2024 Elections

'Best self own ever': Trump pick gets brutal reminder over slam on 'unelected bureaucrats'

Failed presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was hit with severe pushback on Sunday after railing against "the unelected federal bureaucracy" on social media.

Donald Trump appointed Ramaswamy, who lost the GOP primary against the current president-elect, to help run a new group called the Department of Governmental Efficiency, or simply, DOGE.

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Joe Biden will pardon his son Hunter Biden: report

President will soon announce his decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, according to reports.

Biden is expected to announce his choice on Sunday night, according to NBC News, which cited a senior White House official.

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Trump put on notice that he faces 'bipartisan concern' about his FBI plans: report

Analysts say Donald Trump plans to fire his previously appointed FBI director and install a new one who is loyal to him, but there is bipartisan skepticism behind that plan, according to the Washington Post.

Trump has signaled his intent to prematurely end the 10-year maximum term of Chris Wray, whom Trump himself appointed, and instead appoint Kash Patel as the director. MAGA fans were outraged on Sunday, when they warned Patel about what they deemed a "snake" in his inner circle.

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'Traitor to Trump': Outraged MAGA fans warn new nominee about a 'snake' in his circle

Donald Trump sparked outrage among his critics with the appointment of Kash Patel as the head of the FBI, and now some are warning Patel to protect himself.

Patel has been seen as a controversial pick, including because of his reportedly unwavering loyalty to the former and incoming president, and because of his purported ties to QAnon.

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Revealed: Report flags Trump pick's ties to 'pure nuttery' that 'sparked acts of violence'

Donald Trump's recent nominee has ties to an ideology that has "sparked multiple acts of violence," according to a new report.

David Corn, D.C. bureau chief of Mother Jones and MSNBC analyst, wrote Sunday that Kash Patel, chosen by Trump to lead the FBI, has embraced "the unhinged QAnon movement." Critics were outraged by the FBI selection.

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'Pretty awesome': J.D. Vance reacts to Kash Patel being compared to Soviet secret police

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance declared that Kash Patel, the expected nominee for FBI director, "must be pretty awesome" after he was compared to the former head of the Soviet Union's secret police.

In a statement to NBC News, former National Security Advisor John Bolton said the U.S. Senate should unanimously reject Patel's nomination.

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'Really bad': Newsmax panel attacks 'aggressive' women for protesting healthcare threat

A Newsmax panel criticized women who reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's victory by declining to have sex, shaving their heads, or being sterilized.

During a Sunday morning discussion on the conservative news network, host Sarah Williamson said women were making the "crazy" decision to be sterilized because they feared that anti-abortion laws could put their lives at risk.

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'Credibly accused of raping a woman': Guest sounds alarm on Pete Hegseth live on Fox News

Fox News guest Lucy Caldwell, a Democratic strategist, argued that sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth should be taken seriously after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be defense secretary.

On Sunday's Media Buzz program, host Howard Kurtz said that Hegseth and other nominees had faced "credible" threats of violence.

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GOP senator: Kash Patel will lead FBI by 'taking it apart'

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) revealed Sunday that he supports Kash Patel as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director because he would dismantle the agency.

During an interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker told Hagerty that former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr had called Patel unqualified for a senior role at the FBI.

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Fox News host dubs Trump nominees 'The Justice League' after Kash Patel named FBI director

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy dubbed President-elect Donald Trump's nominees "The Justice League" after Kash Patel was named as incoming FBI director.

"Now, this has been rumored, I think, for a week or two," co-host Will Cain announced on Sunday's edition of Fox & Friends Weekend. "And there was already some hyperventilating on the left about this potentiality, because Kash Patel represents another disruptor added to the cabinet."

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'Nice work, John Roberts': Trump's latest move said to be 'middle finger' to Supreme Court

Donald Trump Saturday made a move that is being seen as a middle finger to both the Supreme Court and the intelligence community, experts say.

Trump over the weekend announced his appointment of Kash Patel as the director of FBI, leading critics to lash out and causing a pre-emptive strike against Senate Republicans by a top MAGA lawyer who said he would make their political lives hell if they opposed Patel.

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'Red line': Trump legal ally threatens to make Senate Republicans' 'political lives hell'

Donald Trump on Saturday announced he would appoint Kash Patel to be director of the FBI, causing outrage among critics and leading to a pre-emptive strike to Senate Republicans from an ally of the president-elect.

Former GOP staffer Mike Davis has made headlines for his social media comments in the past, and was rumored to be on Trump's list for attorney general.

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Pollsters who got Trump wrong say they've 'cracked challenge of pinning down his voters'

Political pollsters who underestimated Donald Trump's popularity in 2016 and 2020 said they finally cracked the challenge, a report suggests.

Trump won in 2016 despite many polls saying he would lose to Secretary Hillary Clinton, and came close to President Joe Biden when some analysts said it would be more of a blowout for Biden. In 2024, the polls were within a margin of error of the final election results.

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