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• Netanyahu appoints new Israeli ambassador to US

  08-11-2024 16:54 via thehill.com
  
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a new Israeli ambassador to the U.S. this week.Netanyahu tapped U.S.-born Dr. Yechiel Leiter to succeed Michael Herzog as the Jewish State's next ambassador in Washington. The move follows President-elect Trump's decisive victory in the U.S. presidential election earlier this week."Yechiel Leiter is a highly capable diplomat, an eloquent speaker and possesses a deep understanding of American culture and politics,” Netanyahu said in his announceme
  
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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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• 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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• 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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• Fetterman: Gaetz pick as Trump attorney general 'nothing but trolling'

  14-11-2024 15:10 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday called President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), “nothing but trolling.”"It’s just nothing but trolling. And, you know, even the Republicans know who he is,” Fetterman told reporters, when asked about Trump’s pick, in a clip aired on Fox News.Fetterman urged reporters to ask his Republican colleagues for their response to Trump tapping Gaetz, who resigned from Con
  
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• Graham on Gaetz nomination: ‘Give Matt a chance’

  14-11-2024 14:23 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) urged his fellow Republicans to “give Matt a chance” after President-elect Trump nominated former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to lead his Justice Department (DOJ), sending shockwaves through Capitol Hill.With less than 70 days before Trump returns to the White House, he has begun assembling his team, Gaetz being one of the more surprising choices.“So, we’re going to give the president a chance to put his people forward. To every Republican, give
  
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• Senate Democrat: Gaetz nomination ‘red alert moment for American Democracy’

  14-11-2024 14:09 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sounded the alarm Wednesday after President-elect Trump tapped former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as his attorney general, calling the move a "red alert."“Listen, Matt Gaetz is dangerously unqualified. But that’s not the worst of it," Murphy told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview Wednesday. "Gaetz has been Trump’s chief defender when it comes to Trump’s assault on democracy in his attempt to overthrow the government on January 6, and he h
  
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• Trump's Rubio pick divides Republicans

  14-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Tensions are brewing over President-elect Trump’s move to tap Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to serve as secretary of State, with some of the president-elect’s allies voicing concerns about the pick. The choice has already set into motion the process of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) choosing a replacement for Rubio in the Senate, and some senators have already said they would vote to confirm Rubio. But while Trump’s choice of Rubio received praise from various Republicans
  
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• Trump’s Pentagon pick stokes fears of 'woke' generals purge

  14-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump is forging ahead with a dramatic shake-up of the military, with fears of a purge of “woke” generals fueled by his nomination this week of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department. Trump is considering a draft executive order to create a “warrior board” of retired senior military officials who would review three- and four-star officers for dismissal, allowing a fast-track to reshape the military command structure, according to Th
  
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• Trump whirlwind lands in Washington with stunning moves

  14-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A Trump tornado hit the nation’s capital Wednesday.President-elect Trump shook up the political world with nominations for key posts that shocked even some Republicans. He had earlier savored the attention of the world’s media as he met with President Biden at the White House and, separately, was hailed by the House GOP on Capitol Hill.By far the most striking development was Trump’s decision to nominate political bomb-thrower Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his attorney general. T
  
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• Split-ticket voting saves Democrats in key battleground races

  14-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Split-ticket voting played a prominent role in several battleground states during last week’s elections despite the practice becoming increasingly less common.Democrats clinched major Senate wins in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, saving the party from a total wipeout in the upper chamber, despite Vice President Harris falling short in all of those states against President-elect Trump. In North Carolina, Gov.-elect Josh Stein (D) prevailed in the governor’s race while voters
  
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• Schools, colleges brace for 'a much more threatening political environment'

  14-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Educators and university leaders are on the edge of their seats as President-elect Trump makes his return to office with an aggressive posture toward K-12 and higher education.Trump has threatened multiple times to take away funding from schools if they do not align with his views on subjects such as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and transgender rights.That threat has left institutions holding their breath as they try to prepare with how to deal the hostility they could face for the next
  
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• Conservative Judge Luttig: American voters ‘do not care’ about Trump’s misdeeds

  14-11-2024 03:50 via thehill.com
  
  American voters are unfazed by President-elect Trump's various misdeeds, said retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a longtime conservative jurist who has vocally opposed the former president."The American voters do not care about who, as an individual, is in the White House," Luttig said Wednesday evening during a panel hosted by the Society for the Rule of Law. "They don't care, in this instance, what this man has done for the past eight years," he said. "They could care less that he's
  
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• Bolton calls for FBI investigations before Gaetz, Gabbard confirmations

  14-11-2024 03:26 via thehill.com
  
  Former national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)—President-elect Trump’s nominees for director of national intelligence (DNI) and attorney general, respectively— should not appear for their Senate confirmation hearings until they are investigated by the FBI.In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Bolton said the formal probes would send a message to China that the U.S. is serio
  
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• Democrats express concern over Gaetz pick

  14-11-2024 03:07 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats in both chambers of Congress have expressed concern over President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as the next attorney general. Trump announced on Wednesday that Gaetz, a loyal congressional ally, will be nominated to become the nation’s top law enforcement official, praising the Floridian as a “deeply gifted and tenacious attorney.” Hours later, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced that Gaetz would resign from Congress &l
  
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• House panel hears of hidden UFO trove, ‘secretive arms race’

  14-11-2024 01:07 via thehill.com
  
  House lawmakers on Wednesday heard from witnesses who claim the United States government is sitting on a trove of information on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) stretching back decades.Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), in his opening remarks, called on President-elect Trump to throw off the veil of secrecy on UAPs.He said the push for transparency has been “bipartisan bicameral, and as we get into a new administration, the President-elect has talked about opportunities to declassify i
  
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• House panel hears of hidden UAP trove, 'secretive arms race'

  14-11-2024 01:07 via thehill.com
  
  House lawmakers on Wednesday heard from witnesses who claim the United States government is sitting on a trove of information on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) stretching back decades.Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), in his opening remarks, called on President-elect Trump to throw off the veil of secrecy on UAPs.He said the push for transparency has been “bipartisan, bicameral, and as we get into a new administration, the president-elect has talked about opportunities to declassify
  
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• Gaetz resigns from Congress after AG nod

  14-11-2024 01:03 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) will resign from Congress “effective immediately” after being nominated to serve as attorney general by President-elect Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Wednesday.DEVELOPING.
  
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• McCaul detained at Dulles, acknowledges mistake in mixing alcohol, Ambien

  14-11-2024 00:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Wednesday acknowledged he had been briefly detained at Dulles International Airport earlier this month because airport authorities thought he appeared drunk.
  McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, acknowledged in a statement to NewsNation, The Hill's sister network, that he had made a “mistake” in mixing the sleep medication Ambien and alcohol."This was the result of a poor decision I made to mix an Ambien — which I took in or
  
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