Politics

President-elect Trump announced two more additions to his White House staff on Friday, promoting his campaign spokesman to lead the communications shop. Trump announced that Steven Cheung would return to the White House as assistant to the president and director of communications. Cheung previously served as communications director for the Trump-Vance campaign and was the White House director of strategic response in Trump’s first term. Additionally, Trump confirmed that Sergio Gor will join the White...

Months ago, President-elect Trump vaguely suggested that those who ‘like TikTok’ should vote for him, raising the hopes for users of the video-sharing app that he might thwart a ban that is soon to take effect.   ‘We’re not doing anything with TikTok, but the other side is going to close it up, so if you like TikTok, go out and vote for Trump,’ Trump said in a September post on his Truth Social service....

President Biden’s U.S. ambassador to Japan and a longtime Democrat operative is considering a run for chair of the Democratic National Committee, two sources in the DNC orbit confirm to Fox News.  The sources tell Fox News that Rahm Emanuel has been quietly reaching out to DNC committee members as he contemplates a bid to succeed the current chair, Jaime Harrison – whose term is up early next year. Harrison is unlikely to seek a...

Amid escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to lift all restrictions and delays on the supply of military equipment and ammunition to Israel immediately after his inauguration, Israeli Channel 12 News reports. The assurance from Trump’s team came as Israel is considering a 60-day cease-fire with Hezbollah, which would provide a window until Trump takes office and implements the promised changes. Sources indicate that this commitment from Trump’s administration clarifies...

Business tycoon Elon Musk excoriated former National Security Adviser John Bolton after Bolton blasted President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to tap Matt Gaetz as attorney general. During an appearance on ‘Meet the Press NOW,’ Bolton said the pick ‘must be the worst nomination for a Cabinet position in American history.’  Musk pushed back in a post on X, calling Bolton ‘a staggeringly dumb warmonger,’ saying that Bolton’s opposition to someone is ‘a great sign!’ ‘Gaetz will...

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., suggested he has gotten more support than publicly known from fellow House Democrats after speaking out about how the party handles dissent within its ranks. Moulton sparked a progressive firestorm after he made comments to The New York Times expressing concern about transgender student athletes playing alongside biological females. He said most Democrats were afraid to come forward with similar views for fear of retribution. Progressives at the local, state and...

President-elect Donald Trump sent shock waves through the national security establishment when he nominated Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary. The plain-speaking former Army National Guard officer would set himself apart from other Defense secretaries with his prolific record of criticism of the institution he has been tapped to run. A culture warrior, on-air commentator and author, the paper trail of his publicly shared views will be on full display in his confirmation hearing.   ‘I’ve been...

In light of President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming second-term, two federal judges ruled to delay criminal trials for several defendants charged with trespassing on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.  Politico reported on Thursday that Washington, D.C., circuit court judges Carl Nichols and Rudolph Contreras – Trump and Obama appointees, respectively – ruled to delay the trials until after Trump’s inauguration. The judges reasoned that Trump may call off the cases and issue pardons to those...

Trump’s 2025 election victory was resounding and, it appears, realigning. The Democrats, for their part, are engaging in a rather public autopsy of their misfortune. While almost all claims that a party will be in the wilderness for years to come are exaggerations, there are at least three major mountains in the way of any realignment back in the Democrats’ favor. First, it must be said that Trump’s triumph and the Democrats’ loss has much...

In what could potentially be President Biden’s last foreign diplomacy trip, he will soon head to South America to meet with global leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping. Biden will first travel to Lima, Peru, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, where he is slated to meet with Xi, possibly their final encounter as heads of state, according to a senior administration official. Biden’s attendance at the summit is expected to be followed by a...