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Donald Trump will return to Washington DC on Wednesday to satisfy with Republicans on Capitol Hill and Joe Biden on the White Home to debate a transition schedule because the Senate elects a brand new majority chief instead of Mitch McConnell, with Rick Scott, John Cornyn and John Thune in competition.
The president-elect has in the meantime introduced that tech billionaire Elon Musk and ex-Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will head a brand new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), tasked with reducing the price of authorities, stripping away laws and restructuring federal companies.
Musk responded to the information by pledging that DOGE “will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in government waste, which is a lot of people”.
The incoming forty seventh president unveiled quite a few different appointments to his new administration on Tuesday, selecting John Ratcliffe, his director of nationwide intelligence from 2020 to 2021, to be his subsequent CIA director and Fox Information host Pete Hegseth as secretary of protection.
Trump additionally revealed that Mike Huckabee has been chosen as his new ambassador to Israel, Steven Witkoff shall be his particular envoy to the Center East and William Joseph McGinley his White Home counsel.
Ex-Fox Information host slams colleague’s appointment to run Pentagon underneath Trump
Gretchen Carlson has mentioned she was left “stunned” by Trump’s choice to pick out her one-time colleague Pete Hegseth as his new secretary of protection.
“From silly diner interviews on Weekend Fox and Friends to Secretary of Defense?” she wrote on X final evening.
“I never thought I’d say I’m stunned about any pick after the election but nominating Pete Hegseth for this incredibly important role? Yes he’s a veteran… and?”
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 13:40
Trump’s protection secretary choose thinks girls shouldn’t be in fight roles in navy
Pete Hegseth mentioned earlier this month that girls shouldn’t be in fight roles within the navy as a result of they aren’t “as capable” as males.
The 44-year-old Fox and Associates co-host, whose appointment has shocked many within the protection world, dismissed the position of ladies in fight roles in an look on the Shawn Ryan Present, which aired final week on November 7.
“I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles,” Hegseth mentioned.
“It hasn’t made us more effective, hasn’t made us more lethal, has made fighting more complicated.
“We have all served with women and they’re great. But it’s just our institutions don’t have to incentivize that in places where traditionally… over human history, men in those positions are more capable.”
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 13:20
Revealed: Trump’s push to ‘veto Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal’
The way forward for the Chagos Islands and a secretive UK/US airbase is about to be an early flashpoint between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer because the president-elect seeks to veto the controversial deal signed off by the prime minister and endorsed by Joe Biden, it may be revealed.
The Impartial understands that the Trump’s transition group has requested authorized recommendation from the Pentagon over the settlement that handed the Chagos Islands – which is underneath British management – to Mauritius.
US authorities sources say Trump is seeking to veto the deal, which is about to return into power after his inauguration in January, over international safety fears.
Right here’s a full report from David Maddox.
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 13:00
Jack Smith to step down as Justice Division particular counsel earlier than Trump takes workplace
“The prosecutor who investigated and charged Donald J Trump plans to finish his report and leave the job before he can be fired,” writes The New York Occasions of the person who introduced two federal indictments towards the Republican in 2023 that the president-elect will now presumably simply wave apart as quickly as he enters the Oval Workplace.
Smith’s aim, in keeping with The NYT, is to not depart any of his work unfinished and to get forward of Trump’s pledge to fireside him inside “two seconds” of being sworn in.
Smith’s election interference and labeled paperwork instances are at the moment being wound down and the prosecutor finds himself leaving workplace a pissed off determine, his try to show that not even a president is above the legislation rendered moot by Trump’s delaying techniques and eventual electoral victory.
Jack Smith (AFP/Getty)
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 12:45
Trump lawyer Alina Habba frontrunner for White Home press secretary
The showboating legal professional who represented Trump in a sequence of high-profile authorized instances and was final scene dancing on stage at his rallies has emerged as a potential frontrunner for the subsequent White Home press secretary, in keeping with stories.
Habba is anticipated at Mar-a-Lago this week, because the president-elect continues to announce appointments to his cupboard and wider administration.
Sources informed Mediate that though no formal selections has but been made, she is a favourite candidate for the place and has been in Florida for “conversations regarding a potential role.”
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 12:30
What really is DOGE? Trump’s Division of Authorities Effectivity led by Musk and Ramaswamy
The Sillicon Valley bros will lead the brand new workplace – which can function “outside of government” – designed to advise on gutting federal departments and which workers must be fired if it deems they’re a “massive waste.”
Right here’s Rhian Lubin with extra on what that truly means in follow.
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 12:10
Dick Van Dyke says he’s lucky he ‘won’t be round’ for the subsequent 4 years
The beloved Mary Poppins star, now 98 years previous, was stopped by a press photographer yesterday, in keeping with The Every day Mail, and requested: “Does the future look bright for America?”
Not fairly listening to the query clearly, he answered: “I hope you’re right!”
“Do you think Donald Trump is capable of making America great again?” the photographer endured.
“Fortunately I won’t be around to experience the four years,” the veteran mentioned with a smile.
Dick Van Dyke (Getty)
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 11:50
FDA faces unsure future underneath Trump and RFK Jr, warns commissioner
Robert Califf, Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, has admitted he’s “disappointed” with the presidential election consequence and unsure concerning the company’s future underneath Donald Trump.
“I’m biased, but I feel like the FDA is at peak performance right now and we’ll just see what happens as the new team comes in,” he mentioned at a convention hosted by the non-profit Associates of Most cancers Analysis on Tuesday.
On the prospect of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s imminent takeover, Califf informed MSNBC final week: “The gist of this administration, from everything that’s been said, is that they want to change a lot of things, and how it gets changed depends on who gets appointed into key positions.”
He declined to touch upon RFK Jr’s opinion on vaccines however mentioned he agreed with him on extra strictly regulating heavily-processed meals.
Califf is on no account the one vitamin professional reacting with dismay to Trump’s win and the prospect of what’s to return.
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 11:30
Who’s in Trump’s cupboard up to now? The ice maiden, the canine killer and the Fox Information host
Kaitlan Collins reported on CNN final evening that one place the president-elect remains to be struggling to fill is that of US legal professional basic, a task that has given him loads of bother up to now.
Right here’s Thomas Beaumont with a recap of who we’ve received up to now.
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 11:10
Jimmy Kimmel presents alternate idea for why Melania Trump shunned Jill Biden’s White Home invite
Whereas Trump and Biden will meet within the Oval Workplace immediately, there wives is not going to.
Right here’s James Liddell with the late-night host’s guess as to why that may be (Melania’s folks have cited a scheduling battle, for the file).
Joe Sommerlad13 November 2024 10:50
