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'I Do Not Believe That You Are Qualified'

Pete Hegseth, defense nominee grilled at Senate hearing, cites a 'smear campaign' against him

(Newser) - Pete Hegseth was getting grilled on Capitol Hill Tuesday in his confirmation hearing to be the next defense secretary. At the same time, the former Fox host defended himself against what he calls a "smear campaign" by the media. Some early highlights:
  • Critic: "I do not believe that
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Colorado Complex That Caught Trump's Attention to Close

As nominee, he'd promised to use 1798 law to carry out 'Operation Aurora' there

(Newser) - A Colorado apartment complex where armed members of a Venezuelan gang were caught on video entering a unit last summer is expected to close in about a month under an emergency court order, city officials said Monday. The city of Aurora had pursued a lawsuit to declare all but one...

Congress Gets Jack Smith's Trump Report

Special counsel report focused on alleged efforts to overturn 2020 election

(Newser) - Special counsel Jack Smith says in a new report that his team "stood up for the rule of law" as it investigated President-elect Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the AP reports. Smith submitted to Congress early Tuesday a report detailing his team's findings about Trump'...

Trudeau: Here's What Trump's '51st State' Remarks Are Doing

Canada's outgoing PM says Trump doesn't want Americans to realize how tariffs will hurt them

(Newser) - Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday suggested that President-elect Trump's remarks about Canada becoming America's "51st state" have distracted attention from the harm that steep tariffs would inflict on US consumers, the AP reports. "The 51st state, that's not going to happen,...

Rogan Backs Trump on Expanding US Borders

Podcast host suggests US should take Mexico, along with Canada

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has suggested that the United States should absorb Canada , Greenland , and the Panama Canal into its fold, but Joe Rogan thinks Mexico should be included in that annexation list. The president-elect has already posited that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the "Gulf of America,"...

Trump: Putin Wants to Meet Over 'Bloody Mess' in Ukraine

Kremlin says it has 'mutual desire' for dialogue, but it's not yet clear when/if such a meeting will happen

(Newser) - Donald Trump has pledged to end the Russia-Ukraine war soon after he takes office later this month, and while it's not clear how he plans to do so, the president-elect is hinting about the first possible move toward that goal. Russian President Vladimir Putin "wants to meet, and...

Fetterman on Mar-a-Lago Visit: 'No One Is My Gatekeeper'

Trip to Trump's estate not finalized; Pennsylvania senator may be first Dem senator to go there

(Newser) - The revolving door of visitors (and rumored visitors ) to Mar-a-Lago has been active since Donald Trump won November's election, but a soon-to-be guest is a rather surprising one. The AP reports that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman will head to the Palm Beach estate to meet with the president-elect,...

Trump Sentenced in Hush Money Case
Trump Sentenced
in Hush Money Case
Jan 10, 2025 9:15 AM CST

Trump Sentenced in Hush Money Case

President-elect avoided jail time as expected, appeared in court via video

(Newser) - Ten days before his second inauguration, Donald Trump earned an unwanted distinction on Friday—he became the first president criminally sentenced. As expected, Trump received no jail time or any punishment in his conviction over a hush money payment to a former adult film star, reports the AP . Instead, Judge...

Appeals Court Won't Block Release of Special Counsel Report

Though much more legal wrangling is expected before any actual release

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a bid to block the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on President-elect Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, the AP reports. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals turned down an emergency challenge aimed at keeping...

Carter Funeral Brings a Rarity: 5 Living Presidents

All are present in DC

(Newser) - Jimmy Carter's state funeral is underway in DC on Thursday, and the ceremony has resulted in a rarity: the assemblage of five living presidents. President Biden will be delivering the eulogy, and in attendance are George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. The New York Times ...

Part of Jack Smith's Report Will See Daylight

DOJ will release the part covering the 2020 election, not the section on classified documents

(Newser) - The Justice Department said Wednesday that it will release special counsel Jack Smith's findings on Donald Trump's efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, but it will keep under wraps for now the rest of the record focused on the president-elect's hoarding of classified...

Trump to Supreme Court: Block My Sentencing on Friday

After appeal fails in hush money case, president-elect aims for SCOTUS intervention

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday's sentencing in his hush money case in New York. Trump's lawyers turned to the nation's highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Juan M. Merchan, the judge who presided...

Judge Blocks Release of Jack Smith's Trump Report

Aileen Cannon's move is temporary until an appeals court weighs in

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his investigations into President-elect Trump, reports the AP . Judge Aileen Cannon's move keeps the report under wraps until an appeals court considers a challenge. Trump's legal team is attempting to...

After Trudeau Resigns, Trump Proposes Merger

President-elect is pushing that 51st state idea again

(Newser) - US President-elect Trump was again pushing his idea of Canada becoming a part of the United States following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his impending resignation Monday. "If Canada merged with the US, there would no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE...

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington
A Momentous
Jan. 6 Dawns
in Washington
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 6, 2025 6:43 AM CST

A Momentous Jan. 6 Dawns in Washington

Kamala Harris will certify election of rival Donald Trump at US Capitol on Monday

(Newser) - As Congress prepares to convene during a winter storm on Monday to certify the election of Donald Trump, the AP makes note of one "extraordinary fact": that "the candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power." Four years...

Explosives Found Inside Cybertruck That Detonated at Trump Hotel

Police are probing the incident as possible terrorism

(Newser) - Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, killing a suspect inside the vehicle and sparking an intense investigation into possible terrorism, the AP reports. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and...

Trump Gives Mike Johnson a 'Complete & Total Endorsement'

President-elect endorses GOP House speaker to continue in his role

(Newser) - Mike Johnson was nominated in November to return as House speaker under the incoming Trump administration, even securing a thumbs-up from the president-elect himself, but whether that endorsement from Trump stuck after the nation teetered perilously close to a government shutdown earlier this month was unclear. The former (and future)...

Appeals Court: Trump Does Owe $5M to E. Jean Carroll

Upholds jury finding that Trump sexually abused, defamed the writer

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the...

Trump: Bill Gates Asked to Visit Mar-a-Lago

President-elect says so in message that some think was meant to be sent privately to Elon Musk

(Newser) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent weeks to break bread with Donald Trump, as have Meta's Mark Zuckerberg , Apple's Tim Cook, and, of course, X owner and DOGE chief Elon Musk . Now it looks like another tech giant has requested to pay a visit,...

Trump Asks SCOTUS for Delay on TikTok Ban

President-elect wants Supreme Court to postpone barring platform until he gets into office

(Newser) - President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued...

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