Jeff Mordock

Trump fills key health care positions: surgeon general, heads of CDC, FDA

President-elect Donald Trump is building out his health team, announcing that he will nominate Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be Surgeon General.

November 22, 2024

Trump names Bessent as Treasury secretary, Vought to lead OMB

President-elect Donald Trump filled two key spots to help carry out his economic agenda with the selection of financier Scott Bessent as the next Treasury secretary and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to serve as Labor secretary.

November 22, 2024

Biden, bureaucrats scramble to set roadblocks to Trump-proof federal government

Democrats are racing against time to set lawful "land mines" to blunt the impact of President-elect Donald Trump, scrambling to rush billions in cash out the door, confirm judges and entrench climate and health policies before the incoming administration can dismantle all of it.

November 22, 2024

Trump says Bondi, his new pick for attorney general, will refocus DOJ and make America safe again

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is his pick for U.S. attorney general, hours after former congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration.

November 21, 2024

Bondi replaces Gaetz as Trump’s pick for attorney general, removes ‘distraction’

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Thursday that he is withdrawing from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, amid persistent allegations he had sex with a minor and paid women for sex.

November 21, 2024

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood head outside public eye

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to the former head of Planned Parenthood in a clandestine ceremony on Wednesday, angering pro-life activists who called the move cowardly as well as despicable.

November 20, 2024

Trump picks his old acting AG Whitaker for NATO ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday chose former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO.

November 20, 2024

Trump team condemns Wolff’s book, calls new Epstein allegations ‘fiction’

President-elect Donald Trump's team issued a strongly worded statement Wednesday denying allegations made by author and journalist Michael Wolff that Mr. Trump had stronger ties to the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than had previously been reported.

November 20, 2024

Trump picks Linda McMahon for education secretary

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had selected his transition co-chair Linda McMahon to serve as education secretary.

November 19, 2024

Trump says he’s sticking with Gaetz despite allegations of paying for sex

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's standing by his controversial attorney general pick Matt Gaetz, even as the allegations intensify against the former Florida congressman of having paid for sex, and some Senate Republicans say there is little chance he'll be confirmed.

November 19, 2024

Trump picks Dr. Oz to serve as Medicare and Medicaid administrator

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

November 19, 2024

Trump picks Lutnick for commerce secretary; McMahon for education secretary

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he intends to nominate his two transition co-chairs to high-level positions in his administration.

November 19, 2024

Fired FEMA employee says she was ‘framed’ in Trump sign-skipping scandal

A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who was fired for allegedly telling Florida relief workers to skip homes that displayed signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump insisted she was "framed" in the scandal.

November 19, 2024

Trump taps Sean Duffy for transportation secretary; second Fox personality chosen for Cabinet

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday announced that he's picked former Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin as transportation secretary, making him the second Fox News personality Mr. Trump has selected for his Cabinet.

November 18, 2024

Biden asks Congress for $100B to fund disaster recovery

President Biden on Monday asked Congress to approve $100 billion in aid to help Americans affected by natural disasters, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

November 18, 2024

Biden sanctions Israeli West Bank settlers ahead of supportive Trump’s return to office

The Biden administration announced Monday it would impose further sanctions on Israeli citizens and entities in the West Bank, a move that could hamstring President-elect Donald Trump's support of settlement building in the disputed territory.

November 18, 2024

Trump’s latest appointments fill top roles in energy and interior, communications team

President-elect Donald Trump announced a flurry of picks over the weekend to implement his energy policies as well as round out his communications team.

November 17, 2024

Whistleblower warns FBI can’t be trusted with background checks for Trump’s nominees

An official at FBI headquarters in Washington is warning that the bureau's security clearance division is politicized and can't be trusted to screen President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top administration jobs.

November 16, 2024

Trump fills White House positions with Steven Cheung, Sergio Gor

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that Steven Cheung, who served as his spokesperson on all three presidential campaigns, will serve as White House communications director.

November 15, 2024

Biden finalizes $6.6B chip grant to protect legislative win from Trump’s DOGE

The Biden administration said it finalized a deal to dole out a $6.6 billion grant to a Taiwanese semiconductor company as the president scrambles to protect a key part of his legacy from President-elect Donald Trump's chopping block.

November 15, 2024