The security detail for former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, which was provided by the Defense Department, was revoked Tuesday night, a U.S. official and a Defense Department official told CBS News. The Defense Department has not yet responded to a request for comment. File: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies before the House Armed…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first week in office isn’t over yet, but already it offers signals about how his next four years in the White House may unfold. Some takeaways from the earliest days of his second term: He’s emboldened like never before Within hours of being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than…
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton criticized President-elect Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel for FBI Director. Bolton compared the potential appointment to Stalin-era Soviet Russia, urging the Senate to reject Patel.Trump announced Patel’s nomination on Sunday, describing him as a “brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter,” on his Truth Social account. Patel had…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January. But President-elect Donald Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate, which has the constitutional responsibility for “advice and consent” on presidential nominees. Trump and his Republican allies…