Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect's choice to lead the Department of Treasury.Bessent has advised Trump on economic policy and has...

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr(WASHINGTON) -- Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, said Thursday he is withdrawing his name for the role -- just a day after Gaetz spoke with Republican senators...

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump said he wants Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and author who argued against pandemic lockdowns, to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."He will work under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy...

Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr(WASHINGTON) -- Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, said Thursday he is withdrawing his name for the role -- just a day after Gaetz spoke with Republican senators...

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Matt Gaetz said Friday he will not return to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.In an interview with conservative commentator Charlie...

Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds introduced the "Returning Education Back to Our States Act" on Thursday, signaling a commitment to deliver on President-elect Donald Trump's vow to dismantle the Department of Education.In...

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, Trump announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is his second choice to fill...

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, Trump announced that he will pick former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to fill that role in his...

Nathan Howard/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the span of eight days, former Rep. Matt Gaetz went from a reelected House member to an attorney general pick in President-elect Donald Trump's second administration to ultimately bowing out before a Senate...

Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his bid to serve as attorney general in the next Trump administration, but the question remains: can he go back to his old job as a member of Congress?Gaetz, for his part,...

Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC Images(WASHINGTON) -- Even though former Rep. Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean Casten said Thursday that he'll continue to try to compel the...

Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Top officials from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday drew bipartisan fire for declining to testify in public at a Senate hearing on "worldwide threats" and instead offering to testify in a...

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As controversy continues to cloud some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, his team has an ominous warning for Republicans who don't fall in line behind his nominees.ABC News Chief...

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general."I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday,"...

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (R-HI) takes the stage during a Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump campaign rally at Lancaster Airport on November 03, 2024 in Lititz, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) --...

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general."I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday," Gaetz wrote...

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As controversy continues to cloud some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, his team has an ominous warning for Republicans who don't fall in line behind his nominees.ABC News Chief...

John Lamparski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill Thursday to accompany President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick to be secretary of the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, where they are meeting with Republican...

James Devaney/GC Images(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 on the campaign trail but has since nominated several authors or contributors from the controversial conservative presidential wishlist to his administration.Trump...