President-elect Trump has appointed a longtime ally, New York businessman Steven Witkoff, as his Special Envoy to the Middle East. Witkoff is a real estate investor, landlord, and the founder of the Witkoff Group, which he started in 1977. In his announcement, Trump said that Witkoff would be an ‘unrelenting Voice for PEACE’ in the highly-contentious region. ‘Steve is a ...
William McGinley is returning to the Trump White House to serve as his White House Counsel, President-elect Trump announced. ‘I am pleased to announce that William Joseph McGinley will serve as my White House Counsel,’ the appointment announcement noted. ‘Bill is a smart and tenacious lawyer who will help me advance our America First agenda while fighting or election integrity ...
John Ratcliffe, who served as President-elect Trump’s principal intelligence advisor during his first presidential term, will serve as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency when Trump moves back into the White House. Ratcliffe is one of several appointees announced in the past week who will fill key positions during Trump’s second term. ‘From exposing fake Russian collusion to ...
The Biden administration will support a U.N. treaty this week that will create a new cybercrime convention that includes China and Russia — which has not sat well with some lawmakers and critics. Since 2001, the global governance around cybercrime has largely been coordinated by the Budapest Convention, a product of the Council of Europe that includes 76 countries. It ...
President-elect Trump has hit the ground running on filling out his potential future cabinet, announcing names for key positions well before he did following his 2016 election win. Trump has announced six Cabinet picks in the week since winning the election, most recently tapping Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to serve as his national security adviser. ‘Mike is the first Green ...
Israel and the U.S. ‘have to get the hostages back’ who are ‘going through hell in the dungeons of Gaza,’ one of the country’s leaders told President Biden while visiting the White House Tuesday. ‘I know that you’re working very hard to make sure that this war will end and that there will be, first and foremost, security for the ...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has launched a website to crowdsource names to fill 4,000 political appointee positions in President-elect Trump’s new administration. The online forum, referred to as ‘Nominees for the People’ and powered by Kennedy’s initiative to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ (MAHA), prompts visitors to nominate and vote for candidates to fill positions under the categories of ‘America’s Health,’ ...
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel in the incoming Trump administration, President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday. Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, is another in a growing list of strong Israel supporters announced or reported to be in Trump’s next administration. Trump has promised to strengthen U.S. ties with Israel as ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of two House Republicans to serve in his administration could pose issues if the GOP’s majority in the chamber ends up critically thin. Trump has selected House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as his ambassador to the United Nations, while a source told Fox News Digital that he picked Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to be ...
National security minds in Washington, D.C., are awaiting President-elect Donald Trump’s decision for defense secretary. Trump’s pick of Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., as his national security adviser and his expected pick of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for secretary of state, set a tone for his foreign policy that is expected to be hawkish on China and Iran. Whoever Trump picks ...