Justice Alito plans to remain on Supreme Court, resisting pressure to step aside: report
Justice Samuel Alito has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court anytime soon, a source close to the justice told the Wall Street Journal, halting a flurry of speculation among some Republican leaders that Alito, 74, could vacate the
Trump’s first Cabinet picks decidedly not isolationists: Ukraine, Israel breathe a sigh of relief
Despite his own isolationist musings, the first picks of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration hail from a decidedly more traditionalist wing of the Republican Party. On Tuesday, Trump formally announced that Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., would be his national security adviser.
Trump’s picks so far: Here’s who will be advising the new president
Since winning the election last week, President-elect Trump has begun evaluating and rolling out his Cabinet picks, with dozens of people jockeying for about two dozen of the highest-level positions in government. So far, Trump has only confirmed three names, though
Trump picking Cabinet at breakneck speed compared to 2016
President-elect Trump has hit the ground running on filling out his potential future cabinet, announcing names for key positions well before he did following his 2016 election win. Trump has announced six Cabinet picks in the week since winning the election,
Biden supports bringing adversarial nations into new UN cyber crime alliance
The Biden administration will support a U.N. treaty this week that will create a new cybercrime convention that includes China and Russia — which has not sat well with some lawmakers and critics. Since 2001, the global governance around cybercrime has
‘Trump trade’ returns for second week as bitcoin, Tesla, stocks surge
Cryptocurrencies and stocks, including Tesla, rallied Monday, picking up where they left off last week in the wake of the President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. The price of bitcoin hit an all-time high of more than $88,000, a rally that
Trump nominates Mike Huckabee for US ambassador to Israel
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel in the incoming Trump administration, President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday. Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, is another in a growing list of strong Israel supporters
RFK Jr. launches online forum to crowdsource names for 4,000 Trump administration nominees
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has launched a website to crowdsource names to fill 4,000 political appointee positions in President-elect Trump’s new administration. The online forum, referred to as ‘Nominees for the People’ and powered by Kennedy’s initiative to ‘Make America Healthy
Israeli leader tells Biden ‘we have to get hostages back’ who are ‘going through hell in dungeons of Gaza’
Israel and the U.S. ‘have to get the hostages back’ who are ‘going through hell in the dungeons of Gaza,’ one of the country’s leaders told President Biden while visiting the White House Tuesday. ‘I know that you’re working very hard
Trump confirms Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser pick
President-elect Trump appointed Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to join his administration as National Security Adviser. ‘Mike is the first Green Beret to have been elected to Congress, and previously served in the White House and Pentagon,’ Trump said in a statement