Special counsel Jack Smith is asking an appeals court to halt his appeal against President-elect Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified and top-secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Smith did the same in the D.C. election interference case last week. The news comes after Fox News confirmed that Smith will be stepping down before Trump takes office. ...
House Republicans have reached an agreement on raising the motion to vacate threshold. Currently, House GOP Conference rules dictate that just one lawmaker is needed to call for a motion to vacate the chair, which would trigger a chamber-wide vote on removing the speaker. But the deal, brokered during a meeting hosted by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and involving lawmakers ...
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to serve as his Secretary of State. ‘It is my Great Honor to announce that Senator Marco Rubio, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The United States Secretary of State. Marco is a Highly Respected Leader, and a very powerful Voice for Freedom,’ Trump said in a statement. ‘He will ...
President-elect Donald Trump has announced more than a dozen Cabinet picks just a week after he was declared victorious in his race against Vice President Kamala Harris, reflecting his commitment to putting ‘America first,’ the campaign told Fox News Digital. ‘The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin, giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made ...
President-elect Trump announced on Wednesday that he is appointing Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence in his new Cabinet. Gabbard served as a Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii from 2013 to 2021. In 2022, she became an Independent, and joined the GOP last month. The Republican is also a veteran who served in Iraq, as well as an ...
President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as his pick for attorney general — an unexpected pick that took many, including fellow House Republicans, by surprise. If confirmed, Gaetz will head up the Justice Department after Trump is sworn in for his second term in January. Trump first announced his nomination in a post on Truth Social, saying ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was selected to lead the GOP conference again during a closed-door vote on Wednesday. The vote was unanimous, two sources in the room told Fox News Digital, despite conservatives threatening to protest Johnson getting full support. The internal election was delayed by roughly an hour and a half as Johnson met with his GOP critics ...
After President-elect Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency, an effort to root out government waste, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., criticized Trump’s decision, suggesting he had tapped two people to execute the job of one person. ‘The Office of Government Efficiency is off to a great start with split leadership: two ...
This election cycle, the political landscape in the United States has witnessed significant transformations, particularly among Hispanic and Native American communities. Traditionally associated with the Democratic Party, these groups have shown signs of shifting their allegiances toward the Republican Party. Tuesday, November 5th, will go down in history as one of the world’s greatest political comebacks. After years of politicized ...
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to soon appoint a Ukrainian peace envoy to lead negotiations on ending the war with Russia, multiple sources told Fox News Digital. ‘You’re going to see a very senior special envoy, someone with a lot of credibility, who will be given a task to find a resolution, to get to a peace settlement,’ one of ...