Politics

President-elect Donald Trump is staffing his incoming administration with top tech leaders. He chose Scott Kupor and Sriram Krishnan, high-profile leaders at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, for key roles. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has emerged as one of Trump’s closest advisors, which has led to some consternation among Democrats and in the business world.…

The Biden administration has withdrawn two major plans to deliver student loan forgiveness to millions of Americans. Here’s what borrowers should know. The Biden administration has withdrawn two major plans to deliver student loan forgiveness. The proposed regulations would have allowed the secretary of the U.S. Department of Education to cancel student loans for several…

The House Ethics Committee’s final report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., found that he engaged in a long list of conduct that violates House Rules and some that are potentially criminal offenses at the state level. The committee released its 42-page report Monday morning after a lengthy investigation.  “The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz…

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., sought a restraining order Monday against the House Ethics Committee in an effort to halt the panel’s expected release of a final report summarizing its investigation into him. The filing accuses the committee of an “unconstitutional” attempt “to exercise jurisdiction over a private citizen through the threatened release of an…

President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the death sentences of 37 inmates, leaving only three people on death row in federal prisons. The commuted sentences will be reclassified to life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to the White House. “These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in…

PHOENIX — President-elect Donald Trump dismissed any suggestion that he’s being usurped by his high-profile billionaire ally Elon Musk, coming off a week in which Musk helped derail an emergency spending measure to avert a government shutdown. Trump said the notion that he has “ceded the presidency” to Musk is a fiction and that even if Musk…

Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Republican president-elect used his first major…

Trump said Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his interest in a meeting regarding the war with Ukraine. “President Putin said that he wants to meet with me as soon as possible,” Trump said during his remarks at Turning Point’s America Fest convention. President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed…

Democrats are increasingly calling into question the level of influence Elon Musk has over President-elect Donald Trump’s decision-making. Some lawmakers said Sunday they believe the chaos reflects a lack of unity in the Republican party, while others praised Musk for bringing a level of transparency to the American public. As Congress regroups following another averted…

Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, said Saturday that she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator — ending speculation that she could replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been tapped to be the incoming administration’s secretary of state. “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so…