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According to MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire, Donald Trump is getting increasing warnings from GOP lawmakers who hold the keys to approving his cabinet choices that four nominees may have an uphill battle.

During the discussion on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," co-host Joe Scarborough offered, "The four most horrifying selections thus far and they actually rank them in order, and I think depending on where you are, you know, you can move that list around, but I would tell you, for a lot of Republicans that are in the Senate and the House and who care about American national security, if you ask them, they will say it is Department of Defense."

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"If you talk to people, again, really conservative Republicans in the House, really conservative republicans in the Senate, they will say it is [DNI nominee] Tulsi Gabbard –– they're horrified by Tulsi Gabbard," he added. "If you talk to a lot of other people, they will say it is Matt Gaetz and John Heilemann has great reporting on that in a second about talking to Republicans on the Hill yesterday. So, it really is -- there are four picks right now that -- and, of course, RFK Jr., the New York Post keeps pounding RFK every day saying how nutty that selection is."

That led co-host Lemire to comment, "To Matt Gaetz, I was talking to a number of Republicans on the Hill yesterday, senators and aides, and there is real doubt that Gaetz can get through –– growing momentum here that this is one pick they will say 'no' to. I'm told some of the senators are telling Trump, 'Look, don't make us vote on this one, because we're going to have to vote against you, don't make us stand up against you, because this one is simply not palatable, we can't do it.'"

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Several key and influential Republican Senators are helping to support former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz's efforts to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's Attorney General, despite credible allegations he allegedly had sex with a minor, sex trafficked a minor, paid to have sex with at least two women, engaged in illicit drug use, and other damning claims.

The House Ethics Committee had been investigating Gaetz for years over the numerous allegations, including, it announced, that he “may have engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift, in violation of House Rules, laws, or other standards of conduct.”

While Democrats anxiously brace for Donald Trump’s return to the White House for a second term in which he is expected to load the federal judiciary with hard-right judicial picks, election results nationwide paint a surprisingly promising picture for progressives, according to one analysis.

Some of the less talked about election results that have a big impact on courts across the country were won in state Supreme Courts where voters across the country sent liberal justices, Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern wrote Tuesday. And that’s “a very big deal” for progressives across the country, he said, especially as federal courts have shifted rightward.

Donald Trump’s next White House press secretary praised the incoming president as being a great advocate for a free and fair press — just before trashing the media as “hostile and fake.”

The curious juxtaposition came Tuesday during Karoline Leavitt’s first interview since being named as Trump's next White House press secretary – the youngest person to hold the role. In her Fox News appearance, Leavitt said her boss — who repeatedly used the phrase "enemy from within" to describe media outlets that he viewed as unfavorable to him — praised his media-handling skills and his accessibility to the press.

Although Donald Trump is confident in his defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, two sources tell Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman that some of the president-elect's allies are worried the Fox News host won't "survive" the allegations against him.

Per the report, one source told Sherman "that transition members are frustrated that Hegseth failed to disclose he had paid a financial settlement to a woman who alleged he raped her at a Republican women’s event in 2017."

A fierce ally of Donald Trump — who was recently named his deputy chief of staff for policy — told a Fox News host on Tuesday night that the president-elect will use all "lawful" means to push through any Cabinet nominees who face a difficult confirmation.

Stephen Miller told Sean Hannity that Americans can expect Trump's mass deportation plan to be initiated at "light speed."

GOP lawmakers "are far from sold" on Donald Trump's plan to use "steep new tariffs to pay for tax cuts next year," Semafor reported Tuesday.

"I don’t like tariffs, Number One," Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told the news outlet. "I think the consumer pays them. So they’re regressive. They’re a sales tax, basically."

Welcome to Donald Trump’s TV show, where the president-elect is the casting director, and the White House is on the world stage.

That was the message from New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who appeared on CNN’s “OutFront” Tuesday and made the stark comparison during a discussion about Trump’s latest eyebrow-raising cabinet pick of Dr. Mehmet Oz as the country’s next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Donald Trump is reportedly expected to appoint Linda McMahon, the former co-founder of WWE and the chief of the Small Business Administration in his previous presidency, to head up the Department of Education.

The appointment, which swiftly followed Trump's announcement of TV personality and former Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz to head up the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, prompted an instant reaction from commenters on social media.

Donald Trump made yet another controversial nomination on Tuesday by announcing celebrity TV Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that administers health coverage to tens of millions of elderly and low-income people.

The announcement of Oz, who was notorious for pushing COVID-19 disinformation and hawking unproven supplements as miracle cures, and who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in Pennsylvania in the 2022 elections, drew praise from Trump's supporters — but mockery and criticism from other commenters on social media.

The Bulwark's editor-in-chief continued to express his disgust Tuesday with Donald Trump's Cabinet appointees who have allegations revolving around sex scandals in their past.

Fox News weekend host Pete Hegseth reportedly reached a financial settlement with a woman who accused him of sexual assault during a Republican women's conference in 2017. He has denied the allegations and maintained the encounter was consensual.

President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team have begun orchestrating what is being described as a “hostile takeover” of the federal government from his Mar-a-Lago golf resort, according to a new report.

While the incoming president and his transition team continue to build out his next administration with unorthodox Cabinet nominations that have stunned Capitol Hill, they are also skirting many traditional rules meant to facilitate a seamless transfer of power, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Donald Trump has chosen his campaign co-chair, Linda McMahon, to lead the Department of Education, CNN reported Tuesday afternoon.

The department has been flagged for dismantling or major overhaul by Project 2025 and even the president-elect himself.