back in 2016, allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual misconduct, a toxic workplace environment, and alcohol problems including public intoxication led to a group of Republicans pushing to remove Hegseth as head of a charity for veterans. Hegseth started...

Opinion: Trump's FBI Move Is a 'Constitutional Crisis'

David Frum writes that the president-elect wants the powerful agency to do his bidding

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's choice of Kash Patel to lead the FBI is drawing plenty of criticism on the left and plenty of praise from the MAGA wing. But in the Atlantic , David Frum argues that the real controversy isn't the decision to pick Patel but to fire current FBI...

What to Know About Trump&#39;s Pick to Lead the FBI
FBI Nominee
Has Vowed
to Gut
the Agency
the rundown
Dec 2, 2024 7:39 AM CST

FBI Nominee Has Vowed to Gut the Agency

Kash Patel is a polarizing figure

(Newser) - Kash Patel is President-elect Trump's pick to lead the FBI come January, and he may now be the most controversial of the nominees standing. As a New York Times profile notes, few nominated for any federal post "have come with quite so much bravado, bombast or baggage."...

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