Author: Jenny Goldsberry

Republican National Committee co-chair Michael Whatley encouraged Republican senators to work quickly to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks for the next administration. Rumors are swirling about whether Trump will call a recess for the Senate and appoint his own Cabinet as his picks become more controversial. Presidents have rarely wielded this authority. However, with a 53-seat…

CNN commentator Van Jones defended President-elect Donald Trump‘s intellect, citing his winning campaign. Jones appeared for an interview with Chris Cillizza, another former CNN commentator, in a video that aired Saturday, over a month after Trump swept the Nov. 5 election. Cillizza asked Jones how Trump “cracked the code” of media appearances that did not…

Comedian Chris Rock hosted Saturday Night Live’s latest episode, where he offered commentary on President-elect Donald Trump. This episode was the first since Trump was named Time’s 2024 Person of the Year this week. This followed a tradition since 2000 in which the candidate who wins the U.S. presidential election every fourth year becomes Time’s Person of the Year, with former…

The Safeway grocery store in the Fillmore neighborhood of San Francisco will be the latest store to shut down in February 2025. Safeway follows Whole Foods, Macy’s, Sephora, Nordstrom, Adidas, and others in closing at least one store or moving out entirely. Most cite crime as reason enough to move. The closure was announced in…

White House press secretary nominee Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Chinese President Xi Jinping is invited to the inauguration but has yet to RSVP. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second term next month. Should Xi decide to attend, it would be the first time a foreign leader from any country has attended…

President-elect Donald Trump was named Time’s 2024 Person of the Year Thursday. This follows a tradition since 2000, where the candidate who wins the U.S. presidential election every fourth year becomes Time’s Person of the Year, with former President George W. Bush winning it twice in 2000 and 2004 and former President Barack Obama doing so in 2008…

New Jersey state Sen. Doug Steinhardt called for more information on the drones circling the skies before “public panic” sets in. Steinhardt’s interview on Fox News’s Fox and Friends Wednesday came after weekslong sightings of car-sized drones all over the state, notably in Bedminster, where Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) lives and President-elect Donald Trump’s golf…

President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son has an approval rating of only 22% according to a poll. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research surveyed 1,251 adults in the days since the president announced he was pardoning his son Hunter from the federal gun and tax fraud convictions, including those offenses he “may…

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) claimed it was “wrong” of President-elect Donald Trump to suggest members of the Jan. 6 committee deserve jail time. Trump made “retribution” a key plank of his winning platform a month ago. Now that he’s weeks from returning to the White House, the president-elect’s foes wonder what his promises will look…

The McDonald’s where police arrested the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is facing a barrage of negative Google reviews. Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged with murder and a number of weapon offenses following his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday. A McDonald’s employee recognized Mangione as he ate in the…