What to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid – The Associated Press
Mehmet OzThe renowned heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru runs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a massive federal health bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans. President-elect Donald Trump was chosen to run it. Here we meet a TV doctor who became a politician and was now put […]
California House race flips to narrow lead for Dem amid weekslong vote count
Votes are still being counted in California two weeks after the election, where a Democratic challenger has taken a lead over a Republican incumbent in a key U.S. House race. Democrat Derek Tran leads the Republican House of Representatives with 94% of votes counted. Michelle Steele Steele has held the lead in California's 45th Congressional […]
Trump Picks Dr. Oz to Lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
President-elect Donald Trump announced the selection of Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In a press release from the Trump-Vance transition team, President Trump praised Oz as a “distinguished physician, heart surgeon, inventor, and world-class communicator,” adding that Oz worked closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He added […]
Colorado carjackers lead cops on wild chase — and pose for near-perfect mugshots
Two teenage carjackers in Colorado led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a fireball, including two mugshots. Police arrested 19-year-old Michael Howell McGlynn and Christine Elizabeth Romero on Thursday after they pulled them from the wreckage of a burning 2015 Subaru Forester. The car had previously been reported stolen in an armed carjacking. […]
Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead FCC — calls him ‘warrior for Free Speech’
President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday night that he has appointed Republican Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to lead the agency. Trump called Carr a “free speech fighter” and effusively praised the 45-year-old, who he first appointed to the FCC commissioner in 2017 during his first term in the White House. “His current term ends in […]
Brendan Carr gets picked by President-elect Trump to lead FCC in January
President-elect Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) starting in January. Carr, currently the FCC's senior Republican commissioner, was first appointed to the commission by President Trump in 2017. In a statement released Sunday night, President Trump praised Carr and said he was “unanimously confirmed by […]
Trump taps Brendan Carr to lead FCC, commends ‘great work’
President-elect Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) starting in January. “Commissioner Carr currently serves as the FCC's senior Republican advisor. Previously, he served as the FCC's general counsel,” President Trump's statement said. “I first nominated Commissioner Kerr to serve as FCC Commissioner in 2017, and […]
Middle East crisis live: Israel strike kills Hezbollah lead spokesperson in Beirut | Israel
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Afif has been a prominent figure within Hezbollah for almost two decades, AFP reported. Afif joined Hezbollah at a young age and first rose to prominence as information director for Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel during the war between Hezbollah and Israel […]
Islanders blow third-period lead in loss to Kraken
SEATTLE — File this to back up the victory that slipped through the Islanders' fingers. After playing their best game of the season in Vancouver on Thursday, the Islanders played confident, snappy hockey on Saturday afternoon. But this time it didn't lead to a big win or any other kind of victory. Instead, the Isles […]
Trump Picks Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright To Lead Department Of Energy
Former Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump holds his first public campaign rally with his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images ) OAN Staff Avril Elfie3:08 PM – Saturday, November 16, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has selected Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to lead the new administration's […]