2024 Elections

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, compared himself to conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after facing allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse.

Punchbowl News correspondent Mica Soellner reported that Hegseth's remarks came during a Wednesday lunch with congressional Republicans.

The House races are finalized, and the results reveal a historically narrow Republican majority. According to one columnist, this means the future of the GOP agenda isn't going to be as secure as they might think.

Writing for the Washington Post, Aaron Blake said, "Republicans have actually lost ground," even if it was just one seat.

Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon lashed out at President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago advisers after word leaked that former Fox News host Pete Hegseth could be replaced as nominee for defense secretary.

During a Wednesday rant on his War Room program, Bannon reacted to news that Trump could nominate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) or others to replace Hegseth.

President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Energy, oil executive Chris Wright, has a long history of sneering at scientists who warn about the dangers of manmade climate change.

But the Washington Post reports that many of the scientists are now hitting back.

The partnership between tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and billionaire Elon Musk as they begin working for Donald Trump's proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may be off to an awkward start after CNN dug up some attacks Ramaswamy made about his partner in rooting out what they believe to be government inefficiency.

According to a report from CNN's KFiles, Musk came under fire from his co-chair for comments he made about China's policies with Ramaswamy smearing Musk as a "circus monkey."

Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary could wind up deciding who will inherit the MAGA movement, according to a CNN analyst.

The president-elect's first nominee Pete Hegseth appears to be losing support from Republican senators over damaging allegations about excessive drinking and abusive behavior toward women, in addition to questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon, and Trump is reportedly considering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) to replace him.

Jared Kushner is working "behind the scenes" with Donald Trump's incoming administration, but he isn't expected to take a formal role, according to new reporting.

NBC News reported on Wednesday that Trump's children are "notable absences" from his new team.

A new report detailed how Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, ruined his marriage after repeatedly cheating on his first wife.

Sources revealed to Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman that Hegseth admitted to then-wife Meredith Schwarz that he had been unfaithful in November 2008, four years after being wed.

Donald Trump has used a private company to perform background checks on some of his appointees to serve in his Cabinet and refused to sign an agreement that he would let the FBI do the checks.

That ended Tuesday when Trump's transition team finally signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Justice, agreeing to allow the FBI to conduct background checks, reported legal analyst Aaron Parnas on Bluesky.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned that it would be "difficult" to confirm former Fox News weekend co-host Pete Hegseth as President-elect Donald Trump's defense secretary.

Graham told CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane that recent allegations about Hegseth's treatment of women and alcohol abuse would complicate his confirmation hearings.

New incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced to his caucus that he wants the first major budget reconciliation bill in the first 30 days of the new Congress, Politico reported.

The 119th Congress is set to begin on Jan. 3, 2025, and President-elect Donald Trump has a long list of big-ticket items he wants to see Republicans approve.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he intends to nominate billionaire investor Steve Feinberg to be the second in command at the Defense Department.

The Washington Post's John Hudson wrote that Feinberg has "investments in companies that maintain Pentagon contracts."

Rep. Richard McCormick (R-GA) told Fox Business that Republicans will desperately need help from Democrats if they intend to cut Social Security and Medicare — both of which are programs Democrats have historically supported.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he intends to extend, and possibly expand, his tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations. The cost of the cuts has been in the trillions, and expanding them would cost the country a little under $5 trillion, experts have calculated.