California Governor Gavin Newsom has been served a recall petition to remove him from office following outrage regarding the Southern California fires.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has required the U.S. state department to freeze passport applications that allow Americans to designate their gender identity as “X.”
John Ratcliffe has officially been confirmed by the Senate as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. State Department to prohibit flying any flag that is not the official United States of America flag, including the LGBTQ pride flag and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has selected Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted to serve as Ohio’s next United States senator. Husted will replace JD Vance, who is stepping down as he assumes the role of Vice President-elect.
Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that state Attorney General Ashley Moody will be replacing Senator Marco Rubio in the Senate after being nominated to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman announced his plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, making him the first Democrat senator to convene with Trump at his Florida estate.
President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has announced that she is withdrawing from consideration to replace Marco Rubio’s Florida Senate seat, after Rubio was chosen to serve as the secretary of state in Trump’s incoming administration.
Lara Trump announced on X that she would be stepping down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), explaining that during her time in her role, the RNC had three distinct goals and they have all now been accomplished.