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• Trump's latest admin picks include Devin Nunes, IBM's Troy Edgar

  14-12-2024 23:48 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump announced a new round of picks for his incoming administration on Saturday ahead of his inauguration in January.He announced Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes to be chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and nominated Troy Edgar, an executive at IBM, to be deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Bill White as ambassador to Belgium.“While continuing his leadership of Trump Media & Technology Group, Devin will draw on his experie
  
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• Person arrested after trying to jump White House fence

  14-12-2024 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  A person was arrested after trying to climb the temporary fence near the White House this weekend, according to a Secret Service spokesperson. The spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill that Secret Service Uniformed Division officers spotted a person who was trying to jump over the temporary anti-scale fencing in the vicinity of the White House at around 11 a.m. local time on Saturday.
  The fence is present around the site just over a month before the next presidential inauguration.&nb
  
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• Hochul presses Biden admin for action on mysterious drones: 'This has gone too far'

  14-12-2024 19:10 via thehill.com
  
  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) joined the growing number of figures calling on the Biden administration and lawmakers to act on the mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and other parts of the country."In order to allow state law enforcement to work on this issue, I am now calling on Congress to pass the Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act," Hochul wrote Saturday in a statement, referring to legislation that would expand the authority of the Justice (DOJ) and Homel
  
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• Biden urges Congress to 'do something' for gun reform on Sandy Hook shooting anniversary

  14-12-2024 18:52 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden marked the 12th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut on Saturday with a fresh pitch for Congress to act on gun reform legislation.Biden in a press release touted his administration's efforts to combat gun violence but argued that there was more to be done — especially as his presidency enters the final stretch."Jill and I still grieve this unimaginable loss and continue to pray for the victims’ families and others traumatized by
  
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• Pelosi 'on the mend' after hip replacement surgery in Germany

  14-12-2024 18:33 via thehill.com
  
  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who was hospitalized during a trip to Luxembourg, underwent hip surgery early Saturday, according to a spokesperson.“Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend," Ian Krager, a spokesperson for the lawmaker, said in a statement. "Speaker Pelosi is grateful to U.S. military staff at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at Landstuhl Army Base and medical staff at Hospital Kirchberg in L
  
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• Who are the people convicted in Capitol Riot Trump could pardon?

  14-12-2024 16:42 via thehill.com
  
  Several high-profile figures charged for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, could be in line for pardons if President-elect Trump follows through on his promise to offer pardons "in the first hour" of his second term.Trump, who was recently named Time magazine's "Person of the Year," told the outlet that he would offer clemency to most of the rioters who stormed the Capitol.“It’s going to start in the first hour,” he said. “Maybe the first nine minut
  
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• Haberman: Trump doubled down on Hegseth because support for DeSantis was lacking

  14-12-2024 15:54 via thehill.com
  
  National political correspondent Maggie Haberman signaled Friday that President-elect Trump likely doubled down on Pete Hegseth as his pick to lead the Pentagon after support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as an alternative fell short.“I think it’s still true that he was tired and is tired of negative stories," Haberman said during an interview on CNN's "AC360.""What changed was a couple of things. One was… Trump could not find a single person in his orbit, or even really o
  
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• Apple CEO visits Mar-a-Lago, joining list of tech execs seemingly courting Trump

  14-12-2024 15:11 via thehill.com
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Mar-a-Lago on Friday, joining a growing list of tech executives that are seemingly courting President-elect Trump ahead of his return to the White House.The president-elect and Cook had dinner at Trump's Florida resort in West Palm Beach, multiple outlets reported. The meeting marked their first interaction since their call two months ago.The president-elect said in mid-October during his appearance on Patrick Bet-David’s podcast that the Apple executive talked t
  
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• RFK Jr.’s increasing power raises concerns as school vaccinations rates decline

  14-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Experts are worried about how President-elect Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy as Health and Human Services secretary will affect vaccination rates for school children, which have been on the decline. Schools have seen a drop in childhood vaccinations since the COVID-19 pandemic, when critics of the COVID-19 vaccines increased anti-vaccine sentiments in general. Public health groups see vaccines as a huge bulwark against disease and fear Kennedy will only increase skeptici
  
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• Five ways congressional investigations could change in the next Congress and beyond

  14-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The future of congressional investigations could be defined by Republican eagerness to probe private industry and less willingness to defer to the Justice Department, experts say.House Republicans promised an avalanche of investigations when they took over the House after the 2022 midterms, which included an impeachment inquiry into President Biden based in large part on his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business activities; an investigation on the COVID-19 pandemic; probes into how Facebook
  
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• 5 ways congressional investigations could change in the next Congress and beyond

  14-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The future of congressional investigations could be defined by Republican eagerness to probe private industry and less willingness to defer to the Justice Department, experts say.House Republicans promised an avalanche of investigations when they took over the House after the 2022 midterms, which included an impeachment inquiry into President Biden based in large part on his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business activities; an investigation on the COVID-19 pandemic; probes into how Facebook
  
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• Gabbard to join Trump allies at Army-Navy game

  14-12-2024 04:57 via thehill.com
  
  Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump's pick as Director of National Intelligence, is set to join the incoming president at the Army-Navy game on Saturday, a source familiar with the situation told NewsNation's Libbey Dean.The annual game will take place in Landover, Md., outside of Washington, D.C.
  Gabbard will attend alongside Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for Defense secretary, who is set to also meet with the president-elect at the game. The Washington Post first reported Hegseth's attendance.Fl
  
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• Blumenthal pushes for government clarity on drone sightings

  14-12-2024 01:54 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is demanding answers related to the drones spotted in the skies of New Jersey and around the country."I don't know what's going on. Neither do the agencies who have responsibility for and that's why I've demanded answers from them, at the very least, to tell us what they are doing to determine what's going on," Blumenthal told CNN's Erin Burnett Friday.Blumenthal's concern comes as there have been mounting reports of sightings in New Jersey, New York and, accord
  
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• Mayorkas: No evidence to suggest mystery drones are ‘nefarious’

  14-12-2024 00:54 via thehill.com
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas suggested that the mysterious drones reportedly spotted in the skies of New Jersey and around the country are not "nefarious" nor a "threat.""We know of no threat or nefarious activity, and I want to repeat, Wolf, that if we learn of any cause for concern, we will be transparent in our communication," Mayorkas told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Friday.His response comes as there have been mounting reports of sightings in New Jersey, New York and, according to
  
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