Texas Supreme Court rules lawmakers can't stop executions after their last-minute subpoena spared Robert Roberson

Capitol Hill Democrats are pressing the White House to pull out all the stops to gird the executive branch against President-elect's Trump's promised efforts to tear down federal agencies and restructure them to his liking. The lawmakers want President Biden to get aggressive — and creative — with unilateral actions in the final weeks of...

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...

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...

"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.'"

Rep. Matt Gaetz is resigning from Congress, effective immediately, just hours after President-elect Donald Trump named the Republican firebrand as his selection for attorney general. House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed the news to reporters Wednesday night, saying that he hopes to have a replacement for his seat by Jan. 3. "He issued his resignation letter effective immediately," Johnson said. "That caught us by surprise a little bit."

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.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday pushed back on criticism that his Chicago police budget plan endangers the department's compliance with the federal consent decree, despite dire warnings from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the court-ordered independent monitor. Raoul on Tuesday wrote to "strongly urge" Johnson against slashing unfilled Chicago Police Department positions in the ...

A far-right activist testifying against bills to ban guns from the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, which he claimed targeted white people, was gaveled down Thursday and dismissed after using the n-word. The individual in question identified himself as Avi Rachlin, while his sign-in card said he was representing "Groypers for America," referencing a far-right movement [...]

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." [...]

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...

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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...

Spear points, hammer stones and picks lost to history under layers of leaves, roots and rocks — it was the evidence Scott Ashcraft was looking for. The ancient tools were inadvertently unearthed in 2021 by a bulldozer fighting a wildfire along a steep slope in western North Carolina. Ashcraft, a career U.S. Forest Service archaeologist, knew these wooded mountainsides held more clues to early human history in the Appalachian Mountains than anyone had imagined.

"Sad to say that if slavery were on the ballot today, it would overwhelmingly pass. This is how deeply Trump has stoked the racism in this country, and it came through for him."

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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President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump met in the Oval Office for nearly two hours on Wednesday, resuming a hallmark of America's peaceful transfer of power that Trump himself flouted in 2020. President Biden spoke first, calling for a "smooth transition" and telling Trump he would do "everything we can to make sure you're accommodated." "Politics is tough, and it's, in many cases, not a very nice world but it is a nice world today," Trump said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named incendiary Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz to be his nominee for attorney general, selecting an ally who has faced Justice Department scrutiny to run the agency. "Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans' badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department," Trump said in a statement announcing the selection, which would be subject to confirmation by the Republican-majority Senate. The choice of a 42-year-old congressman who has never worked in the Justice Department or as a prosecutor at any level of government was the latest in a wave of Trump nominations of candidates with scant experience.

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

American voters are unfazed by President-elect Trump's various misdeeds, said retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a longtime conservative jurist who has vocally opposed the former president. "The American voters do not care about who, as an individual, is in the White House," Luttig said Wednesday evening during a panel hosted by the Society for...