Politics

President-elect Trump has tapped his first term alums Alex Wong and Sebastian Gorka to join his national security team for his second go-around. Gorka will act as the deputy assistant…

(The Hill) — President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Turner, a former NFL player and House representative for Texas from 2013 to 2017, as secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and…

President-elect Trump has picked Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins’s surgeon who has espoused contrarian views about the COVID-19 pandemic, to lead the Federal Drug Administration.  Makary is a surgical oncologist…

(NewsNation) — Israel ambassador nominee Mike Huckabee criticized the U.S. on Friday for pressuring Israel instead of holding Hamas accountable. “We have seven American hostages being held by Hamas, yet the…

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to serve as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during his second administration. Vought served as Trump’s…

President-elect Trump has tapped Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), to serve as Labor secretary in his new administration. Chavez-DeRemer had the backing of the Teamsters before she was officially picked by…

President-elect Trump named Janette Nesheiwat, a Fox News contributor and medical doctor in New York and New Jersey, as his nominee for surgeon general in his second administration. “I am…

President-elect Trump is expected to tap hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury secretary in his new administration, a source confirmed to NewsNation.  Bessent, founder and CEO of…

President-elect Donald Trump’s big plan to have Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy shape federal cost cutting has a new partnership with the Senate. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will take charge…

Matt Gaetz is following in the footsteps of another Republican who left Congress under a cloud of controversy … by joining Cameo. A day after withdrawing from consideration as Donald…

(NewsNation) —Following his resignation from Congress and the end of his bid for U.S. attorney general, Matt Gaetz is headed to Cameo. “We’re excited to have him on the platform,”…

MIAMI — Florida will conduct a special election on April 1, 2025, to fill the House seat vacated by Matt Gaetz, kicking off a sprint among Florida Republicans to represent…

(NewsNation) — The Democratic Party is grappling with the aftermath of its blowout loss in the presidential election. The Democratic National Committee is undergoing significant staffing cuts, reducing its workforce…

The new member: Rep.-elect Kelly Morrison (D-Minn.) How they got here: Morrison defeated her Republican opponent, Tad Jude, by 17 points in a suburban district that used to be solidly…

President-elect Trump is expected to name former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to serve as secretary of Agriculture, a source close to the transition told The Hill. Loeffler is currently the…