President-elect Trump has appointed a longtime ally, New York businessman Steven Witkoff, as his Special Envoy to the Middle East. Witkoff is a real estate investor, landlord, and the founder of the Witkoff Group, which he started in 1977. In his announcement, Trump said that Witkoff would be an ‘unrelenting Voice for PEACE’ in the […]Read More

William McGinley is returning to the Trump White House to serve as his White House Counsel, President-elect Trump announced. ‘I am pleased to announce that William Joseph McGinley will serve as my White House Counsel,’ the appointment announcement noted. ‘Bill is a smart and tenacious lawyer who will help me advance our America First agenda […]Read More

John Ratcliffe, who served as President-elect Trump’s principal intelligence advisor during his first presidential term, will serve as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency when Trump moves back into the White House.   Ratcliffe is one of several appointees announced in the past week who will fill key positions during Trump’s second term.  ‘From […]Read More

The Biden administration will support a U.N. treaty this week that will create a new cybercrime convention that includes China and Russia — which has not sat well with some lawmakers and critics.  Since 2001, the global governance around cybercrime has largely been coordinated by the Budapest Convention, a product of the Council of Europe […]Read More

President-elect Trump has hit the ground running on filling out his potential future cabinet, announcing names for key positions well before he did following his 2016 election win. Trump has announced six Cabinet picks in the week since winning the election, most recently tapping Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to serve as his national security adviser. […]Read More

A competitive race is brewing within the House GOP after the conference’s No. 4 leader was plucked to serve in the new Trump administration. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., was elevated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations next year, sending lawmakers jockeying to fill her spot in Wednesday’s internal party leadership elections. Now, at […]Read More

With former president and now President-elect Donald Trump unable to run again for the White House in 2028, Vice President-elect JD Vance appears to be the heir apparent to the America First movement and the Republican Party’s powerful MAGA base. It was a point driven home by Donald Trump Jr., the former and future president’s […]Read More

President-elect Donald Trump said his election victory ‘gives me a very big mandate to do things properly’ in a newly released video by Indonesia’s president.  Prabowo Subianto could be heard congratulating Trump, adding, ‘Wherever you are, I am willing to fly to, to congratulate you personally sir.’  ‘We had a great election in the U.S…. […]Read More

One week after Election Day, control of the House of Representatives is still up in the air with votes continuing to be counted in 17 House races. Republican Donald Trump won the presidency again and the GOP will have the Senate majority. House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, is still waiting to learn whether he will […]Read More

Once Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., vacates her seat to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has 10 days to set the date for a special election to replace her in the House.  The special election must be held within 70 to 80 days afterward, and there are already […]Read More