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Only 3 in 10 are highly confident about Trump’s Cabinet picks: AP-NORC poll
By LINLEY SANDERS and MEG KINNARDUpdated 6:40 AM CST, December 13, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans may have recently elected Donald Trump to a second term, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his Cabinet — or effectively manage government spending, the military and the White House, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
As Trump names his appointees for key posts in his administration — some of whom could face difficult confirmation fights in the Senate even with Republicans in control — about half of U.S. adults are “not at all confident” in Trump’s ability to appoint well-qualified people for his Cabinet and other high-level government positions.
The appointment process and its breakneck speed have represented a manifestation of Trump’s pledge to voters to be a disruptive force in the country and a return to the chaotic era of governance that defined his first four years in the Oval Office. But only around 3 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” confident that Trump will pick qualified people to serve in his administration. A majority of Republicans say they do have high confidence. ...
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US military flies American released from Syrian prison to Jordan, officials say
The U.S. military has brought an American who was imprisoned in Syria for seven months out of the country.
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Mitch McConnell warns RFK Jr. against effort to undermine polio vaccines
Aaron Siri, an attorney to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the FDA to "withdraw or suspend" its approval of a polio vaccine.
www.cbsnews.comTrump hosts Apple CEO at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-elect
Donald Trump is hosting Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
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Outgoing Secretary Cardona warns of coming 'dark era' with Trump's vow to eliminate Education Department
Miguel Cardona stressed the federal role of safeguarding access for students with disabilities, setting learning benchmarks, protecting civil rights and providing mental health resources.
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Fani Willis rebuffs GOP lawmaker's request for documents, says Trump election case is 'ongoing'
Fulton County DA Fani Willis has rejected a request for documents from GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, telling him her Georgia election case against Donald Trump is "ongoing."
Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA's idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it 'absurd'
President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are again urging a judge to throw out his hush money conviction.
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'Unethical garbage': ProPublica faces backlash for 'journalism' claim after email to Hegseth gets exposed
ProPublica is facing backlash from conservatives over its journalistic methods covering a story related to Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth's acceptance by West Point.
Judge rejects an attempt by Trump campaign lawyer to invalidate guilty plea in Georgia election case
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has rejected an attempt by former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro to invalidate his guilty plea.
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Trump ordered to sit for deposition in defamation suit against ABC News
Trump's lawsuit alleges anchor George Stephanopoulos made defamatory comments when discussing the E. Jean Carroll case.
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Russia batters Ukraine power grid amid rising concern Putin could order ballistic missile attack this weekend
Ukraine's energy infrastructure was again pummeled in a "massive blow" by Russian missiles and drones on Friday, just days after the U.S. warned Russia might be planning another Oreshnik missile strike.
Tech billionaires Zuckerberg, Bezos and Altman help bankroll Trump's inauguration. What to know
Meta, Amazon and OpenAI's CEOs are each directing $1-million donations to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund. Here's what to know.
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.
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Trump calls for mystery drones to be shot down - Washington Examiner
Reports of drone sightings have spread across the Northeast, and lawmakers have demanded clearer answers from the Biden administration about what is happening.
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Regime change in Syria raises fears for Kurds and the ISIS prisoners they guard
The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces helped the U.S. defeat the Islamic State and holds thousands of ISIS fighters.
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Victims ‘shocked’ after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and $54 million embezzler | CNN Politics
Victims of major public corruption cases in Pennsylvania and Illinois are angry that President Joe Biden granted clemency this week to the two convicted officials.
www.cnn.comA diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria
A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Veteran former prosecutor to represent Luigi Mangione in New York
Luigi Mangione may waive extradition to New York City as early as Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said on Friday.
Drones, planes or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings
It’s unclear if that buzzing sound coming out of New Jersey is drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward.
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“What all of this tells me, is not just in Michigan or in Vermont, the people of this country will not allow us to move toward oligarchy. They will not allow Trump to take us into...
Continue reading...He's facing several hundred ecstatic voters huddled outside a suburban Detroit high school — the group that did not fit inside the high school's gym or two overflow rooms. The crowd screams in delight when he tells them that a combined total of 9,000 people had shown up for the rally.
“What all of this tells me, is not just in Michigan or in Vermont, the people of this country will not allow us to move toward oligarchy. They will not allow Trump to take us into...
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“If a doctor had...
Continue reading...When Morgan was finally diagnosed with a rare and potentially life-threatening autoimmune disorder after more than a year, Gleason became determined to empower other patients so they didn’t face similar delays in diagnosis.
“If a doctor had...
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Israel is pressing the militant group to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. That phase ended last weekend. Israel wants Hamas to release half of the...
Continue reading...Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to the territory of more than 2 million Palestinians, an echo of the siege it imposed in the earliest days of the war.
Israel is pressing the militant group to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. That phase ended last weekend. Israel wants Hamas to release half of the...
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"You know, I say they don’t have the cards. Nobody really has the cards," Trump told reporters during a gaggle on Air Force One on Sunday evening. "Russia doesn’t have the cards…What you have to do is you have to make a deal, and you have to stop the killing. It’s a senseless war, and we’re going to get it stopped."
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Continue reading..."You know, I say they don’t have the cards. Nobody really has the cards," Trump told reporters during a gaggle on Air Force One on Sunday evening. "Russia doesn’t have the cards…What you have to do is you have to make a deal, and you have to stop the killing. It’s a senseless war, and we’re going to get it stopped."
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