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5 things to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz hosted a long-running television show before pivoting to politics.
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House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday
Many Senate Republicans want the House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz to be released. Gaetz is a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments
The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.
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Woman told House ethics committee she saw Gaetz have sex with minor, her lawyer says
Matt Gaetz is president-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become U.S. attorney general.
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RFK. Jr's controversial health stances, from vaccines to raw milk
Kennedy is Trump’s pick for health secretary, but he has a history of spreading misinformation about a range of issues.
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Democrats are already looking to revamp their early state primary calendar for 2028
Some caution that putting South Carolina to the back of the line-up could alienate Black voters.
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he will ‘strongly request' that Ethics Committee withhold its Matt Gaetz report
Johnson said that it would be a “terrible breach of protocol” if the committee released the report on Gaetz, who resigned from the House this week.
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5 things to know about Doug Collins
Former Georgia congressman Doug Collins is a former member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command who fought in the Iraq War.
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5 things to know about Doug Burgum
Here are five things to know about North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.
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What do President-elect Trump's appointments mean for checks and balances?
President-elect Donald Trump continues to name people to major positions in his new administration. Late Thursday afternoon, we learned that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Trump’s appointments set up a conflict over checks and balances to come in D.C. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has the details.
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Council repeals language on Dallas Police staffing minimums
The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to repeal a portion of a 1988 ordinance that provided the language used by a group in a police-centered charter amendment that Dallas voters narrowly approved last week.
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Dallas city leader wrestle with amendments approved by voters
Dallas voters said yes to pot, more police and the ability to sue the city if it doesn’t follow its own charter. NBC 5’s David Goins reports city leaders are trying to figure out how to implement all three amendments, even as they conflict with one another.
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Stephen Miller expected to be named Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff for policy at the White House, a source with knowledge of the transition team’s plans said Monday, NBC News reports.
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5 things to know about Tom Homan
Here are five things to know about former police officer and immigration officer Tom Homan.
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Muslim voters once abandoned the GOP. Now they may leave the Democrats
Arab and Muslim voters moved away from the Democratic Party this year in ways that led some community leaders to warn of a lasting shift from a voting bloc that has been reliably Democratic for two decades since it abandoned the GOP, NBC News reports.
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Trump names campaign manager Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
Wiles will be the first ever female White House chief of staff.
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Millions at risk of losing health insurance following Trump's victory
Subsidies to buy insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces are set to expire at the end of 2025. If they’re not extended, coverage could become unaffordable for many.
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Americans are flocking to expat websites after the election: ‘They want out, fast'
Tens of thousands of Americans are looking into moving abroad after Donald Trump’s historic presidential reelection.
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Trump's victory likely upends all the criminal cases against him
Donald Trump’s federal criminal cases likely will be dismissed now that he has been elected president, while his state criminal cases could at the least be frozen until after he leaves office.
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RFK Jr. says he won't ‘take away anybody's vaccines,' may remove a department at FDA
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who may play a key role in public health issues under Trump’s second administration, offered more details on what he would do in that role.