Jan. 6 committee member says pardons are unnecessary: ‘We didn’t do anything wrong’

Rep. Pete Aguilar, a top Democrat who served on the congressional committee investigating President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, isn’t expecting any favors from the outgoing commander-in-chief.  He said he thinks a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden, protecting him from Trump’s potential retaliation, is unnecessary because the Jan. 6 committee […]

Trump AG pick Pam Bondi would ‘make America safe again’ with ‘back to basics’ DOJ approach: former colleague

Former FBI Special Agent Nicole Parker, who worked hand-in-hand with Trump’s pick for attorney general, said Pam Bondi is a ‘woman of integrity’ who, if confirmed, would prosecute fairly and stick to the U.S. Constitution. Parker told Fox News Digital that she worked with Bondi after the February 2018 Stoneman Douglas massacre in Parkland, Florida, […]

Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America’s top diplomat

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is bracing himself for the hot seat as he prepares to sit through the often-arduous confirmation hearing process on Wednesday with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as he vies to lead the State Department under the next Trump administration.  Though Rubio is not expected to get off easy in […]

Trump attorney general nominee Pam Bondi to testify before Judiciary Committee

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection to be attorney general in his new administration faces the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning at a confirmation hearing.  Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ) in late November after former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., withdrew from consideration.  The Wednesday hearing begins […]

Canadian leader meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discusses energy relationship

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and President-elect Trump met on Saturday and discussed the ‘mutual importance’ of a U.S.-Canadian energy relationship and the hundreds of thousands of American jobs supported through Albertan exports. ‘Over the last 24 hours I had the opportunity to meet President [Trump] at Mar-a-Lago last night and at his golf club this […]

Senate GOP tees up confirmation hearing blitz in effort to meet ambitious Trump targets

Republicans will hold confirmation hearings this week for more than a dozen high-profile administration picks for President-elect Trump’s next term, including those for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D. Hegseth, Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick, will have one of the first hearings on Tuesday, when he will go before the […]

Influential leader of Canada’s Ontario province seeks Trump, Musk meeting: US ‘needs us like we need them’

After President-elect Trump mused about using ‘economic force’ to acquire Canada as the 51st state during his Mar-a-Lago news conference on Tuesday, outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded on social media that ‘there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.’ However, as Trudeau announced on Monday his plan […]

Trump fills latest Cabinet spots as Jan. 20 inauguration nears

President-elect Trump announced his latest picks to join the growing number of Cabinet choices as his Jan. 20th inauguration nears.  Trump, in a Friday evening announcement, said that Bill Briggs would serve as the next Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. If confirmed, Briggs will serve alongside Trump’s pick for SBA Administrator, Kelly […]

Dems eerily silent on Trump sentencing as they prepare for Republican trifecta in Washington

Democratic lawmakers were noticeably silent following the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump despite previously commenting on the cases against him, as Washington prepares for a Republican trifecta in Congress. Trump was sentenced on Friday after being found guilty on 34 charges related to falsifying business records in May. The incoming president was sentenced to unconditional […]