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A kinder, gentler Trump? President-elect taking a more moderate stance
Donald Trump is making a deliberate effort to soften his tone. Or is he? I’ve given this a lot of thought, having interviewed Trump twice this year, including two weeks before the election. He was focused and substantive, trying to reach a more independent audience, and while he took some…
Read More »Trump shooting task force says DHS, Secret Service haven’t produced docs on golf course incident
The House Task Force investigating the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump’s life has released its final report on Tuesday, detailing ‘preexisting conditions and leadership failures’ that led to the deadly campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July. While the bipartisan panel was given ample information on that shooting, the report suggested…
Read More »Meet Natalie Harp, Trump’s ‘valuable resource’ who lawmakers say is ‘critical’ to his operation
President-elect Trump’s assistant Natalie Harp said ‘confidentiality, speed, accuracy, and adaptability’ are key to delivering for the president, as lawmakers who communicate with her regularly told Fox News Digital that she is ‘critical’ in ensuring Congress is a ‘real partner’ for the incoming administration. Harp has worked alongside the president-elect…
Read More »Speaker Johnson says ‘still some concern’ about Elon Musk-backed online safety bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he still has lingering doubts about a children’s online safety bill that Elon Musk threw support behind this weekend. ‘There’s still some concern about the free speech components of that, and whether it might lead to further censorship by the government of valid, you…
Read More »Trump taunts Trudeau with new title as he continues tariffs push: ‘Great State of Canada’
President-elect Trump took another jab at the Canadian prime minister on his Truth Social account just after midnight on Tuesday, saying ‘it was a pleasure’ to meet with ‘Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.’ ‘It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin…
Read More »Trump’s Defense pick goes on offense as support grows for Hegseth confirmation
What a difference a week makes. As Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s defense secretary nominee, returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to meet with more Republican senators, his once apparently teetering nomination now seems to be on much firmer ground. While Hegseth’s confirmation is still far from a sure bet, a…
Read More »Nobel laureates criticize RFK Jr. HHS nomination over ‘lack of credentials,’ vaccine stance
Seventy-seven Nobel Prize winners have come out against the nomination of environmental and health activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. In a letter first reported by the New York Times, the Nobel Laureates urge members of the United States Senate to reject…
Read More »Mother of Hunter Biden’s daughter defends pardon, says he’s ‘targeted because of who his dad is’
Lunden Roberts, the mother of Hunter Biden’s child, Navy Joan Roberts, is backing President Biden’s decision to issue a sweeping pardon for his son. ‘I think what Joe did is what the love of any parent would do and not everybody will understand that,’ Roberts said in a statement provided…
Read More »Trump FBI director pick Kash Patel ‘instrumental in unraveling’ Russia collusion hoax, former chair says
Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, was the chief investigator in the congressional probe into alleged Trump-Russia collusion, uncovering government surveillance abuse that led to the appointment of two special counsels: one who determined there was no such collusion and another who determined the entire premise of…
Read More »‘Greatest warriors’: Hegseth rails against ‘misconstrued’ narrative that he’s against women in military
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, praised women in the military as some of the ‘greatest warriors’ after critics took issue with comments he made about women not being fit to serve in combat roles. ‘I also want an opportunity here to clarify comments that have…
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