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President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy a financier, art collector, and MAGA megadonor with no military experience is coming under fire.

"It is my great honor to announce John Phelan as our next United States Secretary of the Navy!" declared Trump in a statement, deviating from his usual habit of acknowledging their status as a nominee. "John will be a tremendous force for our Naval Servicemembers, and a steadfast leader in advancing my America First vision. He will put the business of the U.S. Navy above all else."

President Joe Biden's administration has been quietly working with Chinese officials to help stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States. Now, Donald Trump is putting it at risk over his promise of tariffs on China, according to some.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that counternarcotics officials from the U.S. and Mexico flew to China weeks ago to exchange intelligence over the drug flowing into North America. It comes after years of China refusing to "crack down on Chinese chemical producers" making the drug.

CNN host Jim Acosta and Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) battled it out on the network on Wednesday.

Burchett, an ally to Donald Trump, appeared on the network. Acosta raised the issue of Matt Gaetz and questioned whether Trump had a mandate that encompassed controversial picks.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and other MAGA figures are fuming after Democrat Adam Gray overtook Rep. John Durate (R-CA) in a key race in the House of Representatives.

A batch of recently counted ballots in California's 13th congressional district gave Gray a lead over the incumbent Republican by just over 100 votes.

The White House is reporting that three Americans who were being held in China are coming home after a deal with President Joe Biden's administration.

Both MSNBC and the Washington Post said that there are unconfirmed reports that the release is part of a prisoner swap.

Donald Trump's threatened tariff plan will result in higher shoe prices, according to a retail industry trade group CEO.

Matt Priest, CEO of Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, appeared on CNN on Wednesday to discuss Trump's plan to install high tariffs on foreign goods. Priest's group represents dozens of companies, including Nike, DSW, Crocs, Under Armor, and more.

President-elect Donald Trump recently claimed that he had a private phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he asked Putin to not further escalate his war in Ukraine.

However, the Kremlin denied that such a call had ever taken place, which led to confusion about what had actually transpired.

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President-elect Donald Trump's latest round of tariff threats against Mexico has exposed what the New Republic's Greg Sargent calls an "ugly MAGA scam" in his latest article.

In promoting the article on his BlueSky account, Sargent writes that "This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie."

President-elect Donald Trump is once again threatening the Mexican government with tariffs in a seeming bid to get the country to do more to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States.

However, the Wall Street Journal reports that things could quickly go south for Trump if he goes further and authorizes unilateral military action against drug cartels in Mexico.

The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a new rule aimed at reining in privatized Medicare Advantage plans, which have drawn growing federal scrutiny for denying coverage claims en masse—sometimes using artificial intelligence—and overbilling the government to the tune of tens of billions of dollars per year.

But the proposal could soon be fed through the buzzsaw of the incoming Trump administration, which is likely to have an outspoken Medicare Advantage supporter, Mehmet Oz, at the helm of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday sharply criticized U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25% tariff on all imported goods from Canada and Mexico, calling the proposal a potentially disastrous distraction from meaningful solutions to drug trafficking and mass migration.

"Migration and drug consumption in the United States cannot be addressed through threats or tariffs," Sheinbaum, a member of Mexico's leftist Morena party, wrote in a letter to Trump. "What is needed is cooperation and mutual understanding to tackle these significant challenges."