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President-elect Donald Trump’s senior adviser and attorney Alina Habba says she is not considering the role of press secretary, despite ‘support and speculation.’ Habba addressed the rumors on the social media platform X early Thursday morning, adding that ‘this administration is going to be epic!’ ‘Although I love screaming from a podium I will be better served in other capacities,’ she said.  Names under consideration include Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt, former Trump...

California Democrat Rep. Josh Harder has declared victory over his Republican opponent, Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, who has conceded the race.  ‘While the results are not what we hoped for, I remain incredibly proud of the journey we’ve shared,’ Lincoln said in a statement.  Though Republicans will control the House, Fox News projects, Harder’s win shifts the balance of power to 219 seats for Republicans and 209 for Democrats.  Eight other races have not yet been...

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., after the lawmaker won election to serve as the next Senate Republican leader. Republicans won the majority in the House and Senate during the 2024 elections. ‘Congratulations to Senator John Thune, the Newly Elected Senate Majority Leader. He moves quickly, and will do an outstanding job,’ Trump said in a post on Truth Social. GOP Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and John Cornyn of Texas had also...

Now that Donald Trump has secured a historic victory, returning to the White House for another term in January, assorted pundits are pontificating that the president-elect will give away the store to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, especially when it comes to resolving the almost three-year Russia-Ukraine conflict. I’m here to tell you that President-elect Trump is a gift to Ukraine and a nightmare for Putin.  Trump is the first U.S. president who has been able...

Upon taking office in January, President Donald Trump should fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Trump should do so not because he has any policy dispute with the chairman, but to make clear that the Constitution makes all executive branch officials responsible to the president.   Indeed, to preserve the constitutional legitimacy of the Federal Reserve, Powell and his fellow members of the board of governors should resign. Then, to quiet the inevitable critics, Trump...

Godspeed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. ‘The Department of Government Efficiency’ (‘DOGE’) has no statutory authority — yet. But it will have the ear of the president-elect and President Donald Trump will have the ears of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune.  Every year that the House and Senate can agree on a budget, they can then deploy the statutory ‘reconciliation’ process to pass laws that impact the implementation of...

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned this week the window to ‘maneuver’ a diplomatic solution to halt Iran’s nuclear development was beginning to ‘shrink.’  Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, issued an urgent message in an interview with AFP at the COP29 climate summit in Baku. ‘The Iranian administration must understand that the international situation is becoming increasingly tense and that the margins to maneuver are beginning to...

The Fox News Decision Desk can project that Republicans will keep their majority in the House of Representatives. The number of seats the party will hold depends on the outcome in a handful of remaining districts. There are nine races yet to be called. They are: Alaska’s at-large district, California’s 9th, 13th, 21st, and 45th districts, Iowa’s 1st district, Maine’s 2nd district, Ohio’s 9th district and Oregon’s 5th district. Republicans soared to the 218 threshold...

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., resigned from the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced. Gaetz gave House GOP leaders his resignation notice on the same day President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to be his attorney general, Johnson said. ‘I think out of deference to us, he issued his resignation letter effective immediately,’ Johnson said. ‘That caught us by surprise a little bit. But I asked him what the reasoning was, and he...

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. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. This post appeared first on...