Home /Domestic News Elon Musk to lead ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administrationThe world’s richest person has a new job. Elon Musk will lead a newly created “Department of Government Efficiency” that will spearhead efforts to shrink the federal government, President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday. Musk will work with fellow Trump acolyte Vivek Ramaswamy to run DOGE — a winking reference to a joke cryptocurrency – and…CongressNov 13 2024Eric Hovde sows doubt on Wisconsin Senate resultsWisconsin GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde is casting doubt on the results of his election following his loss to Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin. “I was shocked by what unfolded on election night,” he said in a video posted to social media Tuesday. “At 1 a.m. I was receiving calls of congratulations, and based on…CongressNov 13 2024Trump taps GOP campaign lawyer as White House counselPresident-elect Donald Trump will install William McGinley, a Republican campaign lawyer and former Trump White House adviser, as the White House counsel in the next administration, the Trump-Vance transition said Tuesday. McGinley will be at the helm in one of the most powerful positions in the West Wing. As White House counsel, McGinley will provide…CongressNov 12 2024What to Know About Marco Rubio, Said to Be Trump’s Pick for Secretary of StateThe three-term senator from Florida viciously criticized Donald J. Trump during the 2016 campaign but has since ingratiated himself and become a foreign policy adviser to Mr. Trump.NYT > U.S. > PoliticsNov 12 2024Durbin: Replacing Sotomayor before new Congress not ‘realistic’Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday that talk in Washington about Justice Sonia Sotomayor retiring and filling a Supreme Court vacancy before Democrats cede control of the chamber is "idle speculation" and not “realistic." “Whoever makes those calls [for a retirement] can't count,” Durbin said. “Take a look at the calendar and tell…CongressNov 12 2024Some Black Voters Ask, What Have Democrats Done for Us?In interviews, these voters, especially men, questioned what dividends have come from their loyalty: “I’m just kind of over it all.”NYT > U.S. > PoliticsNov 12 2024 View More Domestic News → /Off Shore News US sanctions RSF commander accused of rights abuses in Sudan’s DarfurAbdel Rahman Juma Barkalla is accused of leading a campaign marred by sexual and ethnically motivated violence.Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraNov 12 2024Is Ivanka Trump a secret Democrat? No – and neither is Melania | Arwa MahdawiSome liberals have a weird urge, based on the flimsiest evidence, to see conservative women as misled victims of Maga menHer father may have been voted into the highest office in the land, but have the results of the US election left Ivanka Trump feeling low? Deep down, did the former first daughter hope Kamala…US elections 2024 | The GuardianNov 12 2024Elon Musk’s Super Pac spent $200m to help elect Donald TrumpBillionaire provided vast majority of funds to America Pac in winning bid to return Trump to White HouseElon Musk’s super political action committee (Pac) spent about $200m to help elect Donald Trump to a second presidency, according to a person familiar with the group’s spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how…US elections 2024 | The GuardianNov 12 2024‘Democrats presented no alternative’: US voters on Trump’s win and where Harris went wrongHarris and Trump voters share their election opinions from a Guardian callout that received more than a thousand responses“It’s like being sucked into a tsunami,” said Vivian Glover, a Kamala Harris voter from South Carolina, about the realisation that Donald Trump had been re-elected as president.“The contrast between the two campaigns couldn’t have been more…US elections 2024 | The GuardianNov 12 2024The White Stripes drop lawsuit against Trump campaign for unauthorised Seven Nation Army useThe move follows a bitter Instagram post by Jack White condemning what the US can expect from choosing ‘a known, obvious fascist’The White Stripes have dropped their federal lawsuit against Donald Trump for unauthorised use of their song Seven Nation Army in a video posted by campaign deputy director of communications Margo Martin in August.Jack…US elections 2024 | The GuardianNov 12 2024Will the American project survive the anger of white men? | Carol AndersonAt key moments throughout US history, white male anger has been privileged over national security, progress or basic welfareA friend recently asked: “Do you think the United States will survive the anger of white men?” As blunt as the question is, the core element is not so far-fetched. In fact, the majority of white men…US elections 2024 | The GuardianNov 12 2024 View More Off Shore News →
