Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Politics News (Master Feed)
Trump picks hardline Republican Kari Lake to lead Voice of America
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was picking Kari Lake, a former news anchor and a hardline Republican who failed to win an Arizona Senate seat last month, to be the d...
Dec 11, 2024
Exclusive-Trump considers ex-intelligence chief Richard Grenell for Iran position, sources say
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is now considering tapping Richard Grenell, his former intelligence chief, to be a special envoy for Iran, acc...
Dec 11, 2024
US Senate rejects Biden labor board nominee, teeing up Republican control
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected Democratic President Joe Biden's nomination of a U.S. labor board official for a new term, giving President-elect Donald Trump a ch...
Dec 11, 2024
US CFTC Democrat says she could be a 'gadfly' to Republican majority
By Isla Binnie and Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kristin Johnson, a top Democratic official at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, signalled on Wednesday she would be willing to stay on at...
Dec 11, 2024
US House passes massive defense policy bill, despite transgender provision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a defense policy bill on Wednesday governing a record $895 billion in annual military spending, despite the inclusion of a controversial...
Dec 11, 2024
Senators say US must boost security after Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators said Wednesday at a hearing the United States must do more to address hacking threats after on Chinese's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American te...
Dec 11, 2024
Trump asks judge to dismiss Central Park Five defamation lawsuit
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements during his campaign about five Blac...
Dec 11, 2024
Trump's NASA pick says his future SpaceX missions "a question mark"
ORLANDO (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, said Wednesday that the private astronaut missions he has planned with Elon Musk's ...
Dec 11, 2024
Time magazine to name Trump 'Person of the Year', Politico reports
(Reuters) - Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" and to celebrate the unveiling of the cover, the president-elect will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock ...
Dec 11, 2024
FBI Director Chris Wray to resign following Trump nomination of Patel
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FBI Director Chris Wray will step down from his post early next year, the bureau said on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump signaled his i...
Dec 11, 2024
