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President Donald Trump has appointed Gen. Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser and a leader in the extremist QAnon conspiracy theorist movement, to serve on an advisory board for West Point military academy.Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, fulfilling a promise he made to Flynn in 2023 that he would bring him back into the federal government if he won the election.Flynn posted a video in 2020 showing himself and a small group taking the QAnon oath, emphasizing the QAnon catchphrase “where we go one, we go all.” Flynn was also banned from posting on Twitter in 2021 for violating the site’s policy at the time against accounts “solely dedicated to sharing QAnon content” (under current owner Elon Musk, such content is no longer prohibited).QAnon is a fringe conspiracy movement that believes in the myth that a secret group of pedophiles within the federal government is kidnapping children. QAnon supporters have promoted the mythology that Trump is leading a revolution against this “deep state” group. QAnon adherents have been involved in various crimes, including murder, assassination plots, and kidnappings.Trump and Charlie KirkFlynn served as Trump’s national security adviser and was removed from his position after he lied to then-Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he had with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. Flynn later pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the agency’s investigation into Russian interference in favor of Trump during the 2016 election. Pence rescinded his guilty plea and was pardoned by Trump.Trump also appointed pro-Trump propagandist and bigot Charlie Kirk to serve on the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, as well as Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville who impacted military families by holding up a series of promotions in 2024.Trump personal aide Walt Nauta, who was indicted along with Trump in special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case, was appointed to the Naval Academy Board of Visitors. Smith dropped the charges after Trump won the election.The appointments follow in the footsteps of several Trump actions that have hurt the armed forces and veterans. Trump purged longtime diversity clubs from military academies, has allowed Musk’s DOGE group to disrupt research on military protection equipment, and has purged employees from the Veterans Administration, adversely affecting veteran health care.Campaign Action

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More than two dozen Senate and House Republicans demand the International Olympics Committee to align with President Donald Trump's executive order banning trans athletes from women's sports.

Sens. Ossoff and Shaheen explained why they had voted with all Democrats to block a bill to bar males from women’s sports.

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Democrats’ divided responses to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress culminated with 10 of them in the House voting with Republicans on Thursday to censure Texas Democratic [...]The post At the Races: Censure and sensitivity appeared first on Roll Call.

Linda McMahon was sworn in as the next Secretary of Education on Monday shortly after being confirmed to the post in a full Senate vote.

The Senate failed to advance a bill to codify a Trump executive order and prevent biological males from playing in girls sports.

'This is an 80/20 issue'

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President Donald Trump will again be welcomed by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON — House Republican cohesion ticked up just slightly last year, from a historically bad 2023, while Senate Democrats saw record success on votes that split the parties as both chambers dealt with narrow margins that left diminishing room for dissent.

President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his State of the Union address in the House chamber on March 7, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The Texas Democrat called out conservatives who "fail to realize" how the Trump administration is dragging them to the "find out phase."

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the pro-union Republican tapped by President Donald Trump for Labor secretary, testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump's pardon of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is another slap in the face to Chicago.

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to advance Kennedy to a full Senate floor vote, which could happen this week.

The Chiefs quarterback got to the truth after the president ran with a falsehood about him.

Tuberville lamented what he says is an overreliance on medication to treat ADHD. He lost credibility when he mentioned whipping a child.

The Republican senator went to bat for Donald Trump with a major self-own.

The election makes this the time to keep sports safe for women and pass the 'Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.' It would preserve Title IX safeguards for female athletes.

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said Monday he’s placing a “blanket hold” on President Donald Trump’s nominees for the State Department, slowing down his hopes of quickly installing personnel in key positions.Schatz, who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, said his move is in protest of Trump’s billionaire adviser, Elon Musk, declaring that he and the president will shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.“Dismantling USAID is illegal and makes us less safe. USAID was created by federal law and is funded by Congress. Donald Trump and Elon Musk can’t just wish it away with a stroke of a pen — they need to pass a law,” Schatz said in a statement.“Until and unless this brazenly authoritarian action is reversed and USAID is functional again, I will be placing a blanket hold on all of the Trump administration’s State Department nominees,” he continued. “This is self-inflicted chaos of epic proportions that will have dangerous consequences all around the world.”A “hold” is essentially a threat to prevent a speedy vote for a nominee in the full Senate. It forces Republicans to jump through hoops and burn floor time to confirm them, which adds up when there are many lower-level nominees for the department who might otherwise get fast-tracked to the floor for votes.Trump Administration3 hours agoWhat is USAID? Explaining the US foreign aid agency and why Trump, Musk want to end itTrump Administration2 hours agoUSAID headquarters in Washington is blocked after Musk says Trump agrees to close the aid agencyNominees require a majority to be confirmed in the Senate. Republicans have 53 senators, so Democrats cannot scuttle Trump’s picks on their own. But they can drag out the process and detract from other nominees or bills that GOP leaders prefer to spend time on.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday he had been named acting administrator of USAID. Although the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Rubio, there are many high-ranking positions underneath him that also require Senate approval.Democratic lawmakers gathered Monday afternoon to speak outside USAID’s Washington headquarters to blast the “illegal” shutdown of the agency, accusing Trump and Musk of circumventing Congress.“We will use every power that we have at our disposal in the US Senate. My colleagues will do the same thing in the House. This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said. “Let’s not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions of dollars off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our government right now is doing it based on self interest.”Holds on nominees were used extensively by Republicans to protest former President Joe Biden’s policies over the last four years.In 2023, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., placed a hold on over 400 military promotions for 10 months in protest of the Department of Defense’s abortion travel policy.Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., briefly placed a blanket hold on civilian nominees for the State Department and the Department of Defense in 2021 in protest of the Biden administration’s handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan.And a group of Senate Republicans placed holds on Biden’s nominees, including judicial nominees, in the wake of court cases that were brought against Trump in 2024.The Trump administration has yet to formally put forward nominees for many of the vacant ambassadorships and assistant secretary positions that require Senate confirmation. But there are nominees for several key positions within the State Department that are already in the pipeline.Among those waiting to be confirmed are Elise Stefanik as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, along with those positions immediately under Rubio: Christopher Landau for deputy secretary of state; Michael Rigas for deputy secretary of state for management; and Adam Boehler for special envoy for hostage affairs.Veteran career foreign service officers or civil servants are currently the acting leadership in these positions, but they are not able to act with the same authority as those who have been tapped by the president for the position. There are currently almost 100 ambassadorships awaiting nominations, according to the American Foreign Service Union, including senior leadership at the U.S. mission to the U.N.This article first appeared on NBCNews.com. Read more from NBC News here:Live updates: Trump to discuss tariffs with officials from Canada and MexicoUnder Trump, conservatives reignite a battle over race and the ConstitutionElon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID

The Pentagon rescinded a Biden administration policy that reimbursed service members for travel to obtain abortions and other reproductive health procedures.

It was a blockbuster showing like nothing the Senate has seen in modern memory.

Two of Trump's most controversial picks for his administration are set to face Senate committees during the same week.

Pete Hegseth could be confirmed as the next secretary of defense, if he can maintain his current level of Senate support.

Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead on Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, and a new report detailing allegations of abusive behavior by the nominee have seemingly not dissuaded them. The Senate is set to hold an initial procedural vote on the nomination Thursday, even as Democrats attempt to delay final passage. Shortly after news [...]

Although he tried to follow a similar playbook during his first term, there are fewer guardrails this time.

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President-elect Donald Trump's transition team reportedly tapped a former senior health official from the president-elect's first term and a friend to top Trump loyalists to be Robert F. Kennedy Jr's chief of staff.

This month, President-elect Trump is set to return to the White House, where he has promised to take swift action against institutionalized “gender-affirming care."

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Pentagon, faced a Senate confirmation grilling with the Armed Services Committee.

'It is shameful'

House Republicans on Tuesday passed a bill to bar transgender student-athletes from competing in girls’ sports from kindergarten through twelfth grade, putting the contentious issue front and center following an election cycle that saw it become a frequent target of Republicans. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would amend Title IX — [...]

RFK Jr. begins meeting with Senate Democrats this week as his coalition for getting confirmed to HHS secretary remains uncertain.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday took the necessary procedural steps to place Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) bill blocking transgender athletes from women’s sports on the Senate calendar. The step sets up a vote on Tuberville’s bill in the weeks ahead. The legislation, dubbed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, [...]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday took the necessary procedural steps to place Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) bill blocking transgender athletes from women’s sports on the Senate calendar. The step sets up a vote on Tuberville’s bill in the weeks ahead. The legislation, dubbed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, [...]

Outgoing Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) said that his meeting with former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) has left him with more questions as she looks to win confirmation in the coming weeks to lead the U.S. intelligence community. Warner sat down with Gabbard, Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, on Wednesday, a [...]

'How can you be against that'

WASHINGTON — The feud between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell could soon spark anew in the next Congress with the Kentucky Republican poised to hold ample sway over the president-elect’s agenda and nominees.

The 43-year-old heiress and actor has testified about her own experience as a teenager at treatment facilities.

New polling shows Republicans hold a positive view of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but recent polling shows Americans overall are less positive. Also, there isn’t broad support for some of his views.

GOP Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary, told him he stands behind Trump's stance on abortion 100% and will not go overboard when it comes to regulating the agriculture industry.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for HHS Secretary hopes to make a positive impact on lawmakers during one-on-one discussions.

Donald Trump's controversial choice to run the Pentagon is backtracking on previous comments he made about women in combat and some senators are not buying his sudden about-face as he tries to salvage his nomination.According to a report from Politico, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth is scrambling to disavow comments he made just a month ago, before the president-elect tapped him to be the next secretary of defense, where he bluntly stated, "I’m straight up just saying, we should not have women in combat roles.”Already under a cloud of allegations of public drunkenness and an accusation of sexual assault, Hegseth is now reassuring lawmakers that he sees a role for women that he now characterizes as "some of our greatest warriors."ALSO READ: The reckoning: Plenty of hurts coming for the people who didn't care about their countryAccording to Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), she is not buying his overnight conversion.The senator who lost both her legs in combat while serving in the U.S. Army, scoffed, "Trump nominees lie all the time in order to get confirmed, don’t they? So, I don’t trust him.”Sen Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is likely to rubberstamp all of Trump's Cabinet nominees, admitted Hegseth's change of heart might be a matter of convenience.“I heard he was changing his tune a little bit on women in combat,” he stated before suggesting, “Sometimes you make comments that you don’t really want to stand by, sometimes, you know, when you’re not up for confirmation.”You can read more right here.

Weeks before millions of small businesses faced their rights being trampled and being unwittingly turned into felons, a nationwide injunction against an obscure reporting rule has gone into effect.

The Trump transition team is rolling out a video highlighting the support Pete Hegseth has received from some Republican senators as he looks to sell himself to others.

Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of the FBI, leaves a meeting Monday with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the Hart building.

The Department of Health and Human services issued a "Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day" post that earned a wave of backlash on social media.

If there’s a theme among Trump’s health Cabinet picks, it’s this: The vast majority were critics of how the Biden administration handled COVID-19.