Trump confirms plan to use US military for mass deportations with more cabinet picks expected: Live updates
President-elect responded to Truth Social post about reports military assets would be deployed under national emergency to carry out deportations, writing ‘TRUE!!!’
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has confirmed he is prepared to declare a national emergency and use military assets to carry out his mass deportation campaign pledge.
Responding to a Truth Social post from Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch regarding reports that were the case, the president-elect wrote: “TRUE!!!”
As he continues to build his administration, Trump announced he is nominating Brendan Carr to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the body charged with regulating the US media.
Currently a commissioner with the FCC, Carr contributed to the controversial Project 2025 manifesto. He is described by the president-elect as “a warrior for Free Speech... [who] has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms, and held back our Economy.
Trump has yet to announce his choice for treasury secretary but two new candidates will reportedly be interviewed at Mar-a-Lago today: former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh and Wall Street billionaire Marc Rowan.
Howard Lutnick, co-chair of Trump’s transition team, and Key Square Capital Management founder Scott Bessant were favorites for the role but there appears to have been second thoughts.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has approved the use of American-made long-range missiles by Ukraine in its war against Russia, inspiring a conservative outcry.
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ICYMI: RFK Jr could soon oversee Health in the US – here’s the areas he will have control over
Eric Garcia writes:
When president-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominateRobert F Kennedy Jr to be his secretary of Health and Human Services, the move shocked many. Kennedy, the son of the late senator from New York and US attorney general, has made a name for himself primarily promoting the bogus link that vaccines cause autism.
It is unclear whether Kennedy could get confirmed, even with a Republican Senate majority. Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice president, made the rare move of denouncing Kennedy as insufficiently opposed to abortion.
Needless to say, almost all, if not all, Democrats will oppose Kennedy’s confirmation. Plenty of Republicans might have some objections as well.
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RFK Jr could soon oversee Health in the US - here’s what he’ll have control over
Eric Garcia breaks down just how much power Kennedy would have should he lead the agency
Ruben Gallego begs Democrats to ditch ‘Ivy League’ advisers
Kamala Harris’s defeat to Donald Trump was caused by many factors, and one of them was a surge of Latino support for the GOP ticket even as Democrats were confident that warnings about Trump’s mass deportation plan would prevent that from happening.
Now, one of the Democrats who won on November 5 despite the underperformance of the top of his party’s ticket is warning members of his party to actually listen to Latino voters if they want to win them back for future election cycles.
John Bowden reports from Washington, DC.
After beating Kari Lake, Gallego begs Democrats to ditch ‘Ivy League’ advisers
Gallego says Democrats ignored warning signs with working-class Latinos because they listened to ‘Ivy League’ consultants
Trump thinks he can fix golf's mess
President-elect Donald Trump boasted during the campaign he would need about 15 minutes to get a deal done between the PGA Tour and the Saudi investors of LIV Golf. That started with four hours on the golf course with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan.
The Washington Post reported Monahan accepted an invitation from Trump to play golf last Friday at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The PGA Tour confirmed the outing in a statement.
Kremlin responds after Biden approves Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles in Russia
Joe Biden's decision to approve the use of US-supplied longer-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia will "add fuel to the fire" in the conflict, a Kremlin spokesman has said. Dmitry Peskov repeated earlier warnings from Vladimir Putin, saying that any strikes on Russian soil using US weapons would be interpreted as direct Nato involvement. Mr Peskov said Russia was only aware of the apparent decision by the Biden administration from reporting in Western media. He said: "It is obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps and they have been talking about this, to continue adding fuel to the fire and provoking further escalation of tensions around this conflict."
As Trump threatens to use military, polls show growing support for mass deportation
Donald Trump has confirmed the military could be used to carry out mass deportations, just as a new review of polling revealed growing support for his approach to tackling illegal immigration.
The president-elect also suggested a national emergency could be declared on the issue once he is in power when he responded to a supporter’s post on his Truth Social platform on Monday morning.
Alex Woodward reports.
Polls show growing support for mass deportation as Trump threatens to use military
President-elect has suggested a national emergency could be declared on the issues as new poll shows support for deportation has grown since Trump was last in power
20% of Americans are now getting their news from influencers on X
About one in five Americans – and a virtually identical share of Republicans and Democrats – regularly get their news from digital influencers who are more likely to be found on the social media platform X, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center.
The findings, drawn from a survey of more than 10,000 U.S. adults and an analysis of social media posts posted this summer by influencers, provide an indication of how Americans consumed the news during the height of the U.S. presidential campaign that President-elect Donald Trump ultimately won.
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20% of Americans are now getting their news from influencers on X
Racial minorities, young adults and adults with a lower income were more likely to get their news from news influencers, according to a report
Hovde concedes to incumbent Democrat Baldwin in Wisconsin Senate race
Eric Hovde, the Republican challenger to Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, has conceded the race in a video message. He says that he won't request a recount as he doesn't want to add to “political strife”
Senator Baldwin's lead is just over 27,000 votes, out of more than 3 million cast.
DeSantis addresses upcoming Florida Senate vacancy as Rubio departs for Trump admin role
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has released a statement about the upcoming vacancy in the Senate when Florida Senator Marco Rubio departs for his new role as Secretary of State for Donald Trump’s second administration.
It is the role of the governor to appoint an interim senator to serve in the role ahead of a special election likely in the 2026 mid-terms.
DeSantis writes:
Senator Marco Rubio is expected to resign from the Senate to assume duties as Secretary of State when the Trump administration takes power on January 20th, creating a vacancy roughly two months from today.
We have already received strong interest from several possible candidates, and we continue to gather names of additional candidates and conduct preliminary vetting. More extensive vetting and candidate interviews will be conducted over the next few weeks, with a selection likely made by the beginning of January.
Florida deserves a Senator who will help President Trump deliver on his election mandate, be strong on immigration and border security, take on the entrenched bureaucracy and administrative state, reverse the nation’s fiscal decline, be animated by conservative principles, and has a proven record of results.
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