President-elect Donald Trump responded Monday to special counsel Jack Smith's move to dismiss the two felony cases against him. "These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought," Trump wrote on his social media platform. Vice President-elect JD Vance said Trump could have "spent the rest of his life in prison" had the outcome of the 2024 race been different.
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.
The federal case against President-elect Donald Trump, which stemmed from Smith's investigation into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, was dismissed on Monday.
President-elect Donald Trump responded Monday to special counsel Jack Smith's move to dismiss the two felony cases against him. "These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought," Trump wrote on his social media platform. Vice President-elect JD Vance said Trump could have "spent the rest of his life in prison" had the outcome of the 2024 race been different.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) will resign from the House on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Trump takes office, to become the national security adviser for Trump’s second term, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. His upcoming resignation means that House Republicans, who were already slated to have a razor-tight majority, will…
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will hold its leadership elections Feb. 1, less than two weeks after President-elect Trump is inaugurated. Elections will take place at the party’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Md., according to a Monday press release. Jamie Harrison, chair of the DNC, rolled out next steps for the election, which will decide the roles of chair, vice chairs,…
Special counsel Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases’ dismissal in court filings Monday.
President-elect Trump began endorsing fellow Republicans this week to replace members of Congress who have vacated their seats to join Trump's Cabinet.
New York Times analyst Nate Cohn said President-elect Donald Trump had effectively destroyed Democratic Party hopes of a permanent, multicultural majority.
The election of a new chair of the Democratic National Committee, along with other top leadership positions, will be Feb. 1, 2025, at the party’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, according to a DNC official. This selection of incoming DNC officers, which includes chair, vice chairs, treasurer, secretary, and national finance chair positions, comes as the party grapples with the results of the 2024 election, when they lost the presidency, control of the U.S. Senate and were not able to earn the majority in the House. Laying out the next steps for party leadership, current DNC Chair Jamie Harrison -- who is not vying for a second term -- also announced on Monday that the party will host four forums for candidates to make their case to the 448 active DNC members who will be voting on their bids.
The Rev. William Barber, the prominent Black spiritual leader who supported Kamala Harris, suggests a way forward for left-leaning Americans who are struggling in the wake of the election.
President-elect Trump urged Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis to run in the special election for former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R) seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District on Monday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called Patronis “a wonderful friend to me and to MAGA.” “As your next Congressman, Jimmy would work tirelessly alongside…
Hedge fund executive Bessent will be Trump’s primary conduit to Wall Street investors who are skeptical of the president-elect's punishing trade agenda.
Vaccines, crypto and TikTok are among the areas where Trump's position has shifted since his first term. In some cases, he's reversed himself entirely.
Republicans are optimistic and relieved, while Democrats are afraid and angry in the wake of President-elect Trump’s defeat of Vice President Harris, according to a Gallup survey released Monday. In the Gallup survey, 86 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they are “optimistic” as a “reaction to Donald Trump being elected president,” according to…
President-elect Trump has assembled his Cabinet, and senior staff positions are filling up for his second term in the White House before taking office in January. Trump has nominated leaders for 15 government agencies that make up a presidential Cabinet, plus other top administration jobs that require Senate confirmation, along with appointing senior staff. Here’s…
Vice President Kamala Harris is searching for next steps in her political career after losing the election, according to some former aides and allies of Harris.
Liberals who are disappointed by Kamala Harris' loss have completely shut off the news in the weeks following the election, according to the Washington Post.
Rep. Mike Carey, among Ohio Republicans vying for JD Vance's Senate seat, said he's best equipped to implement President-elect Trump's agenda on "day one."
Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) vote to impeach President-elect Trump could come back to haunt him ahead of his 2026 reelection bid. Cassidy was one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump in 2021, and he has at times been vocally critical of the president-elect. Trump, in turn, has bashed him as a “A TOTAL FLAKE”…
Donald Trump’s Senate allies are racing to defend Tulsi Gabbard, his pick to lead US intelligence services, in what could become the next test of the president-elect’s bid to install provocative nominees — and of any Republican appetite to stop him.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., on Sunday suggested that one of President-elect Donald Trump’s first priorities in his new term should be to fire any staff at the Justice Department who worked on cases that involved charges against Trump.
Arizona Rep.-elect Yassamin Ansari (D) shared why she thinks she won in her swing state but Vice President Harris didn’t, while also weighing in on immigration as President-elect Trump prepares his deportation crackdown. Ansari joined NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt on “The Hill Sunday,” where she said she and her new Democratic members of the House have…
Donald Trump Jr. has emerged as the most influential Trump family member in the transition as the president-elect builds the most controversial cabinet in modern U.S. history.
Wisconsin is bracing for a high-stakes state Supreme Court election that will determine its balance of power just months after President-elect Trump flipped the battleground state. Dane County Judge Susan Crawford and former state Attorney General Brad Schimel (R) are vying for retiring liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s seat on the high court, which currently has a 4-3 liberal tilt. Republicans are eager to net a seat on the court after losing a consequential Wisconsin Supreme Court race two years ago, handing Democrats control for the first time in 15 years.
A majority of voters say they approve of President-elect Trump’s handling of the presidential transition so far as the country continues to hold its breath for a peaceful transfer of power in January. A new CBS News poll released Sunday found that 59 percent of voters say they approve of Trump’s handling of his presidential…
In an on-camera interview, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas shared hope and prayers for the nation at Thanksgiving as a new Trump administration soon takes office.
In an on-camera interview, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas shared hope and prayers for the nation at Thanksgiving as a new Trump administration soon takes office.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he would support some of his Republican colleagues being nominated for various Cabinet positions in President-elect Trump’s administration, saying he is “not sure” why the decision to do so would be controversial. During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” the Pennsylvania Democrat said he would support some of Trump’s nominations, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)…
In 2013, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office faced a decision: whether to join investigations from other state attorneys general into Trump University, where students paid up to $35,000 for business classes that critics claimed were fraudulent.
Questions are swirling over Vice President Harris’s next move as she readies to exit the White House in the wake of her loss to President-elect Trump. Early polling suggests Democrats want to see Harris back in the running for the Oval Office in 2028, despite her defeat this cycle. But some in the party speculate the vice…
Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her bid for a second term this month, despite strong backing from union members, a key part of the Democratic base but gravitating in the Trump era toward a Republican Party traditionally allied with business interests.
With his new pick for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump has found not only a powerhouse media strategist and loyal ally, but a tenacious litigator known for her battles in court for conservative causes.
Democrats are more pessimistic about the future of their party after President-elect Trump’s victory over Vice President Harris earlier this month, a new survey shows. The data, released Friday by the Pew Research Center, found that nearly half of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, 49 percent, are pessimistic about the future. On the flip side, around…
Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is reportedly under consideration by President-elect Trump to be special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
President-elect Trump selected billionaire investor Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury Department on Friday as the former president continues to call for an increase in tariffs and major shifts in the country’s global trade operations. Bessent raked in profits as the founder of hedge fund Key Square Group, and he helped finance Trump’s second campaign…
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) recently criticized President-elect Trump’s pick of former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department, calling her a “massive election denier” and “Trump apologist.” “Pam Bondi was the attorney general of the state of Florida for eight years, and so she does have the requisite experience. But she…
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair Ken Martin criticized the party for losing to Republicans this election cycle, describing the loss as a “damning indictment” from the American people during a Friday evening appearance on The Lead with Jake Tapper. “For the first time, the majority of Americans believe that the Republican Party best represents…
