2024 Elections

The Onion is making Americans cry tears of laughter over its "revenge" on Alex Jones.

News that the satirical news site had purchased the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist's media platform Infowars — with backing from the families he was found liable for defaming in a $1.4 billion lawsuit — spurred hilarity and joy on social media Thursday.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," former FBI senior official Chuck Rosenberg was pressed by the co-hosts to predict what would happen at the Department of Justice should Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) somehow receive Senate approval to become the next attorney general.

In a word, the legal expert said it would turn into a "trainwreck."

While speaking with co-host Jonathan Lemire, who was skeptical of the Florida Republican's chances, Rosenberg was asked, "If Gaetz were to get in, what would that look like?"

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"It wouldn't look good, Jonathan," the attorney replied. "You just mentioned that he is unqualified for the office and of course he is. But, in a sense, everyone is unqualified for that office."

"The work for the Department of Justice is so deep, and so broad and complex nobody comes in knowing everything about tax, or anti-trust, or civil rights, civil work or criminal work, everything from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to the Federal Bureau of Investigations," he elaborated.

"So it is not just that he is unqualified, Jonathan," he added. "You look for three things, I think, in an attorney general, Republican, Democrat, male, female, black, white –– absolutely meaningless unless you have all three of these things: integrity, judgment and independence. If you have those three things, we're fine. And if you don't have those three things, we're not."

"So what does it look like if Matt Gaetz becomes the attorney general of the United States. It's a trainwreck," he added.

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A conservative commentator expressed doubts that Donald Trump could get MAGA loyalist Matt Gaetz confirmed as attorney general, and a legal analyst asked why the president-elect had chosen the "woefully unqualified" former congressman in the first place.

Trump tapped the Florida Republican, who immediately gave up his congressional seat as the House Ethics Committee prepared to release a report on his conduct with teenage girls, and CNN's Scott Jennings said the choice showed the newly elected president was feeling confident.

Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman couldn't hold it together when President-elect Donald Trump announced Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as his pick for attorney general.

About 10 minutes before the selection, Sherman was on air saying former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (R-HI) would struggle to survive a confirmation hearing for the Director of National Intelligence.

One of President-elect Donald Trump's staunchest defenders on CNN is in the running to serve as the next White House Press Secretary, Politico reported Wednesday.

Scott Jennings, who previously served as an aide to former President George W. Bush and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), has become a regular on panels discussing Trump and the Republican Party, where he often raises the ire of the rest of the panel by defending Trump's more outrageous statements and actions.

President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (R-HI) to serve as the Director of National Intelligence, but critics and analysts aren't certain that will actually happen.

"This will be the most difficult nomination to get through the United States Congress, period, hard stop," said Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman. She and "Pete Hegseth, right? I don't know that Tulsi Gabbard gets confirmed by the Senate. I'll put it that way. Again, he has chosen a lot of people with easy paths to confirmation."

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as the next attorney general of the United States.

Trump confirmed the selection in a statement posted to his Truth Social platform.

President-elect Donald Trump selected former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be his Director of National Intelligence, according to Roger Stone.

In a statement first provided to Roger Stone, Trump said he was "pleased to announce that former Congresswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard, will serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI)."

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to respond to Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy after he posed a question about a hypothetical golf match between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump.

During Wednesday's White House press briefing, Doocy inquired into a meeting between the president and the president-elect that occurred earlier in the day.

President-elect Donald Trump's plans to make the federal government more efficient with help from his billionaire buddies is spurring chuckles from experts who find the plan absurd — and dangerous.

Trump this week claimed Elon Musk will lead a so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" to cut down on unnecessary government spending by decimating federal agencies — but experts predict he'll orchestrate a clown show tinged with corruption, E&E News by Politico reported Wednesday.

Senate Republicans chose a new majority leader to replace Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's MAGA fans are furious.

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) won a closed-door vote Wednesday in a three-way election against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the MAGA favorite, to succeed the venerable Kentucky Republican who served as GOP leader for nearly two decades.