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Trump announces new Cabinet deputies as inauguration date draws near

Trump announces new Cabinet deputies as inauguration date draws near


January 12, 2025
President-elect Trump announced incoming deputies for several key Cabinet positions in a series of social media posts Saturday as his inauguration date gets closer. Trump, who takes office in less than 10 days, made the announcement on Truth Social Saturday afternoon. He began by naming Katharine MacGregor as the next deputy secretary of the interior, […]
Influential leader of Canada’s Ontario province seeks Trump, Musk meeting: US ‘needs us like we need them’

Influential leader of Canada’s Ontario province seeks Trump, Musk meeting: US ‘needs us like we need them’


January 12, 2025
After President-elect Trump mused about using ‘economic force’ to acquire Canada as the 51st state during his Mar-a-Lago news conference on Tuesday, outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded on social media that ‘there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.’ However, as Trudeau announced on Monday his plan […]
Donald Trump sentenced with no penalty in New York criminal trial, as judge wishes him ‘Godspeed’ in 2nd term

Donald Trump sentenced with no penalty in New York criminal trial, as judge wishes him ‘Godspeed’ in 2nd term


January 11, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced to an unconditional discharge Friday after being found guilty on charges of falsifying business records stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s yearslong investigation.  The president-elect attended his sentencing virtually after fighting to block the process all the way up to the United States Supreme Court this week. Trump sat […]
TikTok makes its case to skeptical justices: ‘No valid interest’ in ‘preventing propaganda’

TikTok makes its case to skeptical justices: ‘No valid interest’ in ‘preventing propaganda’


January 11, 2025
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Friday morning over whether the social media platform TikTok should be required to divest from its Chinese-owned parent company or be banned in the U.S., in a highly watched case that pits concerns over national security against free speech protections. Justices both conservative and liberal appear skeptical of the […]
Trump issues warning to Maduro as Venezuelan leader enters third term, US expands sanctions

Trump issues warning to Maduro as Venezuelan leader enters third term, US expands sanctions


January 11, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump issued a warning ahead of the inauguration of contested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who took up the top job for a third term on Friday.  Despite significant opposition both at home and abroad to the July election in which Maduro claimed victory without providing ballot-box proof, the Venezuelan leader, deemed a ‘dictator’ […]
Trump setting up meeting with Putin, in communication with Xi

Trump setting up meeting with Putin, in communication with Xi


January 11, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that his team is in the works of setting up meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.  ‘He wants to meet. And we’re setting it up,’ he told reporters during a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago club regarding Putin. ‘President Xi – we’ve had a lot […]
‘Powerful tool’ for China: Government defends pending TikTok ban

‘Powerful tool’ for China: Government defends pending TikTok ban


January 11, 2025
In oral arguments before the Supreme Court Friday, lawyers for the Biden administration reiterated their argument that TikTok’s Chinese ownership poses a ‘grave’ national security risk for American users. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar cited risks that China could weaponize the app, including by manipulating its algorithm to prioritize certain content or by ordering parent […]
DOGE reps launch meetings with federal staffers in effort to cut government waste: report

DOGE reps launch meetings with federal staffers in effort to cut government waste: report


January 11, 2025
Aides for Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are starting to interview staffers with the federal government for the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a new report.  Representatives for DOGE have had conversations with staffers from more than a dozen federal agencies — including the […]
Tulsi Gabbard changes tune on controversial intelligence tool following GOP lobbying

Tulsi Gabbard changes tune on controversial intelligence tool following GOP lobbying


January 11, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in his next administration, has reversed course on a controversial item after lobbying from Republican senators.  Gabbard revealed on Friday that she believes section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) ‘is crucial for gathering foreign intelligence on non-U.S. […]
Dems eerily silent on Trump sentencing as they prepare for Republican trifecta in Washington

Dems eerily silent on Trump sentencing as they prepare for Republican trifecta in Washington


January 11, 2025
Democratic lawmakers were noticeably silent following the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump despite previously commenting on the cases against him, as Washington prepares for a Republican trifecta in Congress. Trump was sentenced on Friday after being found guilty on 34 charges related to falsifying business records in May. The incoming president was sentenced to unconditional […]
Trump fills latest Cabinet spots as Jan. 20 inauguration nears

Trump fills latest Cabinet spots as Jan. 20 inauguration nears


January 11, 2025
President-elect Trump announced his latest picks to join the growing number of Cabinet choices as his Jan. 20th inauguration nears.  Trump, in a Friday evening announcement, said that Bill Briggs would serve as the next Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. If confirmed, Briggs will serve alongside Trump’s pick for SBA Administrator, Kelly […]
Biden admin slammed for ‘waiting’ to declare genocide in Sudan

Biden admin slammed for ‘waiting’ to declare genocide in Sudan


January 11, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The Biden Administration has been blasted by the incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho., for ‘waiting’ until the outgoing President had only 13 days left in office before declaring rebel actions in Sudan, a country torn apart by 21 months of bitter war, to be […]
Special Counsel Weiss expected to release Hunter Biden report as soon as next week

Special Counsel Weiss expected to release Hunter Biden report as soon as next week


January 10, 2025
Special Counsel David Weiss is expected to release his final report on his years-long investigation into Hunter Biden as soon as next week, Fox News has learned.  Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felony firearm offenses stemming from Special Counsel David Weiss’ investigation. The first son was also charged with federal tax crimes regarding […]
‘Senator for all’: Fetterman set to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

‘Senator for all’: Fetterman set to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago


January 10, 2025
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman confirmed he will meet with President-elect Trump ahead of the former and upcoming president’s second inauguration on Jan. 20.  ‘President Trump invited me to meet, and I accepted. I’m the senator for all Pennsylvanians – not just Democrats in Pennsylvania,’ Fetterman told Fox News on Thursday.  ‘I’ve been clear that […]
Musk blasts Soros in series of posts after Biden gives him nation’s top civilian award: ‘Hatred of humanity’

Musk blasts Soros in series of posts after Biden gives him nation’s top civilian award: ‘Hatred of humanity’


January 10, 2025
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk has issued blistering criticism of liberal megadonor George Soros in recent days after President Biden awarded the Hungarian-born progressive with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ‘A travesty that Biden is giving Soros the Medal of Freedom,’ Musk posted on X last week in response […]