President-elect Donald Trump is counting on a handful of loyal allies who leaped to his side during his 2019 impeachment trial to overhaul Washington, D.C.s biggest federal bureaucracies.  He has nominated four House Republicans who were on his2019 impeachment defense team to head critical agencies over the past week. Trump selected Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)to […]

The slim majority that House Republicans eked out on Election Day is in danger after President-elect Donald Trump poached multiple lawmakers for his Cabinet. So far, Trump has nominated Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Waltz (R-FL), and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to his incoming administration, the latter of whom has already announced his resignation from the House. Republicans […]

Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY), fresh off a narrow election loss to Democratic Rep.-elect Josh Riley in New York’s 19th Congressional District, did not rule out another congressional run in the state when asked Tuesday. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) will vacate her House seat if and when she takes office as ambassador to the United Nations, […]

President-elect Donald Trump‘s early Cabinet appointments have ranged from the obvious (brilliant House Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as ambassador to the United Nations) to the inspired (Fox News’s Pete Hegseth as defense secretary) to the aggravating (Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as homeland security secretary). But the former and future president’s announcement that h...

The United Nations wants to butter up President-elect Donald Trump to protect the funding that flows into its corrupt bureaucracy. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and the rest of the Trump administration shouldnt fall for it. Stefanik has been nominated by Trump as ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik proved herself capable of the job when […]

President-elect Donald Trump has been quick to fill out his national security team, and the initial selections have provided some insight into what his second term could entail. The president-elect announced that Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) will serve as his national security adviser and that he will nominate Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to be the […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Michigans firebrand Lisa McClain has her sights trained on the fourth-top GOP job in the House and tells The Post being a swing-state rep is her not-so-secret weapon. Rep.Elise Stefanikis leaving the prestigious Republican House Conference chair position vacant, taking the roleof ambassador to the United Nations in the next administration. As...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several elected officials to serve in his administration, which will prompt vacancies and special elections. Of seats affected in the House, Trump announced House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) would be his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in his second administration and that Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) would […]

House Republican leaders are preparing for temporary losses to their slim majority as President-elect Donald Trump recruits members to serve in his Cabinet, chipping away at the partys already narrow margins in the lower chamber.  So far, Trump has nominated two House lawmakers to service in his administration: House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), […]