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Will Scharf has proved his loyalty to President Trump, even filming a TV ad in which he blows away documents from the president’s legal cases. His new role will be to provide in-house legal advice.
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State of the Union: Reports of Driscoll’s looming exit come after his long-simmering rivalry with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and amid a rash of hazy exits by Vance affiliates. The post Driscoll, Army Secretary and Staunch Vance Ally, to Depart Admin appeared first on The American Conservative .
Daniel P. Driscoll, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Army, is poised to leave the administration by the end of 2026 , several outlets report . Driscoll is a former Yale Law School student and longtime friend of Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance. At the nadir of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s perceived stock in Washington, Driscoll was widely tipped as a possible — if not likely — successor. The Hill claimed Driscoll had been in a “months-long turf war” with Hegseth. But if anything, the palace politics at the Pentagon had seemingly cooled for much of 2026. Hegseth’s position has been largely bolstered by frontline television appearances during the administration’s crusade against what…Open
Graham died unexpectedly in July, setting up a special primary as he had already won the party nomination and was seeking reelection in November.
Trump said Martin is leaving his post as pardon attorney at the DOJ.
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Martin served as acting D.C. U.S. Attorney from January to May 2025, before becoming the United States Pardon Attorney.
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Like the senator from South Carolina, candidates have admitted to not knowing things before. Doing so rarely ends well for them.
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Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed by South Carolina's governor to finish her late brother Lindsey Graham's term, admitted in a debate that she's "not that informed on national security." Mychael Schnell breaks down WHY this statement was so shocking and shares how it could impact her run to fill her brother's Senate seat full-time.
President Donald Trump announced that he is nominating Dr. Heidi Overton, his deputy assistant for domestic policy, to serve as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). LiveNOW’s Mike Pache spoke about Dr. Overton’s experience, and what the reaction to her pick has been, with Liz Whyte from The Wall Street Journal.
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Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
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Trump nominated Overton to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
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