John Bolton, President-elect Trump’s former national security adviser, is warning that Republican senators will be judged harshly by history if they confirm Kash Patel as the next FBI director. Patel, who has called for shuttering the FBI’s headquarters in Washington and

(The Hill) - President-elect Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him the "governor" of the "Great State of Canada." "It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,"

(The Hill) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), one of the Senate’s most prominent progressives, says he likely won’t run again for the Senate after his fourth term expires in 2030. Asked in an interview with Politico whether this would be his

(The Hill) - President-elect Trump and those in his circle may have some ground to make up compared to former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci when it comes to earning trust related to medical information, according to a new

(NewsNation) — A federal judge in the case of Ryan Routh, who is accused in the attempted assassination of President-elect Donald Trump at one of his Florida golf courses in September, will decide in the "not so distant future" whether

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Defense, faces a nasty Senate confirmation hearing that would likely be uglier than the battle over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Cornyn says he

(NewsNation) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, but Republicans are not expecting to gain much new insight. Blinken’s appearance before the GOP-led

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Pete Hegseth is looking to win over a pair of key Republican moderates as he tries to keep his hopes of leading the Defense Department from being derailed. The former Fox News host huddled with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday

House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on Tuesday lamented the inclusion of a provision banning coverage of gender-affirming care for minors in the annual defense authorization bill, saying that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) did not consult him about

(NewsNation) —  The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee is set to hear Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak on the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal on Wednesday. Thirteen U.S. service members and 170 Afghans died in a suicide bombing at the Abbey

(NewsNation) — Capitol Police arrested a 33-year-old man accused of assaulting Rep. Nancy Mace on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Officers identified the suspect as James McIntyre of Illinois, Axios reported. Following an investigative interview, McIntyre was arrested and charged with assaulting

President-elect Trump has tapped Andrew Ferguson, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as the next head of the independent agency. Trump, in a statement Tuesday night, touted Ferguson's hard-line approach toward protecting free speech and what the president-elect described

President-elect Trump on Tuesday announced his one-time ambassador to El Salvador, Ron Johnson, would serve as ambassador to Mexico in his upcoming administration. Johnson, who shares a name with the GOP senator from Wisconsin, will take on one of the highest-profile

(NewsNation) — Former GOP Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel, said he "commends" the Biden administration for acknowledging "Israel has a right to defend itself." Israel said Tuesday it had bombed more than 350 military sites in