The longtime Trump ally also served under the president-elect’s first administration. Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the Western alliance the president-elect once said was in danger of making itself “obsolete.” In a Nov. 20 statement announcing the nomination, Trump described Whitaker as “a
Sen. Bernie Sanders' effort to prevent the White House from selling certain weapons to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate Wednesday by a margin of roughly 60 votes.
House Republicans scored a valuable pickup in Alaska's lone seat in the chamber, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.
Vermont socialist’s resolution to block tank cartridges to Jewish state fails 79-18 Senate Democrats failed on Wednesday to implement an arms embargo on Israel, with the upper chamber swatting away three measures led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly against three separate disapproval resolutions that called for an immediate pause on American
President-elect Trump announced on Wednesday that he was picking former congressman Pete Hoekstra to be the U.S. ambassador to Canada.
Hoekstra formerly served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and represented Michigan’s 2nd District in Congress. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) to be the ambassador to Canada. “In my Second Term, Pete will help me once again put America first,” Trump said in
California voters narrowly defeated a measure to raise the minimum wage, which would have exacerbated inflation, opponents of the ballot initiative said.