After Mike Johnson narrowly secured the speakership after a brief revolt from the right, he’s now drawing ire from the opposite wing of the Republican Party.
President-elect Donald Trump has laid out an ambitious agenda that he has promised will go into effect on Jan. 20, the day he will be sworn into office for his second term.
President-elect Donald Trump’s recipe for victory in Tuesday’s election was built on his ability to improve his support from 2020 with several different demographic groups, exit polls show.
Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of President-elect Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), plans to run for governor of Ohio, two sources confirmed to The Hill on Friday. The Ohio governor’s mansion will be up for grabs in 2026, as sitting Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is term-limited. One of the sources said Ramaswamy’s plan…
Republican National Committee chair Mike Whatley, speaking with Fox News Digital ahead of his re-election, spells out the GOP's campaign priorities in the 2025 and 2026 elections
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced the Senate replacement for Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday afternoon. With just days left until President-elect Trump returns to the Oval Office, Vance officially resigned from Congress a week ago. DeWine’s replacement will serve until 2026. Two of the names floated were Trump’s former primary rival Vivek Ramaswamy…
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced Friday that he is selecting Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance. DeWine made the announcement at a press conference at 1 p.m. EST Friday. Earlier this week, speculation grew that he might choose Vivek Ramaswamy, the former presidential candidate…
Vice President Kamala Harris, surrounded by current and former staff, participated in the tradition of adding her signature to a drawer in her ceremonial office as her term draws to a close.
Former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed his behind-the-scenes role in persuading President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential campaign.
The Democratic Party's left wing has warned for decades that America is moving toward an oligarchy in which a handful of billionaires controls much of the nation's wealth and political power. President Joe Biden elevated such concerns from the Oval Office for the first time this week, just before he leaves office. In the hours that followed Biden's farewell address, progressives responded with a combination of appreciation, bemusement and frustration.
The swing voters who helped President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House are feeling optimistic about the next four years, but they’ll be watching to see whether their desire for change becomes a reality.
With President-elect Donald Trump days from his inauguration, Republican National Committee chair Mike Whatley spells out the GOP's campaign priorities in the 2025 and 2026 elections
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday appointed state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate, setting her up to fill Sen. Marco Rubio's seat when he joins the Trump administraiton.
After Mike Johnson narrowly secured the speakership after a brief revolt from the right, he’s now drawing ire from the opposite wing of the Republican Party.
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, a top Trump ally in Congress, seems more vocal about running for Florida governor in 2026 in the race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement, raising question with the commander in chief’s parting remarks. “Now he tells us. Biden speaks out against dark money, for climate action, and for SCOTUS term limits. I pressed four years for this speech,” Whitehouse posted…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to be the state's next U.S. senator. The announcement comes after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida's senior senator since 2010, to be secretary of state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appointed state Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) to the Senate on Thursday, catapulting a rising star in Florida politics into the national spotlight. Moody will replace President-elect Trump’s secretary of State pick, Sen. Marco Rubio (R), in the upper chamber. DeSantis said Thursday that Moody would “mostly likely” be sworn…
Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ), has a history of “undermining” voting rights, according to a report opposing Bondi from the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund. The report highlights that Bondi’s work as Florida attorney general and as chair of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) make her “unfit” for the office…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday picked state Attorney General Ashley Moody to succeed Senator Marco Rubio when he leaves his office to become the next U.S. secretary of state, a move that will maintain Republicans' majority in that chamber. Rubio was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the top U.S. diplomat and is expected to easily win confirmation in the Senate. DeSantis said Moody could be sworn in as soon as Monday afternoon, shortly after Trump takes office.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday named state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the US Senate, choosing a staunch ally to fill the seat set to be vacated by Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not be attending President-elect Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. Pelosi returned to Washington earlier this month for the entrance of the new class of lawmakers after undergoing hip replacement surgery in Germany following a fall in Luxembourg in December. Her team said she was on the mend and in good spirits.…
The Washington Post is rolling out a new mission statement ahead of President-elect Trump’s second term in the White House. The Post unveiled “Riveting Storytelling for All of America,” as its new mission statement to catch the essence of its journalism and business, The New York Times first reported Thursday. A spokesperson for the outlet…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has tapped the state’s Republican attorney general, Ashley Moody, to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Senate following his nomination to serve as President-elect Trump’s secretary of State. DeSantis said during an announcement with Moody in Orlando that he expects her to be swiftly confirmed and that she will…
President Biden is warning Americans about the threat of an "ultra-wealthy" "oligarchy," but did not mention in his farewell speech the billionaires that have supported him in recent years.
President-elect Trump indicates he is not interested in hiring people who have worked with or are supported by "people suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome."
New York state Sen. James Skoufis (D) ended his bid for Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair and backed Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin for the post on Thursday. In a statement, Skoufis said he was releasing his supporters and “urging” them to back Martin. “I am endorsing Ken because he’s a man of integrity…
Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) open-minded approach to President-elect Trump is fueling questions about his motives and vexing some of his fellow Democrats. In the wake of Trump’s victory in November, Fetterman has emerged as a critic of his own party’s messaging, while also signaling a willingness to entertain some of the incoming administration’s policy ideas.…
Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks are in full swing again Thursday as the Senate works to screen his controversial nominees. Committees will hear from the contenders hoping to lead Trump’s second-term Treasury, Interior, and Housing and Urban Development departments, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency. Among them are former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s 2024…
The President-elect Trump who will take the oath of office Monday is a radically different figure from the one who shook up Washington eight years ago. This Trump knows more about how Washington works. Trump 1.0 wanted to change Washington, but Trump 2.0 is set up better to succeed, and the president-elect is equipped with…
President-elect Trump on Wednesday said he would not consider individuals affiliated with a host of Republican rivals and critics for jobs in his incoming administration, singling out former Vice President Mike Pence, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), among others. “As of today, the incoming Trump Administration has…
Senators will on Wednesday begin their public deliberations over Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department, former Florida state Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and House Democrats have asked the state's highest court to intervene in a partisan power struggle that has roiled the start of the 2025 legislative session session, as the standoff extended into a second day Wednesday. Simon, a Democrat, petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court late Tuesday to declare that he legally remains the presiding officer in the Minnesota House, for now, and that Tuesday's election of GOP leader Lisa Demuth as speaker was invalid.
Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, faced questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday over her loyalty to the Republican president-elect, who has vowed to use the agency to pursue revenge on his perceived political enemies. The former Florida attorney general and corporate lobbyist told lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee that politics would play no part in her decision-making as the country's chief federal law enforcement officer, but also refused to rule out the potential for investigations into Trump's adversaries. If confirmed to lead the department that charged the once and future president in two separate criminal cases, Bondi would become one of the most closely scrutinized members of Trump's cabinet.
The case sets up an early test of how Trump’s pick to chair the agency — Paul Atkins — would navigate potential clashes with the incoming president's allies.
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