Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s Trump-endorsed rival said he called the veteran Ohio congresswoman to concede defeat in the 2024 election. In a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, fourth-term state Rep. Derek Merrin did not rule out running for Kaptur's seat again in two years, but he said his immediate plans were to rest and recharge with his family. The race for Ohio's 9th Congressional District was not settled until this Wednesday, when official results landed Kaptur ahead of Merrin by about 2,300 votes, or 0.7% of the vote.
President-elect Donald Trump has laid out an ambitious agenda that he has promised will go into effect on Jan. 20, the day he will be sworn into office for his second term.
President-elect Donald Trump’s recipe for victory in Tuesday’s election was built on his ability to improve his support from 2020 with several different demographic groups, exit polls show.
President-elect Trump on Friday named billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary. Bessent would be the key leader of the president-elect’s economic team, which will be tasked with imposing an aggressive tariff regime meant to shake up global trade while keeping financial markets calm amid the disruption. Notably, Trump’s official announcement of Bessent…
Following news Friday that former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz does not intend to return to Congress after he withdrew from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, it appears his seat will be vacant for months -- presenting a challenge for House Republicans who already maintain a slim majority in the incoming Congress. On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis set the FL-01 special election primary for Jan. 28 and the general election for April 1.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) called New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) “the new Joe Biden,” an apparent nod to pushback the president faced for not dropping out of the presidential race despite the slew of figures who called on him to do so earlier this year. “Kathy Hochul is the new Joe Biden. She may…
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) said he wasn’t completely sold on his vote to support Dr. Mehmet Oz after President-elect Trump picked his former political rival to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). “Freakouts are rarely illuminating. I never committed to a yes, just an open dialogue lol,” he wrote Friday on…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., argued the economy was the primary reason why President-elect Trump won the election after a "View" co-host blamed racism.
President-elect Trump is expected to name former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to serve as secretary of Agriculture, a source close to the transition told The Hill. Loeffler is currently the co-chair of Trump’s second inaugural committee, ahead of his January 2025 swearing in, along with real estate mogul Steve Witkoff. Loeffler briefly represented Georgia in…
Ohio Republican Derek Merrin has conceded in his House race against incumbent Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). Merrin, a member of the Ohio state House, revealed Friday morning in a video on social platform X that he called Kaptur to congratulate her on keeping her seat and “wish her the best moving forward.” “We knew this…
President-elect Trump again turned to a loyalist in tapping former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ). Trump named his choice Thursday, just hours after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) withdrew from consideration his nomination that was plagued by allegations that he had sexual relations with a minor, which he…
A Democratic member of the five-person U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday he will step down more than two years early, leaving just two Republicans and one Democrat in place from the start of President-elect Donald Trump's administration in January. Commissioner Jaime Lizarraga, a former aide to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who in 2022 was confirmed to a five-year SEC term, cited his wife's poor health in announcing his decision. The news comes a day after SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced he would leave the commission on Jan. 20, the day of Trump's scheduled inauguration.
Democrats have the most pessimistic view of their party's future recorded in eight years after President-elect Trump won the 2024 presidential election, a new Pew Research survey shows.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s Trump-endorsed rival said he called the veteran Ohio congresswoman to concede defeat in the 2024 election. In a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, fourth-term state Rep. Derek Merrin did not rule out running for Kaptur's seat again in two years, but he said his immediate plans were to rest and recharge with his family. The race for Ohio's 9th Congressional District was not settled until this Wednesday, when official results landed Kaptur ahead of Merrin by about 2,300 votes, or 0.7% of the vote.
Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers is no longer in contention to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to Dan Scavino, a senior adviser to President-elect Trump.
Judge Juan Merchan on Friday granted President-elect Trump's request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in New York v. Trump and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect from the schedule.
President-elect Trump’s sentencing in his New York criminal case will not go forward as planned next week as his attorneys push to dismiss the prosecution following his election victory. Judge Juan Merchan, who oversees the trial proceedings, announced the adjournment in a letter Friday. The judge halted the case to accept additional written briefing on…
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the new chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, says President-elect Trump is on-board to help protect and expand the newly won GOP Senate majority
Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and President-elect Trump’s daughter-in-law, said people shouldn’t be afraid of his return to power. The RNC co-chair, who has been discussed as a potential appointment to an open Florida Senate seat, blamed any such worries on “fearmongering” by the president-elect’s critics. “Well, let me just first…
Democrats lost Nevada in the presidential race for the first time in 20 years, with Donald Trump defeating Kamala Harris, but the party feels it has a strong roadmap to win again in 2028.
Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has called a Democrat-backed recount of her 2024 House race a waste of taxpayer money while she leads Christina Bohannan by fewer than 1,000 votes.
The draft agreement comes with many uncertainties about which nations will provide how much financing to poorer countries, especially with a new Trump era looming in the U.S.
President-elect Trump has suffered a self-inflicted black eye with the withdrawal of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) from consideration as attorney general. Trump had startled even some of his supporters by choosing Gaetz for the crucial position atop the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the first place. Now he is seeking to move on as…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is hoping to lead the Democrat Senate campaign arm in 2026, says Democrats waited too long to propose solutions for the immigration crisis.
Vice President Harris and her vice presidential pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), will address her campaign’s top donors over a call next week, a source familiar with the planning told The Hill. The meeting comes weeks after Harris lost to President-elect Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Trump won all seven battleground states, secured…
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General and loyalist Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General, moving swiftly to replace his former nominee Matt Gaetz after the embattled former congressman withdrew from consideration. Gaetz was the subject of a House Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having sex with an underage 17-year-old girl and illicit drug use. Bondi, 59, was the top law enforcement officer of the country's third most populous state from 2011 to 2019, and served on Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) weighed in Thursday on fellow Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey’s (D) concession in the contentious upper-chamber race, hailing him as “Pennsylvania’s best senator.” Fetterman’s reaction came just minutes after Casey, a three-term senator, conceded to Republican challenger Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania’s Senate race that went to a recount. “This hit me,” Fetterman…
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania conceded his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick on Thursday, as a statewide recount showed no signs of closing the gap and his campaign suffered blows in court in its effort to get favorable ballots counted. Republicans had been claiming that Democrats were trying to steal McCormick’s seat by counting “illegal votes.” Casey’s campaign had accused of Republicans of trying to block enough legitimate votes to prevent him from pulling ahead and winning.
Trump's Cabinet selection process is off to a rocky start, with Matt Gaetz withdrawing from AG consideration and several other picks facing controversies.
On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, Trump announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is his second choice to fill that role in his administration. Bondi, 59, has remained in Trump’s inner circle for years and has continued to advise him on legal matters. "I have known Pam for many years -- She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a terrific job as Attorney General!" Trump said in a Truth Social post.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hardline Republican Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general after the former lawmaker faced opposition from Senate Republicans over his past conduct. Gaetz, who resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives last week, was the subject of an Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having sex with an underage 17-year-old girl. The nomination was an early test of Trump's power over Congress, where his Republican Party will hold majorities in both chambers next year.
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) has conceded to Republican challenger Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania’s Senate race on Thursday. “I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate,” Casey said in a statement released on Thursday. “As the first count of ballots is completed, Pennsylvanians can move…
