(NewsNation) — With the 2024 election cycle in the rearview mirror, Democrats are searching for new leadership as they look towards the 2026 midterm and next presidential elections in 2028. Two candidates, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Minnesota Democratic Chair

Senate Republicans aired frustrations Tuesday after Vice President-elect Vance and other party members skipped votes Monday, greasing the skids for Democratic-backed judicial nominees to be greenlighted as part of a final push to fill the bench with lifetime appointees before

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday rejected the idea that voters delivered an Election Day mandate to Donald Trump and the Republicans, arguing that the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House means that nothing will get done in

Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the incoming Republican chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday that the House Ethics Committee would help speed up the Senate’s consideration of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to lead the Justice Department if it

Video courtesy of SpaceX. President-elect Trump joined Elon Musk on Tuesday in Texas to observe the launch of a SpaceX rocket as the two leaders have spent significant time together since Election Day. Trump was joined by some of his staff and Republican lawmakers, including

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator.  Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 with Trump's endorsement and has been a

President-elect Trump is expected to nominate Howard Lutnick to serve as Commerce secretary, a source familiar told The Hill. Lutnick is the chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and is also currently serving as co-chair of the Trump transition. He has

(NewsNation) — A report released by a Republican Senator Tuesday claims that “failures” by President Joe Biden’s administration have led to the “exploitation and abuse of migrant children.” Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, launched a formal investigation more than a year and a

Vice President-elect JD Vance will make the rounds with GOP senators later this week to introduce them to former-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s picks to head the Justice and Defense departments.GOP senators say that Vance, a

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sidestepped any specifics Tuesday when asked about Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who will be the first transgender member of the House, amid an effort by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) to ban transgender women from single-sex facilities

(NewsNation) — Hundreds of anti-capital punishment groups are calling on President Joe Biden to commute federal death row sentences during his remaining months in office fearing a renewed “execution spree” under President-elect Donald Trump.  “Suddenly the whole world has changed and

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The case in which Donald Trump was convicted on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star should be paused in light of his election victory to allow Trump to seek dismissal, New York prosecutors said on Tuesday. Trump, 78, is hoping to

(NewsNation) — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is taking some initial steps, including building out its internal staff, a source familiar with the planning shared with NewsNation. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who President-elect Donald Trump

Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday said they will oppose President-elect Trump’s demand to dismiss his New York criminal conviction following the election, instead floating the judge could freeze the case until Trump leaves office. In a new letter, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin