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Matt Gaetz withdraws nomination for Attorney General amid sexual misconduct allegations
Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his nomination for Attorney General amid numerous sexual misconduct allegations. NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.
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5 things to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz hosted a long-running television show before pivoting to politics.
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House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday
Many Senate Republicans want the House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz to be released. Gaetz is a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments
The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.
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Woman told House ethics committee she saw Gaetz have sex with minor, her lawyer says
Matt Gaetz is president-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become U.S. attorney general.
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RFK. Jr's controversial health stances, from vaccines to raw milk
Kennedy is Trump’s pick for health secretary, but he has a history of spreading misinformation about a range of issues.
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Democrats are already looking to revamp their early state primary calendar for 2028
Some caution that putting South Carolina to the back of the line-up could alienate Black voters.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he will ‘strongly request' that Ethics Committee withhold its Matt Gaetz report
Johnson said that it would be a “terrible breach of protocol” if the committee released the report on Gaetz, who resigned from the House this week.
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5 things to know about Doug Collins
Former Georgia congressman Doug Collins is a former member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command who fought in the Iraq War.
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5 things to know about Doug Burgum
Here are five things to know about North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.
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A look inside the confirmation process for Trump's appointees
As President-elect Donald Trump announces appointments for his upcoming cabinet, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern takes a look inside what the confirmation process looks like.
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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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Gov. Pritzker forms coalition of Democratic governors to oppose Trump policies
As President-elect Donald Trump continues to fill out his prospective cabinet, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis have formed an alliance of Democratic governors who aim to oppose Trump’s agenda.
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Stephen Miller expected to be named Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff for policy at the White House, a source with knowledge of the transition team’s plans said Monday, NBC News reports.
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5 things to know about Tom Homan
Here are five things to know about former police officer and immigration officer Tom Homan.
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Muslim voters once abandoned the GOP. Now they may leave the Democrats
Arab and Muslim voters moved away from the Democratic Party this year in ways that led some community leaders to warn of a lasting shift from a voting bloc that has been reliably Democratic for two decades since it abandoned the GOP, NBC News reports.
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Trump names campaign manager Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
Wiles will be the first ever female White House chief of staff.
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Millions at risk of losing health insurance following Trump's victory
Subsidies to buy insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces are set to expire at the end of 2025. If they’re not extended, coverage could become unaffordable for many.
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Americans are flocking to expat websites after the election: ‘They want out, fast'
Tens of thousands of Americans are looking into moving abroad after Donald Trump’s historic presidential reelection.
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Trump's victory likely upends all the criminal cases against him
Donald Trump’s federal criminal cases likely will be dismissed now that he has been elected president, while his state criminal cases could at the least be frozen until after he leaves office.