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But when Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) appeared initially cool to President-electDonald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary— a man who once said women should not serve in combat andwho has himself been accused of sexual assault— she faced an onsl...
"Look, I think it's fair to say that he's become the president-elect by showing anger, by being accusatory, frankly, not being all that fact-based and scapegoating real and imagined enemies," Hayden said. "None of that fits into the intelligence picture – that's very alien to the ...
In other words, our results suggest that a non-right-president experiencing the same dismal performance in fighting crime as Calderón would have suffered even more electoral damage.19 Moreover, any particular election is about more than one issue; so other factors (unrelated to crime) might ...
If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president? Who is the head of the Electoral College? Who nominates the top members of the Department of State? Who makes up the legislative branch of a country? Who has direct control of the legislative branch of government? What is the up...
America 101: What is the Electoral College? Ebro Darden describes how it's not the popular vote but rather the Electoral College that officially elects the president. To win a modern presidential election, a candidate needs to capture 270 of the 538 total electoral votes. States are allotted ...
Asked about president-elect Donald Trump’s promise to have Elon Musk draw up plans to radically overhaul the government and “send shockwaves” through Washington, key Republicans on the Hill had a slightly more muted message: Sure, we’ll take a look. ...
“Even in the final days, there’s a not insignificant number of young men and women who are still on the fence — their memory of Trump is hazy and if the vice president can drive her message about freedom and opportunity home young people can make the difference for her,” said ...