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Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick to oversee Jan. 6 cases, backed rioters and spread conspiracy theories
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who Donald Trump wants to be the next attorney general of the United States, has spread lies about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and championed the cause of Jan. 6 defendants whose cases he would oversee if confirmed to the job.
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Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary, faced sex assault allegation
Hegseth, a former Fox News host, was not charged with a crime in connection with the reported 2017 incident.
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Will Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's new ‘department' actually be able to do anything?
The “Department of Government Efficiency” won’t be a real government agency. In fact, it won’t even be part of the federal government.
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5 things to know about Steven Cheung
Here are five things to know about Steven Cheung.
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5 things to know about Sergio Gor
Here are five things to know about Sergio Gor, assistant to President-elect Donald Trump and Director of the Presidential Personnel Office during the Trump administration’s second term.
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Republicans made substantial gains in state legislative battlegrounds
Republicans ended up flipping, maintaining control of, or expanding their majority in nearly all of the state legislative chambers across the country where partisan control was up for grabs on Election Day.
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Trump to nominate his criminal defense lawyer for deputy attorney general
The president-elect said he’d chosen Todd Blanche, who represented him in his criminal trial this year, for the No. 2 job at the Justice Department.
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Trump chooses former Rep. Doug Collins to run Veterans Affairs
Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Who is RFK Jr.? What to know as Trump announces pick for HHS secretary
President-elect Donald Trump plans to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department. But who is he? Here’s what to know.
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President-elect Trump to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.
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Elon Musk's new ‘department' seeks ‘super high-IQ' staff for unpaid jobs
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new commission to slash government spending began soliciting applications for staff jobs Thursday, saying it wants to hire “revolutionaries” who score highly on IQ tests.
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Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for Health and Human Services secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and more: Who Trump has picked for key positions so far, and what they'll do
President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.
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Trump's pick for defense secretary wants to purge the Pentagon of ‘woke' officials
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, said he believes women shouldn’t serve in combat and that he wants to see the military purged of “woke” officials who support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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Philadelphia DA failed to show that Elon Musk's voter sweepstakes was illegal: Judge
A Philadelphia judge said the $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because prosecutors failed to show that it was an illegal lottery.
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Who is Matt Gaetz? Full list of people Trump has picked for key positions so far
President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.
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Having trouble keeping track of all of Trump's choices? Here's a quick guide
Since his election last week, President-elect Donald Trump has announced over a dozen appointments to key cabinet positions and other high-profile posts in his administration. Each day has brought new announcements.
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5 things to know about Tulsi Gabbard
Here are five things to know about Tulsi Gabbard, an American politician and U.S. Army Reserve officer.
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Trump picks ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as director of national intelligence, continuing to stock his Cabinet with loyal personalities complimentary to his own, rather than long-term professionals in their requisite fields.
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Republicans win the House, NBC News projects, as Trump's party takes full control of Washington
Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected Wednesday, handing President-elect Donald Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington.