2024 Elections

On Saturday morning, former RNC chair Michael Steele blew off a report that a majority of Senate Republicans are prepared to shoot down Donald Trump's nomination of scandal-plagued Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination to be Attorney General.

On MSNBC's "The Weekend," ex-Rep Joe Walsh (R-IL) stated that he felt there would be a flood of leaks about the Florida Republican and ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has been tabbed to be Trump's Director of National Intelligence, that would "kneecap" their ability to even get a confirmation hearing before the Senate.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," a former Republican member of the House agreed with ex-RNC chair Michael Steele's assessment of Donald Trump's cabinet picks as a "menagerie of misfits" and raised a warning about what is to come.

With the entire panel reacting to the president-elect's choices –– running from scandal-plagued Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to unqualified Fox News personality Pete Hegseth –– host Steele took the lead with guest ex-Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL).

With President-elect Donald Trump poised to assume power after he is sworn in next January, federal officials overseeing reforms in multiple police departments and how they conduct sex crimes investigations are fearful their work will be shunted aside and their work shut down.

According to a report from the New York Times, two years ago the Department of Justice opened inquiries into 12 different police departments, including, "the New York Police Department’s storied, but scandal-scarred sex crimes unit" and, while the DOJ's investigations are ongoing, there are now worries the plug will be pulled by the incoming administration.

House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) faced tough questions Friday on CNN about sick kids in his state that left him struggling to defend President-elect Donald Trump.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Emmer about Trump's selection of vaccine-denier Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — and put it in the context of a measles outbreak in his home state of Minnesota.

President-elect Donald Trump has already shot his second administration in the foot — specifically in its authoritarian Achilles heel, a political columnist contends.

Salon writer Amanda Marcotte argued Friday that Trump's decision to demand that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) become his Attorney General was an attempt to strongarm Republican allies he'll need as president — and whose patience has already begun to run thin.

Asking Democratic voters to better understand President-elect Donald Trump is like asking a hiker to stop and reflect why he is being chased by a bear that wants to eat his face, a humorist argued Friday.

USA Today columnist Rex Huppke drew this comparison Friday in a satirical takedown of Democrats' self-blaming response to Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Day.

With 25 focus groups and $45 million, political advisors to X owner Elon Musk pitted people against each other to cause a rift in the Democratic party and depress turnout for Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign, according to a report Friday.

The Washington Post sorted through a social media ad campaign that reporters spotted in Michigan in September. The newspaper uncovered what it called a manipulation effort that resulted in protest votes and pulled down Democratic excitement.

Republicans' dueling demands that the Justice Department preserve its records but the Ethics committee keep its mouth shut about theirs went about as well as could be expected.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan outraged onlookers Friday when they spoke out against releasing a report on accusations of sexual misconduct and illegal drug abuse levied against former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

A former aide said Donald Trump isn't playing the 4D chess that people think he is. He genuinely wants former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to be the attorney general.

Speaking to MSNCB's Chris Jansing, former deputy press secretary under Trump's administration, Sarah Matthews, said she thinks that all of the opposition is only enshrining his belief that Gaetz is the right person.

Judiciary committee member Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) has dared Republicans to release the findings of an Ethics probe into accusations Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) had sex with a minor.

Padilla appeared on CNN Friday to demand more information about President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general — and to warn Republicans against trying to leapfrog the vetting process.

The conservative editorial magazine National Review became the latest to slam former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as Donald Trump's attorney general choice.

In a Friday column, "The Editors" began with an attack on "an unqualified toady" like Gaetz leading any meaningful U.S. agency.