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• Trump says he will impose new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on first day

  26-11-2024 00:59 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump said Monday that he will impose new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China through an executive order on the first day of his new term next year.In a series of posts on Truth Social, the president-elect said he would enact tariffs of 25 percent on all Canadian and Mexican goods, and add another 10 percent tariff to all Chinese goods — many of which are already under tariffs imposed by Trump during his first term.Trump said the new tariffs are meant to push all
  
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• Tons of chicken, pork and beef recalled over listeria concerns

  26-11-2024 00:36 via thehill.com
  
  Yu Shang Food, Inc. is recalling more than 70,000 pounds of its ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because of a listeria outbreak that has sickened at least 11 people, including one baby who subsequently died.The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Thursday announced an expanded recall from the distributor, which initially recalled the food products on Nov. 9, 2024.On Monday, the FSIS press release was updated to include an expanded product lis
  
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• Trump names Vance aide as legislative affairs director

  26-11-2024 00:27 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump on Monday announced a trio of appointments to lead different White House offices, including his pick to serve as his top liaison to Capitol Hill.Trump, in a news release, said James Braid would serve as director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Braid is a top aide to Vice President-elect JD Vance, having been his lead policy staffer during his two years in the Senate. He previously worked in the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term. Brai
  
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• Manhattan top federal prosecutor Damian Williams to resign in December 

  26-11-2024 00:06 via thehill.com
  
  A top federal prosecutor in Manhattan is set to resign in December, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a Monday press release.According to the release, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said on Monday that he plans to exit his current role at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York at “11:59 p.m. on December 13, 2024.”“Today is a bittersweet day for me, as I announce my resignation as United States Attorney
  
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• Mike Waltz to resign from House day of inauguration to join Trump administration

  25-11-2024 22:56 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) will resign from the House on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Trump takes office, to become the national security adviser for Trump's second term, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill.His upcoming resignation means that House Republicans, who were already slated to have a razor-tight majority, will be at least two members down when Trump takes office until at least April 1 — the date set for the special election to replace both Waltz and former
  
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• Khanna: Bondi's remarks about investigating investigators 'concerning'

  25-11-2024 21:53 via thehill.com
  
  California Rep. Ro Khanna (D) said President-elect Trump’s new attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, has said some “concerning” things about investigating the people who investigated Trump’s various legal battles.Khanna on Monday joined CNN’s Jim Acosta, who asked about Bondi’s comments and the concern that Trump’s attorney general pick might use the department to go after his enemies.“Well, they’re concerning,” Khanna said about Bondi&rsqu
  
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• Khanna: Bondi remarks about investigating investigators ‘concerning’

  25-11-2024 21:53 via thehill.com
  
  California Rep. Ro Khanna (D) said President-elect Trump’s new attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, has said some “concerning” things about investigating the people who investigated Trump’s various legal battles.Khanna on Monday joined CNN’s Jim Acosta, who asked about Bondi’s comments and the concern that Trump’s attorney general pick use the department to go after his enemies.“Well, they’re concerning,” Khanna said about Bondi’s re
  
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• Khanna says Democrats will work with Musk's DOGE on cutting defense budget

  25-11-2024 21:07 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday suggested that Democrats could work with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) on cutting the defense budget.The issue came up during a Khanna interview with CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who noted the DOGE panel.
  President-elect Trump named Musk and former GOP presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to be the heads of the government efficiency effort.
  He then asked Khanna if those two should have that much
  
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• Elon Musk calls UK a ‘tyrannical police state’

  25-11-2024 20:51 via thehill.com
  
  Elon Musk criticized the British government, continuing his feud by calling the U.K. a “tyrannical police state” as the country grapples with violent unrest.In a post on X, the social media platform that Musk owns, he shared a post that said a petition going around England has more than 1 million signatures calling for a new general election.“The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state,” Musk wrote.Musk, who is an ally of President-elect Trump and b
  
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• Carville: 'It was a troubling election for Democrats'

  25-11-2024 20:13 via thehill.com
  
  Veteran political strategist James Carville reflected on the 2024 election, calling it a “troubling election for Democrats.”  “Fortunately, my most optimistic thing about the Democratic Party is there's just so much potential talent in it,” Carville said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday. “And I hope whoever these people are, they get out and start running in 2028 right after the '26 midterms. But two things shouldn’t be true at the same t
  
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• Homan: 'I guarantee' funds will be cut from states not cooperating on deportation

  25-11-2024 20:04 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump’s pick for “border czar,” Tom Homan, on Sunday threatened funding for states that refuse to cooperate in the federal government's deportation plans.Fox News’s Mark Levin, in an interview with Homan aired Sunday, said the border czar will have “a very, very powerful weapon that the Democrats, when they’re in power, use against Republican administrations, state and local, all the time: federal funding.”“If you have a governor wh
  
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• 5 things to know about Trump Agriculture pick Brooke Rollins

  25-11-2024 18:37 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins, a former White House aide in his first administration, to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in his second term. “Brooke’s commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, and the restoration of Agriculture-dependent American Small Towns is second to none,” Trump wrote in a release.Rollins, who graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in agricultural development
  
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• Biden COVID response coordinator: Trump picks for FDA, NIH 'pretty reasonable'

  25-11-2024 18:16 via thehill.com
  
  Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and former White House coronavirus coordinator under President Biden, said President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institute of Health (NIH) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are “pretty reasonable.”  Trump in recent days has built out his health team, tapping Johns Hopkins’s surgeon, Marty Makary, to lead the FDA, television p
  
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• Biden pardons turkeys Peach and Blossom for his last White House Thanksgiving

  25-11-2024 17:33 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden pardoned the turkeys Peach and Blossom for the traditional presidential pardon ahead of Thanksgiving, which marks the start of Biden’s last holiday season at the White House.“This event marks the official start of the holiday season here is Washington. It’s also my last time to speak here as your president during this season and give thanks and gratitude. So let me say to you — it’s been the honor of my life, I am forever thankful,” the preside
  
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• Biden pardons turkeys Peach and Blossom for his last Thanksgiving event

  25-11-2024 17:33 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden pardoned the turkeys Peach and Blossom for the traditional presidential pardon ahead of Thanksgiving, which marks the start of Biden’s last holiday season at the White House.“This event marks the official start of the holiday season here is Washington. It’s also my last time to speak here as your president during this season and give thanks and gratitude. So let me say to you—it’s been the honor of my life, I am forever thankful,” the president
  
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• Bill Clinton: Trump interested in 100 percent loyalty ‘no matter who gets hurt’

  25-11-2024 17:27 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Bill Clinton said President-elect Trump is interested in keeping people around him that are 100 percent loyal, “no matter who gets hurt.”“You have to listen to Donald Trump. He’s been very forthright about how he views the world. He’s interested in people who are loyal to him 100 percent of the time, no matter what the issue, no matter what the facts, no matter who gets hurt,” Clinton said Sunday during an interview on MSNBC.As Trump continues
  
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• Congressional Black Caucus PAC launches fight against GOP efforts to implement Project 2025

  25-11-2024 16:51 via thehill.com
  
  The Congressional Black Caucus PAC has vowed to expose what it calls a “dangerous agenda” from “extreme Republicans” following the GOP’s success at the ballot boxes this year. The PAC announced on Monday that it plans to fight back against any proposed legislation aligning with Project 2025. “The CBC will hold the line to protect Americans from the danger of extremist Republicans and their hate-filled Project 2025 agenda,” the PAC said in a mem
  
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• Former Pence adviser: Women entering Trump White House face 'hostile environment'

  25-11-2024 16:44 via thehill.com
  
  An ex-adviser for former Vice President Mike Pence warned last week that women entering the Trump White House face a “hostile environment.”“I’m not going to lie to you. No matter who you are, you are entering a hostile environment. I was fortunate — Mike Pence was a decent, respectful island in Trump’s sea of contempt. It will be much, much worse this time,” Olivia Troye said in a post on her Substack last Thursday.Troye, who served as a national securit
  
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• Schiff on possible Trump retribution: 'That’s dictator talk'

  25-11-2024 16:08 via thehill.com
  
  Senator-elect Adam Schiff is accusing President-elect Trump of talking like a “dictator” as concerns grow over if the next administration will seek retribution against his perceived enemies, which would include the California Democrat.Schiff joined ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, where he was asked by host Kristen Welker if he was concerned by Trump’s language after he said the lawmaker was a lunatic, the “enemy from within” and suggested he was &ldqu
  
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• Duckworth: Hegseth nomination an 'insult' to Defense Department 

  25-11-2024 16:07 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) spoke out against President-elect Trump’s nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary, calling the nomination an “insult” to the Department of Defense.  “It’s frankly an insult and really troubling that Mr. Trump would nominate someone who has admitted that he’s paid off a victim who has claimed rape allegations against him,” she said on a Sunday “Face the Nation” a
  
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• Christie: Trump ‘overreading his mandate’ with Gaetz pick

  25-11-2024 14:36 via thehill.com
  
  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) argued Sunday that President-elect Trump was “overreading his mandate” by selecting former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his first choice for attorney general.In an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Christie, a former GOP presidential candidate and former Trump ally, called out the president-elect over the nomination after Gaetz withdrew from consideration.“Matt Gaetz was an abominable pick, and it was Donald Trump overr
  
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• Christie: Trump ‘over-reading his mandate’ with Gaetz pick

  25-11-2024 14:36 via thehill.com
  
  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) argued Sunday that President-elect Trump was “over-reading his mandate” by selecting former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his first choice for attorney general.In an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Christie, a former GOP presidential candidate and former Trump ally, called out the president-elect over the nomination after Gaetz withdrew from consideration.
  “Matt Gaetz was an abominable pick, and it was Donald Trump over
  
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• Republicans grapple with controversial Trump recess appointment scheme

  25-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans are grappling with the idea that President-elect Trump could test the limits of his constitutional authority by appointing controversial picks to his Cabinet with recess appointments.One source who has spoken to Trump believes that idea — trying to forcibly adjourn Congress, even if the Senate does not affirmatively agree to do so — has been seriously considered in his circle.Trump’s ideological allies publicly argue that such a move is possible, even as other exper
  
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• Klobuchar says Trump nominees have 'got to get their background checks together' 

  25-11-2024 04:42 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that President-elect Trump’s picks for his next administration have “got to get their background checks together.”Earlier in an interview, Klobuchar told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl that as a Senate Judiciary Committee member, she and her colleagues on the panel have a role “to look at the FBI background check and is to ask them questions to make sure they're fulfilling the mission of the department” for Cabinet picks.&ldq
  
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• Trump team working 'hand in glove' with Biden administration on national security: Waltz 

  25-11-2024 03:18 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s choice for national security adviser in his next administration, said Sunday that the Trump transition team is working “hand in glove” with the Biden administration on national security.“Jake and I, [White House national security adviser] Jake Sullivan and I have had discussions. We've met,” Waltz told anchor Gillian Turner on “Fox News Sunday.”“For our adversaries out there that think this is a
  
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• McMaster disagrees that Gorka is a 'good person to advise on national security'

  25-11-2024 00:22 via thehill.com
  
  Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster responded negatively when asked if Sebastian Gorka, who President-elect Trump recently named as the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism in his upcoming administration, is “a good person to advise on national security.”“Is he a good person to advise on national security?” CBS News’s Margaret Brennan asked McMaster on Sunday’s “Face the Nation.”“No, no, he's n
  
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• Senate Intelligence Committee will ask Gabbard 'lots of questions,' Lankford says

  24-11-2024 23:21 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday that the Senate Intelligence Committee will ask President-elect Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), “lots of questions.”“We’ll have lots of questions,” Lankford said to CNN’s “State of the Union” anchor Dana Bash. “She met with [Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.] We’ll wanna know what the purpose was and what the direction for tha
  
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• The 6 senators who could be key to Hegseth's Pentagon confirmation

  24-11-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Pentagon, is facing a tight Senate confirmation as questions continue to swirl around his suitability for the job. The Army veteran and former Fox News host will need to alleviate concerns around allegations of sexual assault, graphic details of which emerged in a police report released Wednesday. His untested status in running a major agency is also under scrutiny.  Though no GOP senator has yet to openly oppose him, se
  
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• Rand Paul opposes using military for mass deportations: 'It's a terrible image'

  24-11-2024 22:45 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday in an interview that he opposes using the military for mass deportations.“What we know now about the immigration authorities who would have to be charged with rounding these individuals up, there are just 6,000 agents, 41,000 detention beds to carry out the assignment of rounding up millions of undocumented people, potentially. How do you suggest they implement it?” CBS News’s “Face the Nation” anchor Margaret Brennan asked Paul.&l
  
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• Schmitt says it's a 'slur' to call Gabbard a 'Russian asset'

  24-11-2024 21:50 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said Sunday that it’s a “slur” to call former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) a “Russian asset.”“I think it's — it's really interesting that anybody that has a different political view now is being cast as a Russian asset. It's totally ridiculous,” Schmitt told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”“Tulsi Gabbard has served in our military. She served as a congresswoman from Hawaii, a
  
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• McBride says House Republicans' bathroom ban is 'attempt to distract from what they are actually doing' 

  24-11-2024 21:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first transgender person elected to Congress, said Sunday that House Republicans’ bathroom ban is an “attempt to distract from what they are actually doing.”In her appearance on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” with anchor Margaret Brennan, McBride said “every single time we hear the incoming administration or Republicans in Congress talk about any vulnerable group in this country, we have to be clear that it is an att
  
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• Klobuchar says she hopes Bondi aims to ‘uphold the Constitution’ as AG

  24-11-2024 20:47 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said she hopes President-elect Trump’s attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, will aim to “uphold the Constitution” if the Senate confirms her for the position.“Pam Bondi will have a hearing and will be able to make her views clear. I think the things that I look at, is this someone competent? And are they going to uphold the law? It is so important,” Klobuchar said Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week.”“Does it concern me
  
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• GOP rep pushes back on Hegseth’s idea to fire ‘woke’ generals

  24-11-2024 17:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) pushed back on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s idea to fire “woke” generals, noting that they are only considered woke because of the Biden administration.Bacon joined NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt for “The Hill” Sunday, where he noted that as a member of the House, he’s not going to have a say in Hegseth's Senate confirmation process. Still, he believes some senators will take issue with some of his “character issues,&rdquo
  
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• GOP rep pushes back on Hegseth’s idea to fire 'woke' generals

  24-11-2024 17:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) pushed back on Pete Hegseth’s idea to fire “woke” generals, noting that they are only considered "woke" because of the Biden administration.Bacon joined NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt for “The Hill” Sunday, where he noted that as a member of the House, he’s not going to have a say in Hegseth's Senate confirmation process. Still, he believes some senators will take issue with some of his “character issues,” including mul
  
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• Markwayne Mullin ‘absolutely’ believes Hegseth over sexual assault accuser

  24-11-2024 17:30 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Sunday he “absolutely” believes Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth over his sexual assault accuser.Mullin joined CNN’s Dana Bash for “State of the Union,” where he discussed President-elect Trump’s pick and the allegations swarming his nomination.The two argued a bit, as Mullin enthusiastically backed Hegseth and said he spoke with the nominee about the recently released police report that details a 2017 sexual encounte
  
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• Republican Senator on DOJ political interference: ‘I don’t think we know that one way or the other’

  24-11-2024 16:25 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he doesn’t know “one way or another” if President-elect Trump and his new Department of Justice (DOJ) pick, Pam Bondi, will have political interference over the non-partisan department.Lankford appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where host Dana Bash asked him if the DOJ will remain free from political interference or pressure from Trump.“I don’t think we know that one way or the other,” Lankfo
  
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• Republican Senator on DOJ political interference: 'I don’t think we know that one way or the other'

  24-11-2024 16:25 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he doesn’t know “one way or another” if President-elect Trump and his new Department of Justice (DOJ) pick, Pam Bondi, will apply political interference from the nonpartisan department.Lankford appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where host Dana Bash asked him if the DOJ will remain free from political interference or pressure from Trump.“I don’t think we know that one way or the other,” Lankf
  
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• Waltz compares situation in Ukraine-Russia war to 'World War I trench warfare'

  24-11-2024 16:08 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump's choice for national security adviser, said the Biden administration's decision to allow Ukraine to use antipersonnel land (APL) mines to mitigate Russia’s battlefield progress has turned the situation into "World War I trench warfare."During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Waltz said the decision "needs to be within a broader framework to end this conflict.""It is just an absolute meat grinder of people and personnel on that front,"
  
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• Waltz compares situation in Ukraine-Russia to 'World War I trench warfare'

  24-11-2024 16:08 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump's choice for national security advisor, said the Biden administration's decision to allow Ukraine to use anti-personnel land (APL) mines to mitigate Russia’s battlefield progress has turned the situation into "World War I trench warfare."During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Waltz said the decision "needs to be within a broader framework to end this conflict.""It is just an absolute meat grinder of people and personnel on that front," h
  
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• Sebastian Gorka tapped by Trump to combat terrorism: What to know

  24-11-2024 15:23 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump named Sebastian Gorka to join his national security team, specifically as the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counter terrorism.Gorka, who Trump noted in his announcement, is a “legal immigrant,” and has more than 30 years of national security experience. Gorka was born in the United Kingdom.“Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement,” Trump said in a statement.Here’s wha
  
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• What's next for Kamala Harris?

  24-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Questions are swirling over Vice President Harris’s next move as she readies to exit the White House in the wake of her loss to President-elect Trump. Early polling suggests Democrats want to see Harris back in the running for the Oval Office in 2028, despite her defeat this cycle. But some in the party speculate the vice president could seek another office — for starters, the governor’s mansion in California — or pursue avenues outside electoral politics t
  
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• Progressives begin search for a new leader

  24-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Progressives are debating who should lead their movement as they seek to remake the Democratic Party in a new populist mold following devastating losses in November.Initial conversations are starting to take place on the left among political strategists, activists and sources close to lawmakers about who is poised to advocate for their flank in the coming Trump era.Some believe the progressive left is at its best without a dominant figurehead tethered to Washington, instead shifting much of the
  
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• Arrest warrants for Israeli leaders amplify Democratic rupture

  24-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision this week to indict Israeli leaders on charges of war crimes in Gaza has reignited the clash among Democrats over Israel's handling of the war with Hamas. On one side, Israel’s staunchest Democratic allies quickly lashed out at the court, accusing it of pro-Palestinian bias and undermining the right of Israel to defend itself from terrorist threats. On the other, liberal critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu h
  
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• Hulk Hogan suggests Trump may nominate him for position in administration

  24-11-2024 04:45 via thehill.com
  
  Hulk Hogan suggested that President-elect Trump might give him a role in his upcoming administration during an interview with Fox News's Brian Kilmeade on Saturday.Hogan during the interview recounted a conversation that he had with Trump at the president-elect's Madison Square Garden rally in October in which Trump, as told by the former professional wrestler, seemed open to the idea of having Hogan serve in Trump's second term."My president said, 'You know something, you'd be great to run the
  
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• Bernice King 'glad' Trump inauguration taking place on MLK day 

  24-11-2024 00:25 via thehill.com
  
  Bernice King, the youngest child of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said that she's "glad" President-elect Trump's inauguration is on the same day as MLK Day, despite that she didn't want Trump to win the presidential election, The Independent reported.“I’m glad that if it was going to happen, it happened on the King holiday, because Dr King is still speaking to us,” Bernice King said.The Independent wrote that Bernice King "sees the January 20 event as a wake-up call for the
  
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• White House mostly mum after Trump victory

  23-11-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House has taken its show largely behind closed doors after Vice President Harris’s stinging defeat to Donald Trump.Harris has all but disappeared from the public eye, jetting off to Hawaii after a few scarce appearances around Washington following her massive loss on Nov. 5.President Biden, meanwhile, managed to keep the press at arm’s length during a recent six-day foreign trip and held meetings and events at the White House upon his return that normally would have been at
  
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• White House mostly mum after Trump defeat

  23-11-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House has taken its show largely behind closed doors after Vice President Harris’s stinging defeat to Donald Trump.Harris has all but disappeared from the public eye, jetting off to Hawaii after a few scarce appearances around Washington following her massive loss on Nov. 5.President Biden, meanwhile, managed to keep the press at arm’s length during a recent six-day foreign trip and held meetings and events at the White House upon his return that normally would have been at
  
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• White House mostly mum after defeat

  23-11-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House has taken its show largely behind closed doors after Vice President Harris’s stinging defeat to Donald Trump.Harris has all but disappeared from the public eye, jetting off to Hawaii after a few scarce appearances around Washington following her massive loss on Nov. 5.President Biden, meanwhile, managed to keep the press at arm’s length during a recent six-day foreign trip and held meetings and events at the White House upon his return that normally would have been at
  
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• Trump rounds out health team with CDC, FDA picks

  23-11-2024 22:37 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump rounded out his health team for his upcoming White House term by announcing his Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and surgeon general picks on Friday. In a flurry of administration announcements on Friday, Trump said he tapped Johns Hopkins’s surgeon, Marty Makary, to lead the FDA. The president-elect chose former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon (R) to be the director of the CDC while medical doctor Janette Nesheiwat was
  
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• House Oversight Democrats slam Trump for choosing Project 2025’s ‘lead architect’ to head OMB

  23-11-2024 22:05 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and committee member Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) condemned President-elect Trump for tapping Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to serve as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during his second administration.“After vehemently denying his links to Project 2025 through the campaign, the President-elect just tapped its lead architect, Russell Vought, to
  
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