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Trump once disavowed Project 2025. Now he's hiring people who worked on it
WASHINGTON — As a candidate, Donald Trump disavowed the MAGA manifesto Project 2025, calling its ideas “abysmal.” Now the president-elect has nominated or appointed to his incoming administration at least five people...Read more
Trump picks NFL veteran Scott Turner to lead Housing Department
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Scott Turner, a former NFL player and veteran of his first term to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Turner served as executive director of the ...Read more
Trump selects former Congressman Dave Weldon for CDC director
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dave Weldon to be director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tapping a former Florida politician and physician to lead the nation’s public health agency. ...Read more
Trump names Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat as US surgeon general
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said he was naming Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat as his surgeon general, elevating another personality from the conservative network to a top role in his ...Read more
Trump picks Rep. Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be secretary of the Department of Labor.
“Together, we will achieve historic cooperation between Business and Labor that will...Read more
Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent gets Trump blessing for Treasury
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he would nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be Treasury secretary in his second term, a critical role in tax policy, global finance and managing the U.S. ...Read more
Russ Vought picked for repeat performance at Trump's budget office
WASHINGTON — Russ Vought, the hard-driving budget director from President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, will be nominated for a second stint in the job.
An unapologetic fiscal and social conservative, ...Read more
Sanders set to take seat on Senate Finance panel -- maybe
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders announced he’d be bringing his brand of populism to the powerful Senate Finance Committee next year, with a wide remit over tax, trade, Social Security, social safety net programs and ...Read more
Treasury candidate factions vie to win over an undecided Trump
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s uncertainty about his slate of Treasury secretary candidates has led to rival factions once again trying to win his favor.
After a flurry of meetings this week, including ...Read more
A fateful night in Monterey: Drinking, conservative banter, sexual assault allegations
On the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2017, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente called the Monterey Police Department to report that a patient had come in for a sexual assault exam.
The woman, the nurse told police, said she had been ...Read more
Past election challengers quiet as Michigan board certifies Trump's win
LANSING, Mich. — The criticism, drama and refusals to concede that marked Michigan's last two statewide elections were missing Friday, as the Board of State Canvassers certified Republican Donald Trump's 80,156-vote win ...Read more
Matt Gaetz rules out return to Congress after withdrawing from AG bid
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz on Friday ruled out a possible return to Congress after dropping his bid to become President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general.
The former Florida lawmaker told a right-wing podcast that he ...Read more
Certified: Georgia election chief finalizes Trump's win and statewide results
ATLANTA — All votes have been counted and President-elect Donald Trump’s clear victory in Georgia is confirmed.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified the election results Friday after two audits and ...Read more
Robin Abcarian: Nancy Mace's shameless exploitation of America's first transgender congresswoman
I realize that South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is an attention-hungry partisan, trying to make a name for herself as a culture warrior by demonizing the first transgender woman to be elected to Congress.
...Read more
NYC judge indefinitely delays Trump sentencing in Stormy Daniels hush money case
NEW YORK — Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Friday indefinitely adjourned President-elect Donald Trump’s punishment for covering up a hush money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels after his first ...Read more
Trump still faces civil lawsuits even if criminal cases go away
President-elect Donald Trump will bring legal baggage to the White House in January, even if he succeeds in pausing or getting rid of the four federal and state criminal indictments against him.
Trump’s reelection is ...Read more
Mike Rogers leading FBI is 'not happening', Trump adviser says
WASHINGTON ― A top adviser to Donald Trump said Friday the president-elect told him Michigan's Mike Rogers won't be the next director of the FBI, after Rogers had been lobbying for the post in recent days.
"Just spoke ...Read more
What to know about Linda McMahon, the ECU grad Trump nominated for education secretary
WASHINGTON — Linda McMahon once claimed an unearned education degree from East Carolina University.
Now the New Bern native is nominated to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Education.
Trump announced...Read more
Editorial: Let's not let political chaos distract us from the unfolding climate catastrophe
With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be forgiven for not being focused on what’s going on this week in Baku, ...Read more
Trump wants to deport millions; Maryland counties are sharply split on whether to help
BALTIMORE — Maryland counties are sharply divided over whether to assist President-elect Donald Trump with what he says will be the largest deportation program in American history.
A Baltimore Sun survey found widely ...Read more
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