Trump Cabinet nominees targeted by bomb threats and swatting incidents, according to transition team
President Trump's transition team said several nominees and appointees were the targets of violent threats, including “swatting” incidents. Caroline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the transition team, said: released A statement from her social media accounts on Wednesday. “Dangerous acts such as threats and violence will not deter us.” “Last night and this morning, several of […]
Trump nominees targeted in series of threats, spokesperson says
Multiple nominees and appointees set to serve in President-elect Trump's incoming administration were the targets of threats this week, a transition office spokeswoman said Wednesday, but it was unclear how many were affected. Caroline Levitt, who will become White House press secretary in January, said that “swatting” refers to bomb threats and false emergency calls […]
Trump Cabinet nominees, appointees targeted with ‘violent, unAmerican threats’
Exclusive: Nearly a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees and other appointees to the incoming administration were targeted Tuesday night in “violent and un-American threats against their lives and cohabitants,” according to Fox Broadcasting. , prompting an “immediate” response from law enforcement. News Digital has learned. “The attacks range from bomb threats to 'swatting' […]
Senate Democrats owe the nation a fight for Biden’s judicial nominees
Since Donald Trump was elected and Republicans took control of the Senate, Democrats haveRace to see the judges” And yes, we made progress on “Judge-a-Rama” last week. The Senate is on track to confirm an unusual number of highly qualified nominees proposed by President Biden. But there is still much to do and time is […]
Klobuchar says Trump nominees have 'got to get their background checks together'
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that “we need to do background checks together” on the people President-elect Trump picks for his next administration. At the beginning of the interview, Klobuchar told ABC News' Jonathan Karl that, as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she and her colleagues on the committee “look into FBI […]
Donald Trump Picks Anti-Lockdown, Vaccine Skeptic Healthcare Nominees
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a number of leading medical experts who oppose coronavirus-era lockdowns, are focused on eliminating chronic disease and want to overhaul America's medical bureaucracy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) President Trump nominated former third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy to be Secretary of Health and Human […]
Trump will appoint ‘dozens’ of judges, experts say, despite Dems ramming through nominees in lame-duck session
Experts say the chances that President-elect Donald Trump will appoint judges to federal courts remain bright, even as Senate Democrats push to confirm as many of President Biden's nominations as possible. . The two parties announced late Wednesday that Republicans had planned to delay confirmation of the attorney general earlier this week amid efforts by […]
Focus Must Be on Transition, but I’ll ‘Move Heaven and Earth’ if I Can Block Biden’s Nominees
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has held several positions this year, but his goals are now focused on ensuring Donald Trump's administration wins early and often. Mr. Vance is no longer campaigning, but as a sitting senator he is preparing to take office and playing perhaps the most important role other than Mr. Trump himself in […]
Trump Nominees Will Get Through
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) predicted in an interview that President-elect Donald Trump's nominee would pass. Breitbart News Daily. Asked if President Trump's nominee would pass the Senate, Prime Minister Johnson said, “I think so, barring some disqualifying revelation.” “Listen, as I've said all along, we're getting their various reports. They're denying them,” he said, adding […]
Senate reaches deal on stalled Biden judicial nominees
The Senate on Thursday announced an agreement to complete work on seven of President Biden's nine stalled judicial nominees, who sparked fierce battles on the Senate floor this week. A Senate Democratic leadership aide familiar with the agreement said the Senate is expected to finish confirming all the judges invited to the chamber by Senate […]