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Trump tapping 2 House Republicans for future admin fuels concerns about slim majority
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of two House Republicans to serve in his administration could pose issues if the GOP’s majority in the chamber ends up critically thin. Trump has selected House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as his ambassador to the United Nations, while a source told Fox News…
Read More »Who could replace Elise Stefanik in House GOP leadership? What we know
A competitive race is brewing within the House GOP after the conference’s No. 4 leader was plucked to serve in the new Trump administration. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., was elevated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations next year, sending lawmakers jockeying to fill her spot in Wednesday’s internal…
Read More »Vance in ‘catbird seat’ for 2028 GOP presidential nomination, but these Republicans may also run
With former president and now President-elect Donald Trump unable to run again for the White House in 2028, Vice President-elect JD Vance appears to be the heir apparent to the America First movement and the Republican Party’s powerful MAGA base. It was a point driven home by Donald Trump Jr.,…
Read More »Who could run to replace Stefanik in the House?
Once Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., vacates her seat to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has 10 days to set the date for a special election to replace her in the House. The special election must be held within 70 to 80 days…
Read More »Trump tells world leader election gives him a ‘very big mandate’
President-elect Donald Trump said his election victory ‘gives me a very big mandate to do things properly’ in a newly released video by Indonesia’s president. Prabowo Subianto could be heard congratulating Trump, adding, ‘Wherever you are, I am willing to fly to, to congratulate you personally sir.’ ‘We had a…
Read More »House balance of power still undecided a week after Election Day, with Republicans needing 4 more seats
One week after Election Day, control of the House of Representatives is still up in the air with votes continuing to be counted in 17 House races. Republican Donald Trump won the presidency again and the GOP will have the Senate majority. House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, is still waiting…
Read More »Morning Glory: Top 10 lessons from the landslide
So many takes on the 2024 election and so little time. Here are my top 10 in reverse order of importance. I’ll skip the obvious one: President-elect Donald Trump, aka ’45/47′ or ‘DJT,’ is the greatest comeback story in American political history. His resilience is like Richard Nixon’s, but not…
Read More »MARK HALPERIN: Four people who helped drive Trump’s GOAT comeback
Every winning presidential campaign features a lot of GOATS (greatest of all time), while those on the losing side are ridiculed as old goats, grumpy goats, and scapegoats. The macro narrative gets set, with the victors hailed as geniuses who played a clever long game and came together with brilliant…
Read More »Who’s who on Trump’s short list for attorney general
President-elect Donald Trump has wasted little time in naming top White House and Cabinet officials to serve in his administration as he prepares to be sworn in for a second term in January. It remains to be seen, however, who Trump will pick to head up his Justice Department, perhaps…
Read More »In election victory, Trump’s gains went beyond the battlegrounds
President-elect Trump flipped six highly competitive states in his election victory last week. But his gains with voters were not limited to the battlegrounds. Trump improved his vote share across the country, starting with conservative areas but extending into deeply Democratic states. It is a critical part of the story…
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Walmart pulls back on DEI efforts, removes some LGBTQ merchandise from website
Walmart on Monday confirmed that it’s ending some of its diversity initiatives, removing some LGBTQ-related …