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• Alina Habba says she won't be Trump press secretary

  14-11-2024 16:01 via thehill.com
  
  Alina Habba, a lawyer for an top aide to President-elect Trump, says she is out of the running to become White House press secretary."While I am flattered by the support and speculation, the role of Press Secretary is not a role I am considering. Although I love screaming from a podium I will be better served in other capacities," Habba wrote on the social platform X early Thursday morning. "This adminstration is going to be epic! So proud of the Trump team, the latest appointments and 47!"
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• These two men are the frontrunners to be Trump's new Treasury secretary

  14-11-2024 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  Two prominent supporters of President-elect Trump’s campaign have emerged as the frontrunners to lead the Treasury Department during his second administration.Trump has reportedly narrowed his list to Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, and Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald.
  Both spent millions to reelect Trump, have played key roles in his campaign and transition and are on the cusp of one of the most powerful positions in Washington.Whomever Trump picks will t
  
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• These 2 men are the front-runners to be Trump's new Treasury secretary

  14-11-2024 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  Two prominent supporters of President-elect Trump’s campaign have emerged as the front-runners to lead the Treasury Department during his second administration.Trump has reportedly narrowed his list to Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, and Howard Lutnick, chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald.Both spent millions to reelect Trump, have played key roles in his campaign and transition, and are on the cusp of one of the most powerful positions in Washington.Whomever Trump picks will ta
  
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• Greene: 'Pretty sure' Trump's AG will prosecute COVID 'crimes'

  14-11-2024 22:24 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she was “pretty sure” the next attorney general would prosecute people for “crimes against humanity” committed during the COVID-19 pandemic.“Preparing for the next pandemic is actually recognizing that the last pandemic resulted in crimes against humanity,” Greene said during a hearing preparing for future pandemics.“People that perpetuated and continue to perpetuate these crimes need to be prosecuted and that nee
  
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• Trump taps RFK Jr. to lead HHS

  14-11-2024 22:02 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is expected to tap anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a source familiar with the decision told NewsNation. HHS has a budget of nearly $2 billion and administers federal health programs including Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. HHS and its subagencies are responsible for responding to diseases and public health threats like COVID-19 and bird flu, as well as approving n
  
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• Immigrant advocates to Biden: 'Meet the urgency of the moment'

  14-11-2024 21:49 via thehill.com
  
  A coalition of 138 immigrant, civil and human rights groups is calling on President Biden to take executive action to protect certain vulnerable immigrants from President-elect Trump’s pledge of mass deportations.It’s within Biden’s reach, the groups say, to take relatively small measures that would help immigrants stay out of harm’s way before the incoming Trump administration supercharges immigration enforcement.“Our immigrant communities are at a crossroads as Pr
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: Trump may be playing '4D chess' with Gaetz nomination

  14-11-2024 21:02 via thehill.com
  
  Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt said Thursday that President-elect Trump may be “playing 4D chess" with his nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general.“He’s resigned from the House,” the “The Hugh Hewitt Show” host said. “Donald Trump could be playing 4D chess here, because Matt Gaetz wanted to end the ethics investigation in the House — they lose jurisdiction when a member resigns, so that proceeding is [closed] —
  
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• Hugh Hewitt: Trump may be playing '4-D chess' with Gaetz nomination

  14-11-2024 21:02 via thehill.com
  
  Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt said Thursday that President-elect Trump may be “playing 4-D chess" with former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) nomination as attorney general.“He’s resigned from the House,” the host of “The Hugh Hewitt Show” said. “Donald Trump could be playing 4-D chess here, because Matt Gaetz wanted to end the ethics investigation in the House — they lose jurisdiction when a member resigns, so that proceeding is [closed] &m
  
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• Republican introduces bill to revoke normal trade relations with China

  14-11-2024 20:14 via thehill.com
  
  The top Republican focused on U.S. competition with China introduced legislation on Thursday to end normal trade relations with Beijing. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, proposes revoking China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR), a policy in place for more than two decades.Lawmakers in both parties have increasingly called out Beijing's unfair trade practices and President Biden maintained tariffs on Chinese goods
  
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• Thune says he doesn't know if Gaetz will be confirmed as AG 'until they start the process'

  14-11-2024 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) weighed in on President-elect Trump's controversial decision to elevate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to attorney general when he returns to the White House, saying he doesn't know yet if he will get confirmed."I don't know until we start the process, and that's what we intend to do with him and all the other potential nominees," Thune told reporters Thursday. "None of this stuff's formal yet, but you know, when it is, we expect our committee
  
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• Democrats call for Biden to sanction ‘radical’ Israeli government ministers

  14-11-2024 19:28 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats in the House and Senate are calling on President Biden to sanction two controversial Israeli ministers, saying the two men have promoted violence against Palestinians and are pushing for annexation of territory that undermines U.S. efforts to support a two-state solution.In a letter sent late last month but released publicly on Thursday, 88 lawmakers called on Biden to issue sanctions against Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvi
  
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• ACLU petition calls on Biden to 'commute all federal death sentences' before Trump takes office

  14-11-2024 19:27 via thehill.com
  
  An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petition is calling on President Biden “to commute all federal death sentences” before President-elect Trump takes office.“President Biden, as your constituent, I urge you to seize this moment before you leave office to make history as the first U.S. president to commute all federal death sentences,” the petition reads.“For decades, the federal death penalty has disproportionately affected people of color and those with disab
  
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• Spanberger 'appalled' at Gabbard nomination as Trump director of national intelligence

  14-11-2024 18:38 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) said on Wednesday she is “appalled" by President-elect Trump’s choice of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) as the director of national intelligence (DNI).In a thread on the social platform X, Spanberger raised concerns about Gabbard’s nomination and urged her Republican colleagues to “speak out” against it.“As a former CIA case officer, I saw the men and women of the U.S. intelligence community put their lives on the line eve
  
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• What to know about Tulsi Gabbard: From Bernie backer to Trump intel nominee

  14-11-2024 18:17 via thehill.com
  
  Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become President-elect Trump’s national intelligence director opens a new chapter in a whirlwind national political career that largely launched alongside the progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). After a decorated military career and four terms representing Hawaii in the House, Gabbard sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, running on a progressive platform and railing against U.S. involvement in foreign wars. Two years later, sh
  
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• Haley on Trump administration snub: 'I know the game he was playing'

  14-11-2024 18:17 via thehill.com
  
  Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that President-elect Trump knew she did not want to serve in his second administration when he publicly announced over the weekend that he would not be offering her a job.“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation,” Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social. “I very much enjoyed and appreciated worki
  
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• Haley on Trump administration post snub: 'I know the game he was playing'

  14-11-2024 18:17 via thehill.com
  
  Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that President-elect Trump knew she did not want to serve in his second administration when he publicly announced over the weekend that he would not be offering her a job.“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation,” Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social. “I very much enjoyed and appreciated worki
  
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• Ex-leader of Bureau of Reclamation calls for Trump administration to eliminate it

  14-11-2024 18:03 via thehill.com
  
  A progressive civil servant who led the Bureau of Reclamation under President Clinton is now urging the incoming Trump administration to eliminate his former agency — an entity he has long deemed superfluous.Dan Beard, who served as commissioner from 1993 to 1995, said that if the "administration is serious about reducing government bureaucracy, cutting wasteful expenditures and restructuring federal agencies, it should start by abolishing the Bureau of Reclamation," in a written statement
  
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• Biden administration backs contested Alaska wildlife refuge road

  14-11-2024 17:30 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration has thrown its support behind a controversial land swap that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska.In a draft environmental review document released this week, the administration stated that it supported pursuing the road’s construction. The road would connect the small King Cove community to an airport that supporters say is important for emergency medical evacuation. Opponents, however, have said the road puts the refuge
  
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• Durbin demands House ethics panel share Gaetz report with Senate panel

  14-11-2024 17:11 via thehill.com
  
  Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) urged the House Ethics Committee to "preserve and share" its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) after President-elect Trump tapped the Florida congressman to serve as attorney general.After receiving the attorney general nod from Trump on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Gaetz will resign "effective immediately," making the investigation, which was looking into whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug
  
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• Ty Cobb: Gaetz pick as Trump AG a 'f‑‑‑ you to America'

  14-11-2024 17:06 via thehill.com
  
  Former White House attorney Ty Cobb, who served under President-elect Trump’s first term, said the decision to nominate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general is a “f‑‑‑ you to America.”Cobb joined CNN’s "OutFront" with Erin Burnett Wednesday after Trump made the announcement, where she asked him why he described it that way.“This is just a shocking event and intentionally so. I mean, he’s a disrupter, Trump is,” Cobb said.
  
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• Ty Cobb: Gaetz pick as Trump AG a ‘f--- you to America’

  14-11-2024 17:06 via thehill.com
  
  Former White House attorney Ty Cobb, who served under President-elect Trump’s first term, said the decision to nominate former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general is a “f--- you to America.”Cobb joined CNN’s "Outfront" with Erin Burnett Wednesday after Trump made the announcement, where she asked him why he described it that way.“This is just a shocking event and intentionally so. I mean, he’s a disrupter, Trump is,” Cobb said. “But Matt G
  
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• Ramaswamy: 'We want to go in and slash and burn that bureaucracy'

  14-11-2024 16:46 via thehill.com
  
  Vivek Ramaswamy, who landed a role alongside tech billionaire Elon Musk in President-elect Trump’s incoming administration as heads of the new "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE), discussed plans for the agency Wednesday.“We want to go in and slash and burn that bureaucracy to help Americans, stimulate the economy and to restore self-governance again,” Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, told Fox News’s Sean Hannity.“The people we elect t
  
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• Ramaswamy: 'We wanna go in and slash and burn that bureaucracy'

  14-11-2024 16:46 via thehill.com
  
  Vivek Ramaswamy, who landed a role alongside tech billionaire Elon Musk in President-elect Trump’s incoming administration as heads of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE), discussed plans for the new department Wednesday.“We wanna go in and slash and burn that bureaucracy to help Americans, stimulate the economy and to restore self-governance again, Sean,” Ramaswamy, the former Republican presidential candidate, told Fox News’s Sean Hannity.
  “The
  
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• FBI offering $25K for ballot box fires information

  14-11-2024 16:35 via thehill.com
  
  The FBI is offering up to $25,000 to anyone that can provide information for identifying the suspect involved in setting fire to the ballot box fires in Vancouver, Wash. and Portland, Ore., according to an information poster released by the FBI National Press Office on Wednesday.The poster includes photos of the car that the suspect is believed to have driven and information about the suspect, according to the information provided.
  The poster comes after ballot drop box fires occurred in Vancouv
  
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• McCarthy says Gaetz won’t get confirmed: ‘Everyone knows that’

  14-11-2024 16:31 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) predicted Wednesday that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, will not get confirmed by the Senate.Asked for his response to Trump’s Cabinet picks so far, McCarthy told Bloomberg Television in an interview, “I think the choices are very good, except one.”“Look, Gaetz won't get confirmed,” he continued. “Everybody knows that.”McCarthy, a loyal Trump ally while se
  
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• Trump Jr. ally to serve in top White House personnel job

  14-11-2024 16:25 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump is expected to put Sergio Gor, an ally and business partner of his son, Donald Trump Jr., in charge of running the White House's personnel office in his new administration.Gor is slated to lead the Presidential Personnel Office, an important position given Trump's desire to stock his administration with loyalists and root out any individuals who may not follow through with his agenda. The office helps identify and put forward appointees to fill thousands of jobs across the
  
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• Gaetz couldn't get hired by FBI: McCabe

  14-11-2024 16:16 via thehill.com
  
  Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Thursday that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general, couldn’t get hired by the FBI.“There are so many things that kind of jump out to you when you hear that — the prospect of that nomination,” McCabe told anchor Kasie Hunt on “CNN This Morning.”“But I think the first thing that really impresses me, is what it says about Donald Trump's intention for the Jus
  
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• Kilmeade surprised Gaetz in 'starting lineup' instead of 'clown car'

  14-11-2024 16:08 via thehill.com
  
  Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Thursday expressed surprise at President-elect Trump's nomination of now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as attorney general.“The other thing is, I always thought when Susie Wiles took the job [of chief of staff], you heard, she says, 'The one thing I would say is I don’t want to see any of the clown car,'" Kilmeade said on "Fox and Friends" Thursday morning. "I always thought Matt Gaetz was in the clown car, so I’m surprised he’d
  
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• Duckworth on Hegseth speaking out against women in combat: ‘Where do you think I lost my legs?’

  14-11-2024 15:45 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) criticized President-elect Trump’s nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary, after he called for women to not serve in combat roles.“Where do you think I lost my legs?” Duckworth told CNN's Kaitlan Collins in an interview Wednesday.Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran and Purple Heart recipient, was among some of the first women to fly combat missions as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. Her helicopter was hit by a grenade in 2004 and sh
  
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• House UAP hearing a ‘win-win’ for America: UFO investigator

  14-11-2024 15:29 via thehill.com
  
  Pentagon insider Luis Elizondo called his testimony before a Congressional hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) a “win-win” for the country.“This was really a historic day, both for Congress and for the American people,” Elizondo said in an interview with NewsNation's Chris Cuomo.His testimony Wednesday before two House Oversight subcommittees was blunt and unequivocal.“Let me be clear: UAP are real,” Elizondo testified. “Advanced tech
  
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