Trump’s controversial nominees Patel, Gabbard and Hegseth meet with GOP senators in vow for their support: Live updates

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign.

“Your and Deputy Director Abbate’s failure to take control of the FBI has hindered my work and that of others during multiple congresses on issues that needed timely information and prevented the truth on some issues from ever reaching the American people,” Grassley wrote in an 11-page letter. “You have also shown a continued double standard and failure to deliver on promises. For the sake of the country, it is time for you and your deputy to move on to the next chapter in your lives.”

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat was a teenager when by accident knocked down a loaded gunwho on impact shot and fatally shot her father in the head.

The incident took place in February 1990 at her family’s home in Umatilla, Floridathe report states The New York Times.

Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, told CNN on Monday that he had a “very good” meeting with Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who appears skeptical of the former Fox & Friends host.

But the 44-year-old did not say whether the senator would support him.

“It was a very good meeting with the senator,” Hegseth told CNN. “I have known her for 10 years. The more we talk, the more we are reminded, as two combat veterans, how dedicated we are to defense. She has been committed for a long time to making the Pentagon work for warfighters … I appreciate her commitment to the process and we look forward to working together.”

Donald Trump he will not be sworn in for his second presidential term for more than a month, but by some measures it could be concluded Joe Biden has largely given up acting Americahead of state.

When world leaders gathered in Paris over the weekend to celebrate the reopening of the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, the current US president was nowhere to be seen. Instead, only his wife, the First Lady Jill Bidenwas there to represent the US government. Joe Biden remained in Washington, apparently due to an unspecified scheduling conflict.

Andrew Feinberg there are more.

The newly elected president Donald Trump on Sunday evening on his Truth Social platform, he stated that the Democrats are “fiercely fighting” for all future presidential elections to be based “exclusively” on the Electoral College.

The interesting late-night post had many wondering if the new president was trolling liberals after finally winning the popular vote on his third try. At the same time, some progressives hoped that Trump’s claim could lead to conservatives being “radicalized” against the idea of ​​relying on states’ electoral votes to determine presidential elections.

Donald Trump called on China to help mediate a ceasefire between them Russia and Ukraine as the incoming US president revealed that he communicated with him Xi Jinping.

The conflict caused enormous losses and to Russia and Ukraine, Trump said, and to the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky “I’d like to make a deal” to end the “madness”.

Zelenski has not yet responded to that claim.

The news comes just weeks before the president-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. His close ties to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and day-to-day ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, drew heavy criticism after the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi columnist for the Washington Post who had written critically about the monarchy.

The company will partner with Dar Global, a London-based luxury real estate developer that will lease the Trump brand but fully own and develop projects in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The two have teamed up on other projects in the region, including developing a golf resort in neighboring Oman.

The retired congressman from Illinois wrote on his Substack: “Bring it.”