President-elect Donald Trump has picked former New York Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency in his upcoming administration.
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Trump Expected to Pick Stephen Miller for Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy: Report
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Stephen Miller for White House deputy chief of staff for policy, according to reports.
Two sources told CNN that Miller would have an even bigger role than he did in Trump’s first administration.
Read the full storyTrump Names Former Top Immigration Enforcement Official Tom Homan as ‘Border Czar’
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tom Homan, a major advocate of deporting illegal aliens, to be his “border czar” in his next administration.
Trump announced his selection of the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a late Sunday night post on his TruthSocial platform.
Read the full storyTrump’s Day One: A Look at His Opening Moves in the White House
President-elect Donald Trump made a multitude of “day one” promises throughout the campaign to begin work on an array of issues, setting himself up for an extremely busy first day back in office.
Read the full storyFed Chairman Powell Says Won’t Step Down If Trump Asks Him to Leave
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he won’t step down from his position if President-elect Donald Trump asks him to do so.
“No,” he said Thursday when asked about the matter during a news conference.
Read the full storyTrump Attorney to New York AG: We’ll ‘Put Your Fat A– in Prison’ If Lawfare Against Trump Doesn’t End
President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney Mike Davis dared New York Attorney General Letitia James to continue her prosecution of Trump after his electoral victory.
“Let me just say this to Big Tish James, the New York Attorney General … I dare you to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term,” he said on “The Benny Show” podcast on Thursday.
Read the full storyJudge Grants Special Counsel Move to Pause D.C. Case Against Trump
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s motion to vacate deadlines in his D.C. election case against President-elect Donald Trump.
Chutkan’s order came the same day that Smith requested the motion, MSNBC reported.
Read the full storyTrump: ‘No Price Tag’ for Mass Deportation Effort, ‘We Have No Choice’
Former President Trump says there is no price tag for his mass deportation effort, which he pledged to carry out during the presidential campaign.
“It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice,” Trump said during an interview with NBC News.
Read the full storyJustice Department Files Criminal Charges in Thwarted, Iran-Linked Murder-for-Hire Plot on Trump
The Justice Department filed criminal charges Friday on in a thwarted plot linked to Iran to kill then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump before Tuesday’s presidential election, which Trump won.
Read the full storyJack Smith Signals End to J6 Prosecution Against Trump, Asks Judge for Month Delay
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith signaled Friday he may end his Jan. 6 election interference prosecution against Donald Trump, asking for a month delay in the case to consider options in the aftermath of the elections.
Read the full storyTech Leaders of Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google Say They Look Forward to Working with Trump
Jeff Bezos, founder and chairman of Amazon, congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday for an “extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory” after he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris.
Read the full storyTrump Announces Co-Campaign Chief Susie Wiles as His White House Chief of Staff
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced his first staffing position for his second administration, placing his co-campaign manager Susie Wiles as his White House Chief of Staff.
Read the full storyFrom Mnuchin to Musk: The Key Figures Who Could Shape a Second Trump Administration
Former President Donald Trump’s historic comeback marked the culmination of not just his own efforts, but those of his many surrogates and allies who will likely join him in the White House.
Read the full storyClintons and Obamas React to Trump Winning Second Term
The Clintons and Obamas have shared their reaction to former President Trump winning a second term in the 2024 election in a statements posted to social media.
Read the full storyKamala Harris Concedes the Election: ‘We Must Accept the Results’
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday afternoon conceding defeat in the presidential election to now-President-elect Donald Trump, delivering remarks at Howard University.
Read the full storyHarris Has Called Trump to Concede the Election: Report
Vice President Kamala Harris has called President-elect Donald Trump to concede the race for the White House, Fox News’s Peter Doocy reported.
Read the full storyMarkets Blast Off on Trump Victory, Also Spurs Crypto ‘Frenzy’ Including Musk’s Favorite
It’s morning in America again for the stock market in the wake of Donald Trump’s second election, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping more than 1,200 points or 3 percent, the benchmark S&P 500 up 1.9 percent and tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite up 1.8 percent, Yahoo Finance reports.
Read the full storyTrump’s Improbable Comeback Also Engineered a Significant Exodus from Democrat Party
Donald Trump pulled off the most improbable comeback in American political history Tuesday night, securing a likely return trip to the White House by beating back a relentless tide of media, Big Tech and Democrat opposition that stretched from the courthouse to the social media sphere.
Read the full storySecond Lawsuit Filed Against Elon Musk’s $1 Million Giveway
Registered voters who signed a Constitution-supporting petition by Elon Musk filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday, claiming a giveaway for petition signers was fraud.
Read the full storyElectric Vehicle Startup Canoo Furloughs Workers as it Struggles to Raise Money
Another electric vehicle startup is struggling in the face of a difficult EV market.
Read the full storyTrump Outperforms 2020, But Most Swing States Remain Uncalled
Former President Donald Trump has outperformed his 2020 margins in every major swing state, though most of the key battlegrounds remained uncalled as of Wednesday morning.
Read the full storyBLM Leader Votes for Trump: Blacks ‘Haven’t Got Anything in Return’ for Supporting Democrats
The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island chapter, who demanded Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse resign or give up his membership in an “all white” club, made a clean break with Democrats this week.
Read the full storyIconic Entrepreneur Bernie Marcus, Who co-founded Home Depot, Dies at Age 95
Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, who helped build The Home Depot into one of America’s most iconic brands before turning to philanthropy and conservative politics and unabashedly backing Donald Trump’s rise in politics, died Monday night at the age of 95.
Read the full story‘The End of the Narrative’: 2024 Could Be the Final Turning Point for Legacy Media, Pollsters Say
In the sultry days of summer 2020 as Donald Trump contemplated a second term, his aides engaged in a quiet conversation with members of the emerging digital media about an audacious idea.
Read the full storyPennsylvania County Gives Update on Probe of Suspicious Applications, Says 17 Percent Are Fraudulent
Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino on Monday updated voters on an investigation into 2,500 suspicious voter registration forms that were flagged to the county’s elections board last month, confirming that 17% of the forms so far are fraudulent.
A total of four Pennsylvania counties are investigating possible fraudulent voter and mail-in ballot applications in the final spin into Election Day. Those counties are Cambria County, Lancaster County, Monroe County, and York County. York and Lancaster both uncovered thousands of potentially fraudulent applications, while Cambria and Monroe saw less than 50 each.
Read the full storyGeorgia Supreme Court Rules County May Not Count Absentee Ballots Received After Election Day
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that Cobb County may not accept absentee ballots after Election Day.
Last Thursday, the Cobb County Board of Elections said that it had not sent out more than 3,000 absentee ballots in a timely manner and would mail them via express shipping or overnight delivery the next day, according to Democracy Docket. Three voters sued, arguing that there was not enough time to ensure the ballots would be received in time to be counted.
Read the full storyJudge Rules Musk’s Giveaway Can Continue After Lawyer Says That Winners Are Not Chosen by Chance
A Pennsylvania judge on Monday ruled that Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway can continue through Election Day, after attorneys for Musk’s political action committee said the results of the giveaway were not “random” like Musk had advertised.
Musk launched the daily giveaway last month, which was organized to give $1 million to one voter from a swing state every day, if they signed a petition in support of the First and Second Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
Read the full storyRNC Sues Milwaukee Elections Commission for Limiting Poll Watchers
The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against the Milwaukee Elections Commission over the city announcing that it will limit the number of poll watchers at certain polling locations on Election Day.
Milwaukee limited poll watchers at three early voting polling locations, according to the lawsuit.
Read the full storyVirginia A.G. Miyares Concerned over Potential Foreign Money Seeping into U.S. Election via ActBlue
Virginia GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares said this week that he is worried about the potential influence of foreign money impacting U.S. elections through the Democratic online fund-raising platform ActBlue that he is investigating.
Read the full storyPennsylvania Becomes ‘Ground Zero’ for Presidential Election Winner amid Election Integrity Chaos
Pennsylvania has become “ground zero” for whoever will become the presidential election winner and election integrity chaos, as both nominees hyperfocus on the commonwealth. Unsurprisingly, lawsuits abound.
As former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris zoom in on Pennsylvania with Election Day just a day away, both political parties are also entrenched in lawfare regarding election procedures regarding mail-in ballots.
Read the full storyMissouri Secretary of State Sues DOJ over Poll Monitors
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) sued the Department of Justice on Monday for trying to place poll monitors at polling locations in the state on Election Day. The DOJ announced on Friday that it was planning “to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 86 jurisdictions in 27 states” for the general election. One of those jurisdictions is St. Louis.
Read the full storySecurity Ramped Up Nationwide for Election Day, Preparing for Mass Protests
As Election Day is just days away, Washington, D.C., Michigan, Georgia and other states around the U.S. are ramping up security, as massive protests are expected no matter who wins.
Read the full storyLegendary Music Producer Quincy Jones Dies at 91
Legendary music producer Quincy Jones died at 91 on Sunday evening, according to his publicist, Arnold Robinson.
Read the full storyDOJ Invokes Civil War-Era Law in Warning Federal Agents Not to Respond to Polling Places with Guns
In recent days, federal law enforcement agents across the government received a jarring communication from the Justice Department: a warning they could be prosecuted under a Civil War-era law if they respond to an election polling place with guns, even for a fake report of a crime.
Read the full storyACLU Sues Georgia County over Alleged Failure to Send Out Election Ballots in Timely Manner
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Poverty Law Center sued a Georgia county on Friday, over allegations that it failed to send out approximately 3,000 absentee ballots by a requested deadline.
Read the full storyTrump Sues CBS News Over Deceptive Edit of Harris ’60 Minutes’ Interview
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday sued CBS News for $10 billion, over its alleged doctoring of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on “60 Minutes.”
Read the full storyCongressman to Introduce Measure Condemning Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Comment
Rep. John Rose (R-TN-06), will introduce a measure to condemn President Joe Biden’s remarks where he referred to supporters of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump as “garbage.”
“President Biden must be condemned for calling millions of Americans who support Donald Trump garbage,” Rose told Fox News Digital during an interview.
Read the full storyLos Angeles Dodgers Defeat New York Yankees in 2024 World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series on Wednesday night, defeating the New York Yankees in a 4-1 series. The final score was 7-6.
Read the full storyNon-Citizen Allegedly Cast Ballot in Michigan, Faces Criminal Charges
A non-citizen allegedly cast a ballot in Michigan and is facing criminal charges, according to the Michigan secretary of state’s office.
The non-citizen allegedly registered to vote and cast a ballot at an Ann Arbor early voting site on Sunday, per a joint statement from the Washtenaw County prosecutor’s office and the Michigan secretary of state’s office. The alleged non-citizen voter faces charges of Unauthorized Elector Attempting To Vote and Perjury – Making a False Affidavit for Purpose of Securing Voter Registration.
Read the full storyFrom ‘Deplorables’ to ‘Nazis’ to ‘Garbage,’ Democrats Embrace Insults, Intolerance in the Trump Era
Since former President Donald Trump’s first presidential run in 2016, his opponents have thrown an endless series of derogatory terms toward him and supporters. But while some terms attracted scandal eight years ago and even energized the Trump base, the Democrats’ penchant for smearing MAGA supporters and other dissident groups has become a central part of their messaging as Trump appears poised to make a return to the White House.
Read the full storyCongress to Subpoena ActBlue as Feds Confirm Suspicious Activity Tied to Democrat Fundraising
House investigators prepared Wednesday to subpoena the Democrat donations platform ActBlue in a rapidly expanding probe into possible illicit foreign funding in the 2024 election after the Treasury Department confirmed to Congress its money laundering detection system has generated hundreds of suspicious activity reports related to the online fund-raising giant.
The dramatic developments were communicated to House members and ActBlue itself in a series of memos this week obtained by Just the News that reaffirmed that lawmakers fear foreign adversaries like China, Iran, Venezuela and Russia may be routing illicit foreign money into Democratic coffers by using the names of unsuspecting American donors.
Read the full storyAfter Leading Nation in EV Mandates, California Is Now Proposing an Electric Motorcycle Mandate
California made climate history in 2020 when the state became the first in the nation to create an electric vehicle mandate, which eventually became a key part of the Biden-Harris climate agenda. Now the state wants to do the same for motorcycles, despite the problems the EV push has faced over the past four years.
Read the full storyStar of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie’ Teri Garr Dies at 79
The Oscar nominated comedic actor Teri Garr died on Tuesday in Los Angeles, at the age of 79, according to her publicist Heidi Schaeffer.
Read the full storyHouse Panel Demands ActBlue Disclose Verification Practices in Probe into Possible Foreign Money
The House committee that oversees election integrity demanded Monday the massive online Democrat fund-raising platform ActBlue disclose to Congress how it verifies the identity of donors before accepting money, saying it fears Iran, China, Russia and Venezuela may be exploiting weaknesses to inject foreign funds into the 2024 election.
Read the full storyWith Bannon’s Release from Prison, Trump Campaign Regains Key Voice on Election Eve
With the presidential election fast approaching, one of Donald Trump’s most supportive media personalities, Steve Bannon, is set to return to the fold as a wildcard in the final week of voting.
Read the full storyConservative Podcaster, Former Trump Political Adviser Steve Bannon Released from Prison
Conservative podcaster and former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon was released from prison Tuesday morning.
Read the full storyDutch Court Orders Gates to Face COVID Vax Victims; Jury Awards $1 Million Each to Fired Unvaxxed Workers
A year after promoting passports for the COVID-19 vaccines he helped fund as a way to reopen the global economy, philanthropist Bill Gates complained about their lackluster performance against infection and transmission starting with the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2. He even called Omicron “a type of vaccine” whose natural immunity could protect unvaccinated groups.
Read the full storyNevada Supreme Court Rules Mail Ballots Received After Election Day Without Postmark Must Be Counted
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Monday that mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day without a postmark must be counted, rejecting a Republican challenge.
State law requiring mail-in ballots to be counted even with a postmark that “cannot be determined” applies to mail-in ballots that do not have postmarks at all, the state Supreme Court decided.
Read the full storyTrump Advisers Propose Private Agency, Not FBI, Issue Security Clearances to Appointees: Report
A group of at least six advisers to Donald Trump are reportedly circulating a memo that proposes the GOP presidential nominee, if elected, be allowed to issue security clearances to his appointees without the normal FBI background-check process.
The advisers include Boris Epshteyn, a legal adviser to Trump who is involved in his 2024 campaign, sources told The New York Times, which reported the story on Sunday.
Read the full storyWashington Post String of Exits over Refusal to Endorse a Presidential Candidate Continues
Two more members of the Washington Post’s editorial board resigned on Monday, after the paper declined to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 elections. Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos reportedly told his editorial board last week that the paper would not endorse a presidential candidate for next week’s election, or in future presidential elections, departing from recent elections when the board endorsed the Democratic candidates. One editor resigned over the order at the time.
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