Top Items:
Jack Forrest / CNN:
Trump picks Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has chosen Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense. — The selection elevates the television personality to a Cabinet-level position in Trump's second term.
Discussion:
Air & Space Forces Magazine, Newsbusters, Lawyers, Guns & Money, RedState and emptywheel, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Trump nominates Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary — Hegseth served in the US Army and did tours in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan — Pete Hegseth has been selected by President-elect Trump to serve as his secretary of defense. — “I am honored to announce …
Discussion:
HuffPost, Raw Story, The Hill, UPI, Media Matters for America, Washington Times and IJR
Politico:
‘Who the f—k is this guy?’: Defense world reacts to Trump's surprise Pentagon pick — “Hegseth is undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for SecDef in American history,” one veterans' advocate said. — President-elect Donald Trump's Tuesday night surprise pick of a conservative commentator …
Discussion:
Jewish Insider, New York Post and Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Picks Pete Hegseth, a Veteran and Fox News Host, for Defense Secretary — The choice of Mr. Hegseth, a dedicated supporter of the president-elect in his first term, is outside the norm of the traditional choice for the post. — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday chose Pete Hegseth …
Discussion:
NBC News, New York Post, ABC News and Politico
Washington Post:
Trump taps Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News host, to be defense secretary
Trump taps Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News host, to be defense secretary
Discussion:
Fox News, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, al.com and WHDH-TV
Reuters:
Trump says he will nominate anti-'woke' Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary
Trump says he will nominate anti-'woke' Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary
Discussion:
Associated Press, Washington Post, Mediaite, CBS News, The Independent, News18, TVLine, freebeacon.com, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, Roll Call, Washington Examiner, NPR, al.com, Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, RedState, HuffPost, Rolling Stone, Scripps News, Deadline, Daily Mail, Breitbart, Salon and WHEC.com
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Trump names Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary
Trump names Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary
Discussion:
Mediaite, Breitbart, Twitchy, Townhall, News18, The Gateway Pundit, Instapundit and The American Conservative
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals — The panel could upend the military review process and raise concerns about the politicization of the military — WASHINGTON—The Trump transition team is considering a draft executive order that establishes a “warrior board” …
Discussion:
Daily Mail, The Hill, Mediaite, The Guardian, Townhall and Raw Story
RELATED:
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump's First Executive Order May Be a Military Purge
Trump's First Executive Order May Be a Military Purge
Discussion:
Raw Story
New York Post:
Trump announces Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ — President-elect Donald Trump continued to fill his administration at breakneck speed Tuesday night, tapping SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to head up a new “Department of Government Efficiency.”
Discussion:
HuffPost, djt.nucleusemail.com, Mashable, News18, The Verge and Power Line
RELATED:
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Elon Musk to lead ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration
Elon Musk to lead ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration
Discussion:
Axios, Metro.co.uk, Raw Story, Scripps News, The Independent, The Information, Al Jazeera, The Hill, New York Times, Fortune, News18, Fox News, New York Daily News, Reuters, HuffPost, Deseret News, Washington Examiner, Diane Ravitch's blog, WVEC, Robert Reich, NPR, ABC News and PBS NewsHour
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Picks Musk, Ramaswamy for Government Efficiency Effort
Trump Picks Musk, Ramaswamy for Government Efficiency Effort
Discussion:
CNN, NBC News, Associated Press, NPR, Fox News, Reuters, CBS News, Breitbart, News18, Deadline, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Townhall, One America News Network, Wall Street Journal, ABC7, UPI, RedState, The Daily Signal, Wired, Daily Mail, TechCrunch, Rolling Stone, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, IJR, Washington Times, Must Read Alaska, Fortune and The American Conservative, more at Techmeme »
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Trump selects William McGinley for White House general counsel — President-elect Trump announced Tuesday evening that William McGinley, a lawyer who worked in the former president's first administration, will be White House general counsel in his second term.
Discussion:
Breitbart, USA Today, Axios, NPR and Washington Times
RELATED:
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Donald Trump names former intelligence chief John Ratcliffe to CIA director
Donald Trump names former intelligence chief John Ratcliffe to CIA director
Discussion:
Politico, djt.nucleusemail.com, Reuters, Associated Press, CBS News, RedState, Washington Times, One America News Network, NBC News, The Texas Tribune, The Hill, Raw Story, UPI, Breitbart, ABC News, Must Read Alaska, Fox News, Townhall, Daily Mail, The Independent, WSVN-TV, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Axios, The Gateway Pundit, News18, NPR, Washington Examiner, Bangor Daily News, New York Post, Bloomberg, The American Conservative and WHEC.com
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News:
William McGinley tapped as Trump's White House Counsel
William McGinley tapped as Trump's White House Counsel
Discussion:
djt.nucleusemail.com, Townhall, RedState, IJR and Scripps News
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
It's 2004 all over again — I wish I could give you a crystal-clear sense of what Democrats felt like in 2004 after George W. Bush was elected to a second term. But the truth is, my memories of that time are hazy. That's partly because I was a twentysomething doing dumb twentysomething things …
Discussion:
New York Times, The Hill, Reason, Raw Story and New York Magazine
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Freedom Caucus backs off plan to push a challenger to Johnson — House conservatives are planning to force an internal vote on Mike Johnson's speakership during Wednesday's leadership election instead of throwing in an alternate candidate, two people familiar with the discussions told POLITICO.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, The Hill and Washington Times
RELATED:
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Conservatives plot challenge against Johnson in internal Speaker elections
Conservatives plot challenge against Johnson in internal Speaker elections
Discussion:
Associated Press, Axios, Politico, The Hill News, Washington Times, Deseret News, New Republic, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press:
Mike Huckabee, Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel, has long called himself a Zionist — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Israel, has long rejected a Palestinian state in territory previously seized by Israel and has repeatedly signaled …
Discussion:
Daily Mail
RELATED:
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump picks Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel
Trump picks Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel
Discussion:
Fox News, Breitbart, SpyTalk, Talking Points Memo, UPI, Foreign Policy, The Independent, freebeacon.com, Washington Times, The Daily Signal, Jewish Insider, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, New York Times, New Republic, Washington Post, New York Post, Axios, CBS News, WHEC.com, NPR, Washington Examiner, Townhall, Politico, The Forward, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, The National Pulse, Associated Press, News18, ABC News, IJR, Scripps News, Florida Politics, Daily Kos, Reuters and Power Line
Michael Casey / Associated Press:
Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison by a federal judge — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine.
Discussion:
NBC News, Reuters, Air & Space Forces Magazine, The Register, IJR, New York Post, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Fox News, New York Times, Axios, Associated Press, Boston Herald, The Sun, The Verge, WVEC, Washington Post, CBS News, The National Pulse and WHDH-TV, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years for leaking classified Pentagon secrets
Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years for leaking classified Pentagon secrets
Discussion:
New York Magazine and CBS News
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Reveals Plans to Fire 600 Federal Health Workers — The Trump ally and anti-vax conspiracist takes aim at the agencies he loathes. — At an event late last week in Arizona, anti-vaccine activist and Donald Trump transition team member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he'd fire …
Discussion:
New York Post and ABC News
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: The 2024 blame game finally comes for Hakeem Jeffries … - If Democrats had taken control of the House, Jeffries would have been seen as kind of “the one hero that's going to hold it down for all of us,” said one House progressive. — But, the lawmaker predicted …
Discussion:
CBS News, Fox News and Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Putin Aide Issues Ominous Warning About Trump's New “Obligations” … Donald Trump may have secured a second term in the White House, but his Russia problems are far from over—at least according to suspiciously phrased comments by some of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Slate, emptywheel and psyched to be queer
Suzanne Lucas / Inc:
‘Your Body, My Choice’ Posts Are Spreading Post-Election. Anyone Who Says This Should Be Fired—Immediately — Women at work deserve respect. Nick Fuentes's followers are not offering that respect and should not be working in your offices. — Last week, Nick Fuentes, who Wikipedia describes as …
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Senate Democrats are stressed about Dick Durbin … - Schumer's options include jamming up GOP attempts to adjourn the chamber for Trump to make recess appointments, sources tell us. — But they can only delay the process as long as Senate Democrats have the energy to keep it up.
Discussion:
Chicago Tribune and Raw Story
RELATED:
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Durbin: Replacing Sotomayor before new Congress not ‘realistic’
Durbin: Replacing Sotomayor before new Congress not ‘realistic’
Discussion:
The Hill and Washington Examiner
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Trump's Cabinet moves hand Ron DeSantis a gift — but possibly with strings attached — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may get to appoint a Senate replacement for Marco Rubio. But he'd need to balance the preferences of Trump and allies with his own wishes. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. …
Discussion:
CBS News, Politico, NewsNation, Daily Mail, WSVN-TV, Raw Story, Florida Politics, USA Today, Axios, ABC News, Fox News, Esquire, Crooks and Liars, New York Post and The Hill
NBC News:
Incoming Trump admin is eyeing new immigrant detention centers near major U.S. cities — The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized. — The incoming Trump administration …
Discussion:
Forbes
Rebecca F. Elliott / New York Times:
Exxon Chief to Trump: Don't Withdraw From Paris Climate Deal — Darren Woods was one of only a few Western oil executives attending a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. — Darren Woods, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, cautioned President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Politico, Inside Climate News, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Washington Times, Quartz, New Republic, The Hill, Semafor, Raw Story, Fortune, Bloomberg and Daily Kos
Aymann Ismail / Slate:
They Turned Against Kamala Harris in Decisive Numbers. They're About to Find Out if It Was Worth It. — Dearborn, Michigan, turned against Kamala Harris decisively. Now the city is about to find out if Trump was worth it. — On election night, at a political watch party, Abbas Alawieh …