Schumer directs Dems to to put pressure on Trump nominees ahead of confirmation hearings

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., instructed his caucus not to hold back when it comes to confirmation hearings beginning this week for some of President-elect Trump’s nominees for top roles.  During last week’s caucus lunch, Schumer said these hearings will be an opportunity for them to grill Trump’s choices and ask them questions about … Read more

‘Make Greenland Great Again’: Trump’s House GOP allies unveil bill to authorize country’s purchase

FIRST ON FOX: President-elect Donald Trump’s House GOP allies are clearing the runway for him to make good on his vow to acquire Greenland. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is leading a bill to authorize Trump to enter negotiations with Denmark over purchasing Greenland, a territory located in North America but with longstanding cultural and geopolitical … Read more

JD Vance walks back Trump’s pledge to pardon January 6 protesters on day one – US politics live

Incoming vice-president says people who ‘committed violence’ shouldn’t be pardoned as surveys suggest blanket pardons would be unpopular with Americans Vance says Trump supporters who ‘committed violence’ during Capitol attack shouldn’t be pardoned The excessive drinking and marital infidelity Pete Hegseth is reported to have engaged in as a civilian would have put him at … Read more

NH bill would divide presidential electors by district: ‘We want voters to feel their vote counts’

New Hampshire lawmakers are looking to mirror Maine and Nebraska, and make theirs the third state that divides its presidential electors by congressional district in what a top Republican proponent called a bid to give more power to the voters. Senate Bill 11, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Bill Gannon and seven other Republicans, … Read more