Trump's team
Clear: Customs-friendly Howard Lutnick new trade minister
"China hawk" Howard Lutnick becomes the new US Secretary of Commerce. That's what several media outlets wrote after Trump confirmed the move on Truth Social.
"He will lead our customs and trade agenda," writes the recently elected president.
Lutnick has openly shown support for the tariffs at several Trump rallies, says the FT, which, together with AFP, predicts that the election will mean tougher measures against China.
- When was the USA at its strongest? At the turn of the century 125 years ago. We had no income tax. All we had were tariffs, he told an audience in New York in late October.
According to the NYT, the new trade minister expressed himself similarly in a podcast a month ago.
- Don't raise taxes on the population, put tariffs on China and withdraw 400 billion dollars, he is said to have said.
Trump appoints TV doctor to head healthcare program
Donald Trump announces that he will appoint TV doctor Mehmet Oz, who is perhaps better known as Dr. Oz, to head the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs, Reuters reports.
Oz had Trump's support during his failed bid for the Senate in 2022. Now Trump says Oz will work closely with Health Secretary nominee Robert Kennedy Jr.
"Our broken health care system is hurting Americans every day and crushing our nation's budget," Trump said in a statement, adding that Oz would lead efforts to prevent disease.
Trump Admits Low Chances for Gaetz - Go Anyway
The next president of the United States, Donald Trump, will go ahead with his nomination of Matt Gaetz for attorney general, even though he himself believes that the Senate is likely to block it. This is what the New York Times writes and refers to Trump's "private conversations" in recent days.
The newspaper further writes that Trump's strategy is to flood the Senate with controversial nominations so that it will not be able to block all of them - and to test how far he can take it.
- We are on a collision course between traditional [...] privileges and the unique power dynamics of the Trump reset, says Liam Donovan, Republican strategist, to the New York Times.
Other controversial appointments are Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and Robert F Kennedy as Secretary of Health.
Clear: Customs-friendly Howard Lutnick new trade minister
"China hawk" Howard Lutnick becomes the new US Secretary of Commerce. That's what several media outlets wrote after Trump confirmed the move on Truth Social.
"He will lead our customs and trade agenda," writes the recently elected president.
Lutnick has openly shown support for the tariffs at several Trump rallies, says the FT, which, together with AFP, predicts that the election will mean tougher measures against China.
- When was the USA at its strongest? At the turn of the century 125 years ago. We had no income tax. All we had were tariffs, he told an audience in New York in late October.
According to the NYT, the new trade minister expressed himself similarly in a podcast a month ago.
- Don't raise taxes on the population, put tariffs on China and withdraw 400 billion dollars, he is said to have said.
Trump appoints TV doctor to head healthcare program
Donald Trump announces that he will appoint TV doctor Mehmet Oz, who is perhaps better known as Dr. Oz, to head the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs, Reuters reports.
Oz had Trump's support during his failed bid for the Senate in 2022. Now Trump says Oz will work closely with Health Secretary nominee Robert Kennedy Jr.
"Our broken health care system is hurting Americans every day and crushing our nation's budget," Trump said in a statement, adding that Oz would lead efforts to prevent disease.
Trump Admits Low Chances for Gaetz - Go Anyway
The next president of the United States, Donald Trump, will go ahead with his nomination of Matt Gaetz for attorney general, even though he himself believes that the Senate is likely to block it. This is what the New York Times writes and refers to Trump's "private conversations" in recent days.
The newspaper further writes that Trump's strategy is to flood the Senate with controversial nominations so that it will not be able to block all of them - and to test how far he can take it.
- We are on a collision course between traditional [...] privileges and the unique power dynamics of the Trump reset, says Liam Donovan, Republican strategist, to the New York Times.
Other controversial appointments are Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and Robert F Kennedy as Secretary of Health.
The indictments against Trump
The penalty against Donald Trump can be postponed
The case about Donald Trump's payments of so-called "hush money" should not be dropped, but the punishment can be postponed until after his term as president. This is announced by prosecutor Alvin Bragg according to AP.
Trump has already been found guilty on all 34 counts, but the judge has not yet announced the sentence. An HD decision from last summer on presidential immunity and Trump's election victory means that the legal challenges in the case are great.
Trump's lawyers argue that the case should either be dismissed or retried, as they believe it would affect Trump's ability to govern the United States if he has the sentence hanging over him.
The sentencing was scheduled to be announced on Tuesday next week, but it is now unclear how the case will progress.
The penalty against Donald Trump can be postponed
The case about Donald Trump's payments of so-called "hush money" should not be dropped, but the punishment can be postponed until after his term as president. This is announced by prosecutor Alvin Bragg according to AP.
Trump has already been found guilty on all 34 counts, but the judge has not yet announced the sentence. An HD decision from last summer on presidential immunity and Trump's election victory means that the legal challenges in the case are great.
Trump's lawyers argue that the case should either be dismissed or retried, as they believe it would affect Trump's ability to govern the United States if he has the sentence hanging over him.
The sentencing was scheduled to be announced on Tuesday next week, but it is now unclear how the case will progress.
The congressional election
Republican Nancy Mace refuses to share a public toilet in Congress with trans women, several media reports.
The South Carolina representative has introduced a proposal that would ban trans women from using the women's restroom. The proposal is most likely aimed at Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride who was recently elected as the first openly trans member of Congress.
In the past 24 hours, Mace has made a number of posts on X where she writes about the issue, several of which contain transphobic terms.
McBride replies that the proposal is a way for "right-wing extremists" to shift focus from the country's real problems.
"We should focus on bringing down the costs of housing, healthcare and childcare, not on starting a culture war," she writes on X.
Republican Nancy Mace refuses to share a public toilet in Congress with trans women, several media reports.
The South Carolina representative has introduced a proposal that would ban trans women from using the women's restroom. The proposal is most likely aimed at Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride who was recently elected as the first openly trans member of Congress.
In the past 24 hours, Mace has made a number of posts on X where she writes about the issue, several of which contain transphobic terms.
McBride replies that the proposal is a way for "right-wing extremists" to shift focus from the country's real problems.
"We should focus on bringing down the costs of housing, healthcare and childcare, not on starting a culture war," she writes on X.
Details: MTG threatens transgender people with violence
The highly controversial and conservative Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is reportedly threatening transgender people with violence, according to Punchbowl News sources.
During a meeting on Tuesday morning, she is said to have said that she would engage in a "physical altercation" if she were to meet a trans person in the ladies' restroom in Congress.
She partially confirms the information to the site's reporter, but adds that she has the right to defend herself against "aggressive people."
The highly controversial and conservative Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is reportedly threatening transgender people with violence, according to Punchbowl News sources.
During a meeting on Tuesday morning, she is said to have said that she would engage in a "physical altercation" if she were to meet a trans person in the ladies' restroom in Congress.
She partially confirms the information to the site's reporter, but adds that she has the right to defend herself against "aggressive people."
The background to her statement is that party colleague Nancy Mace has submitted a proposal to ban trans women from using the ladies' toilet in Congress. The proposal is aimed at Sarah McBride, who has been elected as the first member of Congress who is openly trans.
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