Republicans choose John Thune as next Senate majority leader

November 13, 2024 - 12:15pm EST
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Senate Republicans have chosen Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leading the party in the Senate.

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The posters, which appeared across campus, accuse university faculty of being complicit in war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. The university president condemned the posters as antisemitic.

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President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.

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More than a thousand kids taken from their parents at the border still have not been reunited. The man Trump has named his next border czar has been described as the family separation architect.

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President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick for one of the biggest jobs in his new administration: attorney general. And for that job, Trump has chosen Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz.

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President Biden plans to tell China's Xi Jinping that communication channels between the two governments need to remain open — no matter who is in the White House.