A French student detained in Tunisia returns to Paris after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday that President-elect Trump knew she did not want to serve in his second administration when he publicly announced over the weekend that he would not be offering her a job. "I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to...

"Latino male Trump voter told CNN mass deportation won't extend to law-abiding workers. 'That wouldn't be fair. They need to make sure that they don't throw away, they don't kick out, they don't deport people that are family oriented.'"

In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's decision to appoint ex-Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his Director of National Intelligence, reports have resurfaced of her ties to a religious sect described as a "cult"—a connection that has the potential to throw her nomination, which requires Senate confirmation, into jeopardy. Gabbard became the first American Samoan and practicing Hindu in Congress when she joined the U.S. House representing Hawaii's 2nd congressional district in 2013. She re

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pleaded with fellow Republicans to back Donald Trump's choice as attorney general, Matt Gaetz, after initially sounding skeptical about the bombshell pick. Appearing on Fox News' Hannity on Wednesday, Graham said: "To every Republican, give Matt a chance." His remark came amid a growing rebellion from GOP ranks over the surprise decision. Several Republican senators openly showed their disdain, saying it wasn't a "serious" appointment.

It's unlikely that Trump can turn the country into a dictatorship with a few strokes of a pen. The courts are working in America, the sprawling federal bureaucracy is formidable and presidents do not control the individual states.

Naughty List While Elon Musk and president-elect Donald Trump are apparently closer than ever, the famously mercurial Trump seems to be growing weary of Musk's clinginess. "Elon won't go home. I can't get rid of him," Trump teased at a Capitol Hill meeting on Wednesday, as reported by The Hill. "Until I don't like him." [...]

Within minutes of President-elect Donald Trump's announcement of Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth as his selection for Secretary of Defense, current and former senior military commanders began messaging and calling me with their reactions. "Ridiculous," said one. "An effing (euphemism inserted) nightmare," said another. To be clear, these were not partisans, but senior commanders who have served under both Presidents Trump and Joe Biden.

Despite the constant debunking of UFO sightings, skeptics and grifters claim that aliens have visited Earth in vehicles beyond human comprehension but decided not to implode the planet to build an interstellar bypass. These so-called experts were again given a platform in Congress at a House Oversight hearing on Wednesday titled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she was "pretty sure" the next attorney general would prosecute people for "crimes against humanity" committed during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Preparing for the next pandemic is actually recognizing that the last pandemic resulted in crimes against humanity," Greene said during a hearing on preparing for future pandemics. "People that...

The tradition-bucking Melania Trump likely won't call the White House home these next four years. Discussions about how—and where—the 52-year-old will spend her days in Donald Trump's second term remains "ongoing," CNN reported Wednesday, but sources said she's "unlikely to move to Washington full time in her second go-round as first lady." Melania won't be entirely absent in Washington, the network reported. She's still expected to turn up to major events like state dinners and have her own "pl

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, is now refusing to stand by her previous push for Ukraine's NATO membership — a stance she once framed as critical to regional stability.

Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, affirmed President-elect Trump's decision to appoint Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense on Wednesday. "Pete served 20 years. He was awarded the Bronze Star twice in Iraq and Afghanistan. He's somebody that I got to know when he was running Concerned...

Government Affairs Former military officials have once again claimed, despite the Pentagon's declarations to the contrary, that the United States has recovered alien technology. As NPR reports, these latest House Oversight Subcommittee hearings contained claims both bombastic and pragmatic as ex-government officials insisted that the truth is out there. Chief among these witnesses was Luis "Lue" [...]

White House Down Babyish billionaire Elon Musk and Donald Trump have been growing closer recently, though the President-elect's team is reportedly weary of their relationship. "He's behaving as if he's a co-president and making sure everyone knows it," one person familiar with the matter told NBC News. Recently, Trump announced that Musk and former Republican [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon. The planning for the firings is at an early stage after Trump's Nov. 5 election victory and could change as Trump's administration takes shape, said the sources, who are familiar with the Trump transition and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the plans. One of the sources questioned the feasibility of a mass firing at the Pentagon.

Two prominent supporters of President-elect Trump's campaign have emerged as the front-runners to lead the Treasury Department during his second administration. Trump has reportedly narrowed his list to Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, and Howard Lutnick, chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald. Both spent millions to reelect Trump, have played key roles in...

On Wednesday, a new slate of witnesses provided fresh testimony to Congress on UFO sightings and what the government may (or may not) know about them.

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Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) weighed in on President-elect Trump's decision to tap Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his Defense chief, suggesting he will be "easily confirmed." "I dare any Republican senator to vote against him," Chaffetz told Fox News's Laura Ingraham. "That is not in their best interest." "And we need to get...

Bill Clinton has revealed his fury at NBC News' Craig Melvin daring to ask him why he had not personally apologized to Monica Lewinsky in a new memoir. The book, Citizen, was obtained by The Guardian, and includes a passage in which he goes on offense against Melvin, the Today Show anchor who quizzed him on his affair with the 22-year-old White House intern in a 2018 interview. According to Clinton, during an interview about a novel co-authored by the former president and thriller writer James P

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, said on Wednesday that the country is not safe and criticized the previous president for a failed security policy and refusing to accept American assistance. "The reality is that at the moment Mexico is not safe," Salazar said during a press conference at his residence in Mexico City. The ambassador criticized former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador directly, saying security coordination between Mexico and the U.S. had suffered during his term.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped firebrand former congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general without telling his incoming chief of staff. Trump was advised to make the shock decision by his longtime advisor Boris Epshteyn, who was indicted earlier this year in Arizona for his alleged participation in a fake electors scheme, according to a report in Politico. Epshteyn and Gaetz were part of a MAGA entourage on Trump's plane yesterday flying to Washington, D.C. along with the president-e