Politics

JD Vance called a close ally of influential MAGA podcaster Steve Bannon “a mouth breathing imbecile” after she criticized him for missing a Senate vote to confirm judicial nominees this…

President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to end business-as-usual at the Justice Department apparently include replacing FBI Director Christopher Wray, Vice President-elect JD Vance indicated in a social media post on Tuesday.…

House Democrats are proposing legislation to codify the FBI’s role in vetting White House appointees for security clearances, a bill aimed squarely at recent reports that Donald Trump is bypassing…

Vice President-elect JD Vance will make the rounds with GOP senators later this week to introduce them to former-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s picks to head…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sidestepped any specifics Tuesday when asked about Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who will be the first transgender member of the House, amid an effort by Rep.…

As president-elect, Donald Trump has shied away from the media as he releases a stream of Cabinet picks and White House staffers in statements, most posted to his social media…

President-elect Donald Trump is considering giving Russell Vought, his previous Office of Management and Budget director, his old job back. If tapped for the role, Vought would lead the powerful…

President-elect Trump is expected to nominate Howard Lutnick to serve as Commerce secretary, a source familiar told The Hill. Lutnick is the chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and is…

(NewsNation) — A report released by a Republican Senator Tuesday claims that “failures” by President Joe Biden’s administration have led to the “exploitation and abuse of migrant children.” Sen. Bill Cassidy,…

Vice President-elect JD Vance will be on Capitol Hill this week arranging meetings between some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and key Republican senators who could determine their confirmations,…

Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday he believed “a man is a man and a woman is a woman” amid controversy about a measure that would ban transgender women from…

The new members: Reps.-elect Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) and George Latimer (D-N.Y.) How they got here: Bell defeated his GOP opponent, Andrew Jones Jr., 76 percent to 18 percent after defeating…

Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday said they will oppose President-elect Trump’s demand to dismiss his New York criminal conviction following the election, instead floating the judge could freeze the case until…

(NewsNation) — Hundreds of anti-capital punishment groups are calling on President Joe Biden to commute federal death row sentences during his remaining months in office fearing a renewed “execution spree”…

Despite coming up short in their fight for the majority, House Democrats aren’t tossing their leaders aside. The caucus opted to keep their top slate of leaders in Tuesday’s party…