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Whoopi Goldberg asked to apologize for saying NYC bakery denied order over politics
New York City politicians are calling on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for suggesting on air that a local bakery had declined to make The View co-host a batch of desserts for her birthday because of her political beliefs.
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Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary
Leavitt, 27, currently a spokesperson for Trump’s transition, would be the youngest White House press secretary in history.
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Trump picks NH native Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Karoline Leavitt, his campaign press secretary, to serve as his White House press secretary. Leavitt, 27, currently a spokesperson for Trump’s transition, would be the youngest White House press secretary in history. Previously that distinction went to Ronald Ziegler, who was 29 when he took the position in 1969 in Richard Nixon’s administration. “Karoline…
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Kennedy as health secretary sparks pushback from some in Mass., but not all
President-elect Donald Trump’s unorthodox pick for health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has drawn a range of pushback from Massachusetts’ top elected leaders. Kennedy is the latest in a string of eyebrow raising picks from Trump, including Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary. They have drawn skepticism from...
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Iran said it won't try to kill Trump: U.S. official
Iran sent a written message via Swiss diplomats in mid-October saying that it would not seek to kill Donald Trump, a U.S. official told NBC News.
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Sen. Susan Collins plans to seek reelection in 2026
Republican Sen. Susan Collins is planning to run for a sixth term in two years, NBC affiliate News Center Maine reported. The senator made the announcement of her 2026 campaign at a stop Friday in Vassalboro. Collins has been in office since 1997 and has staked out a moderate position in the Republican Party. Earlier this week, she voiced skepticism...
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Reaction in Mass. to Trump tapping RFK Jr. for health secretary
President-elect Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary sparked a wide range of reaction in Massachusetts. Some see it as a problematic step in the nation’s future, but others are looking forward to him shaking up norms around vaccines. ...
...Plus, analysis from political commentator Sue O’Connell on why Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice president, opposes Kennedy’s nomination....
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Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick to oversee Jan. 6 cases, backed rioters and spread conspiracy theories
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who Donald Trump wants to be the next attorney general of the United States, has spread lies about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and championed the cause of Jan. 6 defendants whose cases he would oversee if confirmed to the job.
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5 things to know about Steven Cheung
Here are five things to know about Steven Cheung.
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5 things to know about Sergio Gor
Here are five things to know about Sergio Gor, assistant to President-elect Donald Trump and Director of the Presidential Personnel Office during the Trump administration’s second term.
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Trump meets with Argentina's president and says he's a ‘MAGA person'
Donald Trump has met at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentine President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory in last week’s election.
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Somerville holds off on vote to reconfirms sanctuary city status
The city council in Somerville, Massachusetts, held off on a vote to reconfirm its status as a sanctuary city on Thursday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. Somerville has been a sanctuary city since 1987 and reconfirmed that status after Trump’s first election in 2016. The city council was supposed to vote Thursday night on whether to reconfirm that…
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Trump to nominate his criminal defense lawyer for deputy attorney general
The president-elect said he’d chosen Todd Blanche, who represented him in his criminal trial this year, for the No. 2 job at the Justice Department.
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What are recess appointments, and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet?
President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government.
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Trump chooses former Rep. Doug Collins to run Veterans Affairs
Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Somerville, Mass., re-confirming status as sanctuary city ahead of Trump administration
Leaders of sanctuary cities are wondering what a second Trump term will bring. Somerville, Massachusetts, was poised to sign a resolution reconfirming its status as a sanctuary city. Plus, NBC10 Boston political commentator Sue O’Connell shares her thoughts on what the Trump administration may mean for Republican governors’ policy of busing migrants to sanctuary cities.
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Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for Health and Human Services secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Senators want details of Matt Gaetz ethics probe before his confirmation vote for attorney general
Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.
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What to know about Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick to serve as attorney general
In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist who has been seen as divisive even within his own party.
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Massachusetts attorney general criticizes Gaetz nomination
President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce his cabinet picks. And his selection for attorney general is really making waves.
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