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Controversy Over Defense Pick Caught Trump Team Off Guard

But president-elect backs pick for defense amid allegations of sexual assault, reports NYT

(Newser) - Donald Trump has made clear to aides that he's sticking with Fox host Pete Hegseth as his pick for defense secretary amid allegations of a sexual assault , reports the New York Times . The newspaper's Maggie Haberman reports that Trump spoke with Hegseth a few days ago, after the...

Trump Announces His FCC Pick
Trump Picks
Brendan Carr
to Lead FCC
Nov 18, 2024 12:00 AM CST

Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead FCC

Carr 'will end the regulatory onslaught,' Trump says

(Newser) - As expected , President-elect Trump on Sunday night announced Brendan Carr as his pick to chair the Federal Communications Commission. Carr is a conservative commissioner originally appointed to the FCC by Trump in 2017, Politico reports, and unanimously confirmed to a new five-year term last year after President Biden re-nominated...

In Rainforest, Biden Pledges to Protect the Amazon

Brazil despairs of seeing US help with climate change once Trump becomes president

(Newser) - On the first trip of a sitting American president to the Amazon, President Biden promised new financial help to protect the rainforest on Sunday—an eleventh-hour effort to fight climate change before he turns the presidency over to Donald Trump. The Amazon rainforest is critical in regulating Earth's climate...

Biden Allows Ukraine to Send Missiles From US Into Russia

Policy change reflects effort to boost aid before Trump takes office

(Newser) - After months of lobbying by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Biden has authorized the use of long-range missiles provided by the US for strikes deeper into Russia. The decision reverses American policy on the Army Tactical Missile System, NBC News reports. US hesitance was partly driven by concern about a...

Hegseth, Who Denies Sexual Assault, Paid Accuser
Defense Nominee Paid Accuser
Nov 17, 2024 1:15 PM CST

Defense Nominee Paid Accuser

Pete Hegseth denies sexually assaulting a woman in 2017

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's choice for secretary of defense paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault, his lawyer said, but insists the 2017 encounter was consensual. Timothy Parlatore said that Pete Hegseth was "visibly intoxicated" at the time and that California investigators came to the conclusion the woman...

Trump Picks Oil CEO for Energy Secretary

Musk lobbies Trump over choice for Treasury

(Newser) - President-elect Trump on Saturday announced he's chosen campaign donor and fracking company CEO Chris Wright for the top job at the Department of Energy. Wright, who runs Liberty Energy, also will be a member of Trump's planned Council of National Energy, CNN reports. The chair of that body...

Susie Wiles: &#39;Grandma Is a Ninja&#39;
Susie Wiles: 'Grandma Is a Ninja'
longform
Nov 16, 2024 2:13 PM CST

Susie Wiles: 'Grandma Is a Ninja'

A Politico profile recounts the rise of the influential Susie Wiles, Trump's incoming chief of staff

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's selection of Susie Wiles to be his chief of staff has drawn renewed attention to a lengthy Politico profile of her written in April. No wonder: For all of her formidable clout—and the story by Michael Kruse makes clear that she has it—the 67-year-old keeps...

Larry Kudlow Tells Trump He's Not Interested

Ex-NEC chief from Trump's first term doesn't want Treasury post, any other government job

(Newser) - Donald Trump continues to fill big posts for his incoming administration , but the top spot for Treasury remains up in air. Larry Kudlow, who served as director of the National Economic Council during Trump's first term, is one name that's been bandied about to fill either the NEC...

Zelensky Objects to Germany's Call to Putin

German chancellor pushes Russia toward peace talks in hourlong conversation

(Newser) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin leader's first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major Western power in nearly two years. Scholz urged Putin to be open to negotiations with Ukraine to end their war, his office said. The...

Trump Picks Steven Cheung for Communications Director

But still no word on who will be press secretary

(Newser) - President-elect Trump announced Friday that Steven Cheung, who's been a campaign spokesman, will become White House communications director. He'll also be an assistant to the president, CNN reports. Sergio Gor also will be an assistant to the president, in addition to serving as director of presidential personnel. "...

Star of the New Snow White Criticized Over Trump Posts
Disney Star
Apologizes
Over Trump
Post
UPDATED
Nov 15, 2024 1:18 PM CST

Disney Star Apologizes Over Trump Post

Rachel Zegler says she let her 'emotions get the best of me'

(Newser) - Disney star Rachel Zegler has publicly apologized for her post slamming Donald Trump and his supporters after the election. The Snow White actress wrote on Instagram that she let her "emotions get the best of me," per the Hollywood Reporter . "Hatred and anger have caused us to...

Defense Chief Pick Was Hit With Sex-Assault Claim in 2017

Trump nominee Pete Hegseth was accused in 2017, but no charges were filed

(Newser) - Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host who is Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after a speaking appearance at a Republican women's event in Monterey, California, according to a statement released by the city. No charges were filed...

Trump Delivers First Post-Election Speech

At Mar-a-Lago gala, Sylvester Stallone praises president-elect as 'second George Washington'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump praised nominees including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his first public post-election speech. Trump, speaking to an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday night, described last week's election as "the most consequential election in the last 129 years," the BBC reports....

Trump Reveals Choices to Lead Interior, Veterans Affairs

He's going with a governor and an ex-congressman

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's latest Cabinet picks are two Dougs:
  • Department of the Interior: Trump will nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, whom the Washington Post calls an "aggressive champion of the oil industry." The 67-year-old briefly ran for president this cycle, but his campaign only lasted from June
...

Next Pick for Justice: Trump Defense Lawyer

Todd Blanche led legal team in New York hush-money trial

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has chosen Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended the Republican at his hush money criminal trial, to serve as the second-highest ranking Justice Department official. A former federal prosecutor, Blanche has been a key figure on Trump's defense team both in the...

Trump Picks Kennedy to 'Make America Healthy Again'

President-elect says he's 'thrilled' to announce RFK Jr. will be his nominee for health secretary

(Newser) - President-elect Trump continued his stream of controversial Cabinet appointments on Thursday, saying he was "thrilled" to announce that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • "For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and
...

McCarthy: 'Everybody Knows' Gaetz Won't Be Confirmed

Former House speaker calls it a 'good deflection' by Donald Trump

(Newser) - President-elect Trump stunned DC on Wednesday with his pick of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general. But former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted Thursday that his bitter political rival would never actually become AG. "Gaetz won't get confirmed, everybody knows that," McCarthy tells Bloomberg . McCarthy called the...

Defense Chief Pick Not a Fan of Women in Combat
Potential Defense Chief:
No Women in Combat
the rundown
Nov 14, 2024 10:55 AM CST

Potential Defense Chief: No Women in Combat

It's not clear if Pete Hegseth would attempt to reverse Pentagon rule

(Newser) - "I'm straight up just saying that we should not have women in combat roles," Fox News host Pete Hegseth declared on a recent podcast. The reason his view is gaining attention, of course, is because Hegseth is President-elect Trump's choice to be the next defense secretary...

'Holy Cow' and Other GOP Reactions to Gaetz's AG Nod

Congressional Republicans express disbelief at Trump's attorney general pick

(Newser) - Reaction was swift and intense following President-elect Trump's announcement that Matt Gaetz (who quickly resigned from the House of Representatives ) is his pick for attorney general. Outlets including the Guardian , the New York Times , Newsweek , Axios , NBC News , ABC News , NPR , Mediaite , the New Republic , CNN , and even...

AP Calls It: Republicans Will Maintain Control of the House

GOP has made it to 218 seats

(Newser) - Republicans have won enough seats to control the US House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on US government alongside President-elect Trump, the AP reports. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House...

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