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What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks AP-NORC poll
By LINLEY SANDERS and MEG KINNARDUpdated 6:11 AM CST, December 12, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his incoming administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Americans have their own doubts.
Relatively few Americans overall approve of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Defense, or Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for intelligence chief, although a substantial share doesn’t know who those figures are. The other selections who were included in the poll, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary and Marco Rubio for secretary of state, are more well-known but not much more popular among Americans overall.
Trump and his allies are pushing Republican senators to confirm his picks, who are meeting with lawmakers before Trump returns to the White House next month. Given the Republicans’ slim majority in the Senate, the stakes are high for each Trump pick. ...
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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
The president is also pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. The move follows a pardon for his son Hunter, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says upcoming term will 'probably' be his last
Sen. Bernie Sanders said his upcoming six-year Senate term will likely be his last. The senator has had a decades-long career in Washington politics.
Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education. Here’s what that could mean | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here’s what the agency does and how eliminating it could play out.
www.cnn.comPressure on a veteran and senator shows what's next for those who oppose Trump
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is an Iraq War veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct.
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5 biggest FBI scandals during Christopher Wray's tenure as director
Fox News Digital compiled FBI Director Christopher Wray's top five scandals across his seven years of service now that he is stepping down ahead of the second Trump administration.
House passes bipartisan JUDGES Act despite Biden veto threat - Washington Examiner
The bill would add additional positions over the next decade in high-volume places such as California and Texas.
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Trump says of possible war with Iran ‘anything can happen,’ vows to leverage U.S. support for Ukraine for peace
The president-elect made the remarks in an interview with Time magazine, which has named him its person of the year.
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Where next for Iran now its 'Axis of Resistance' is shattered?
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www.bbc.comTrump is named Time's Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell
President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year.
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Travis Timmerman: US man found near Damascus after months in Syrian prison
Mr Timmerman told CBS that he was detained upon entering Syria seven months ago.
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Overdraft fees could be capped at $5 under new federal rule
Banking customers could save up to $5 billion per year on overdraft fees under a new rule finalized Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Garland lauds 'principled' Wray for 'integrity and skill' after resignation announcement
AG Garland praises FBI Director Wray's multi-decade career as a civil servant and U.S. prosecutor, including U.S. assistant AG and head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign before Trump takes office in January
FBI Director Christopher Wray says he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January.
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How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 12/11/2024
Wall Street got back to climbing after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve.
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Inflation rose to 3% in November in producer price index, surprisingly hot - Washington Examiner
Other recent inflation reports have hinted that price pressures remain elevated.
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American Travis Timmerman found in Syria prison months after going missing
Travis Timmerman, 29, from Missouri, was found this week by residents wandering barefoot in a suburb south of Syria's capital.
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Some Republicans fear a DOGE dilemma is setting in | CNN Politics
As Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy make sweeping promises to cut $2 trillion dollars of federal spending, senior House Republicans have raised concerns with GOP leadership that efforts to cut wasteful federal spending will put the party on a collision course.
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The Trump and Biden teams insist they're working hand in glove on foreign crises during transition
The Trump and Biden national security teams have come to an understanding that they have no choice but to work together as conflicts in Gaza, Syria and Ukraine have left a significant swath of the world on a knife’s edge.
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Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, charged with lying about Biden family, reaches plea deal
Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who was charged with lying about President Joe Biden and his son's business dealings, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.
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Act 229, also known as House Bill 1117, will require public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools to annually provide students with instruction on firearm safety.
The bill’s sponsors say the idea came from conversations among neighbors.
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Continue reading...Act 229, also known as House Bill 1117, will require public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools to annually provide students with instruction on firearm safety.
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Jerry Morgan is a familiar face from Green's Denver neighborhood. He had rushed to the hospital after his pager alerted him to the shooting. As a violence...
Continue reading...She rushed to check on him at a hospital run by Denver Health, the city's safety-net system, but she was unable to get information from emergency room workers, who complained that she was creating a disturbance.
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At least $1 trillion of taxpayer money was...
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Continue reading..."It’s all fearmongering," Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told Fox News Digital. "So the reality right now is that the only people that ICE are going after are people who have already been deported for criminal issues. That's it. The lie that they're doing raids and that they're just going through communities, that is...
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SB 681, sponsored by state Sen. Jill Carter,
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