Politics
Surprise far-right candidate leads in Romania’s presidential vote: Partial results
People pass by electoral posters with candidates for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Bucharest on November 22, 2024. Daniel Mihailescu | Afp | Getty Images Far-right, pro-Russia independent candidate Calin Georgescu won 22.94% of the vote in Romania’s presidential election on Sunday, securing an unexpected lead in the first round but falling short of […]
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Some Dems back Trump-pick Rubio for Secretary of State but remain critical of Hegseth, Gabbard and Gorka
A handful of Democrats are sounding their approval of Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State but others continue to doubt some cabinet picks made by President-elect Donald Trump. “I think Marco Rubio is enormously well-qualified for the job for which he’s been nominated,” Democratic Senator-elect from California Adam Schiff said on NBC’s […]
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Trump expected to pick Brooke Rollins to be Agriculture secretary, WSJ reports
A sign of United States Department of Agriculture is seen on USDA building in Washington D.C., United States on June 21, 2023. The United States Department of Agriculture has approved selling cell-cultured chicken. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Celal Gunes | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected […]
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Trump picks congresswoman Lori Chavez-Deremer to be labor secretary
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., participates in the House Transportation Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Transportation’s Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request” in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday he has chosen […]
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Trump hush money sentencing delayed indefinitely
Former US President Donald Trump attends the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 16, 2024. Mary Altaffer | AFP | Getty Images A New York judge Friday indefinitely postponed President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his […]
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Former New York cop pleads guilty to foreign exchange fund fraud conspiracy
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, speaks during a news conference in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., October 22, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former New York City police officer Jason Rodriguez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to his role as the chief operating officer of a […]
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Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he’s withdrawing
US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks to members of the media after speaking on the House floor about a possible Motion to Vacate to oust US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Matt Gaetz said Thursday he […]
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tapped to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as new DOGE subcommittee chair
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., attends a roundtable discussion with members of the House Freedom Caucus on the COVID-19 pandemic at The Heritage Foundation on Thursday, November 10, 2022. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has been tapped to lead a new House subcommittee that will work […]
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Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental missile in an attack for the first time in the war
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Yevgeny Balitsky, Moscow-installed governor of the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region (not pictured), amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 18, 2024. Vyacheslav Prokofyev | Via Reuters Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of […]
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Ethics Committee deadlocks on releasing Matt Gaetz sex, drug probe report
The sign for the House Committee on Ethics is seen outside of their office in the Longworth House Office Building on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The bipartisan House Ethics Committee deadlocked Wednesday on whether to release a report on its investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and other […]
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