General's promotion blocked in first sign of Trump retaliation for Afghanistan pullout
A Republican senator has blocked the promotion of a general who oversaw troops in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a Senate aide told NBC News.
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Trump picks Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to lead budget office
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as a platform policy director for the Republican National Committee, as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
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Trump nominates Marty Makary, a critic of some COVID-19 health measures, to lead the FDA
Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, is the latest in a string of Trump nominees who have declared the U.S. health system “broken” and in need of a shakeup.
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Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary, one of several personnel decisions that he unveiled as he closed out the workweek.
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Trump picks Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead Labor Department
The Oregon House member who narrowly lost her reelection bid earlier this month received strong backing from union members in her district.
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Will Trump's more controversial cabinet picks be confirmed?
With Pam Bondi replacing Matt Gaetz as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, political analyst Sue O’Connell believes she is more likely to make it through the Senate confirmation process. But what about Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
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Trump picks Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday asked Scott Bessent, a top fundraiser to his campaign, to serve as secretary of the Treasury Department, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News.
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Fact checking Trump's agenda: Deportation
On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to begin “the largest deportation program in American history.” How exactly he plans to carry that out, and how many he ultimately intends to deport, remains unclear.
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Maine lawmaker accused of choking wife wins re-election by one vote
A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.
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Trump's tariffs could raise the cost of generic drugs in the U.S.
The cost of generic drugs for many people could go up if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to impose sweeping tariffs on products from China and other foreign countries, policy experts say.
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What is birthright citizenship, and what would it take for Trump to end it?
According to Donald Trump’s Agenda 47, the President-elect announced his plan to “sign an executive order on Day One to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens.”
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Why do presidents pardon turkeys at the White House every Thanksgiving?
The presidential turkey pardon began back in the 1800s under President Abraham Lincoln.
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Matt Gaetz says he doesn't plan to rejoin Congress after withdrawing name for attorney general
There was a question about whether he’d want to be sworn into the next Congress.
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Judge grants Trump's motion for stay of sentencing in New York hush money case
The New York City judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s “hush money” case said there will be no sentencing next week.
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Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign
Transition officials have used Project 2025’s extensive personnel database for potential candidates to hire for the incoming administration, a person familiar the plans said.
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Republican senators offer mixed reactions to the Pete Hegseth police report
Senate Republicans offered mixed responses Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him.
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Trump team, Mass. leaders clash on immigration
The attacks between the incoming Trump administration and Massachusetts officials over immigration policies, enforcement, and sanctuary cities continues to intensify. Massachusetts isn’t a sanctuary state, but it is the only right-to-shelter state, which is a draw for undocumented immigrants and a target for the incoming “border czar,&#... -
DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling
Officials in the Justice Department, which oversees the DEA, ordered that the searches be suspended pending an internal evaluation.
