Laura Coates Live

The New York Times obtained a document assembled by federal investigators detailing the trail of payments to various women made by former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who President-elect Trump picked as his nominee for attorney general. 

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President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sean Duffy, a former US representative and Fox Business host, as his choice for Transportation secretary. Duffy is part of a growing list of loyalists to play key roles in Trump’s administration, some of whom have sparked controversy. Key positions Trump has yet to fill are secretaries of Treasury and Education.

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President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was in the middle of announcing new Cabinet picks this week when they were informed of a sexual assault allegation about one of his previous selections, Pete Hegseth, stunning several members of Trump’s team who have since raised questions about the viability of his nomination, according to two people close to the situation.

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President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whose confirmation processes will test the loyalty of Senate Republicans.

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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general. “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department.”

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President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration. The announcement of Ramaswamy and particularly Musk, who leads companies with existing, lucrative government contracts, raises immediate questions about potential conflicts of interest.

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President-elect Donald Trump is likely to pick Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, two people familiar with his thinking told CNN, as he rounds out his national security team in a second term.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested in an interview Friday that President Joe Biden’s late departure from the presidential race could have hampered Democrats’ ability to beat Donald Trump. “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” Pelosi said during an interview.

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Almost immediately after it became clear that Donald Trump was on his way to reelection Tuesday night, phones began pinging in the president-elect’s orbit and the conversation at several of the dining tables in the Mar-a-Lago ballroom turned to who would staff a second Trump term.

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It is no disputing the sweep of Donald Trump’s White House victory. But, there are many unanswered questions about the road ahead and serious concerns about how he will lead the nation. Trump’s win of the popular vote for the first time is prompting Republicans to claim a mandate to carry out Mr. Trump’s most aggressive items on his America first agenda. 

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