The lawyer for Pete Hegseth says Hegseth paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit.
Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding ways to tap taxpayer money used more typically for public schools.
Residents in Springfield, Ohio, are trying to move on after Trump’s rhetoric about Haitian migrants. Some now worry he could make an example of them.
Young voters swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election, but according to AP VoteCast, they’re not the staunchly conservative base that he’s relied on in the past.
Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills.
Let me get this right. So, you know exactly who this man is and what he stands for. Yet, you elect him anyway. You know he's been "joking" about this before. Yet, you elect him anyway. He's a convicted felon. Yet, you elect him anyway.
I've lost every smidgen of respect I had for Americans. You went into this with eyes wide open. You deserve what's coming.
The EU is nothing like the US. The EU is made of individual, sovereign nations with each their own language and culture and political system and laws and regulations. Most of these countries have very little in common except the fact that they happen to be on the same continent. The only thing that keeps them from being at war with each other is trade. And that's where the EU comes in.
I'm sorry, but, as a group, Americans have got to be the dumbest bunch out there. You elected Trump and you get Matt Gaetz as the AG. Lol. I hope you learn from all this. Not holding my breath.
Really liked Antony Blinken. He did a lot of good. Not looking forward to this guy.
The choices continued a pattern of Trump stocking his Cabinet with those he believes he can trust to execute his agenda rather than longtime officials with experience in their fields.
Which is why any political talk or anything resembling politics is banned. I won't hesitate to block access if it happens.
In our family, we just don't talk about politics or any subject that could remotely be interpreted as political (yes, the subjects we actually talk about are very limited). The alternative is that we can't spend time together and they wouldn't see their grandkids. Not ideal, but it works for the time being.
President-elect Trump now has a clear path to enact his agenda and fill out his administration with both chambers of Congress in GOP hands come January.
Genuine question: To all the Democrats who chose not to vote for Kamala Harris because of the Palestinian issue, what's your thought process?
Lol. AOC is pretty much the opposite of elitist.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday was his pick to serve as US ambassador to Israel, previously argued that there was “no such thing as a Palestinian.”
More importantly, they are dangerous.
> The media power brokers in the new Trump administration are different and more powerful than those during the first Trump presidency. They are younger, more visual, less established in Washington, and lean more toward MAGA conservative principles over traditional Republican ideals.
Yeah, he'll send the military if he has to. And he'll force compliance from blue states. The constitution is something that's only seems valid to him when it bends his way. And now he has SCOTUS to interpret it just the way he wants it.
They are Stephen Miller fans.
Trump doesn't seem to care much about technicalities. He'll do whatever he wants and the majority in Congress and SCOTUS will be right there with him. He's got everything right where he wants it now and everyone's compliant and submissive.
Trump is going to pardon and release those terrorists back into society anyway.
"This is Socialism and Communism! These countries are dysfunctional hellholes...right...wait a minute..." - Republicans
Elections have consequences.
Not a surprise. The majority of Americans are dumber than a bag of rocks. Zero ability to do proper research. Believe superstition over science. Oblivious to other cultures and languages. The list goes on.
Screw your sick days! I'm gonna work myself into oblivion to be able to buy my big-ass coal-roller truck on credit and fill up my garage to the brim with crap that I'll let someone else move when I die from a cheese and Ibuprofen overdose. 'Murica!!!!!
Exaggerated, sure. The point still stands. Unfortunately.
Agreed, but, to be fair, what constitutes "smart" is not really objective. It can mean different things to different people and the evidence to back it up may not be acceptable evidence to those you debate.
> The deeper they dig into federal and state election results, some Democrats are coming to a harsh, humbling conclusion: America rejected soft liberalism.
Trump hasn't even moved on from 2020.
Donald Trump has ambitious Day 1 plans for when he moves back into the White House in January.
> Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration and Congressional Democrats made a $1.9 trillion bet in the form of the American Rescue Plan. They lost, as it contributed to a surge in inflation that fueled massive voter discontent and Donald Trump's return to the White House.
> Why it matters: In the next recession, politicians and policymakers may be more hesitant to unleash the type of programs that drove America's rapid recovery from the pandemic-induced crisis.
Donald Trump’s scrambling of long-held narratives over who certain Americans will support has Democrats scrambling for answers.
A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms.
President-elect Donald Trump has not said what he would do on student loan forgiveness, leaving millions of borrowers facing uncertainty over what will happen with their payments once President Joe Biden leaves office.
Analysis: Biden's age and inability to sell his record or convince that he was fighting inflation were problems. Longer-term Democratic weaknesses also came due.
The Supreme Court doesn't have any vacancies, but Republicans are keeping a close eye on Justices Alito and Thomas for potential retirements in Trump's second term.
Subsidies to buy insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplaces are set to expire at the end of 2025. If they're not extended, coverage could become unaffordable for many.
> Increased tariffs on China could "accelerate the diversification of supply chains, in particular away from China," S&P reported — but that won't necessarily mean more jobs for Americans.
> Rosenfeld said Steve Madden is exploring a move to "countries like Cambodia, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil."
> He didn't mention the U.S. as a possible place of production.