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A copy of Project 2025 is held during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump tapping Project 2025 authors and influencers for key roles

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

FILE - Acting OMB Director Russel Vought speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Trump names Bessent as Treasury secretary, Vought to lead OMB

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Biden, bureaucrats scramble to set roadblocks to Trump-proof federal government

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, and Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, walk together after leaving Vance's office on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Vance takes on a more visible transition role as he works to boost Trump’s most controversial picks

By Jill Colvin and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Representative Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., listens as former President Donald Trump talks with the media at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)

Bondi replaces Gaetz as Trump’s pick for attorney general, removes ‘distraction’

By Jeff Mordock, Seth McLaughlin and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Rep. Gaetz's abrupt withdrawal from consideration to lead the Justice Department on Thursday was met with mixed reactions in the Senate, where some Republicans were glad the brief but dramatic saga was over, while others were stunned.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Gaetz’s withdrawal earns mixed reactions of relief, surprise from Senate Republicans

By Alex Miller and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Dems call on FBI to release Gaetz file

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Trump is warning Republicans to stop Democrats from confirming more Biden judges (horizontal)

Trump is warning Republicans to stop Democrats from confirming more Biden judges

By Alex Swoyer and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks before President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on lowering the cost of prescription drugs, at NHTI Concord Community College, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate rejects Bernie Sanders-led effort to stop U.S. offensive weapons sales to Israel

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

The hypocrisy of Senator Charles E. Schumer illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Senate Democrats’ hypocrisy on the filibuster

By Peter Parisi

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, with Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Vance to bring Trump nominees to Capitol Hill for meetings with senators

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the Tampa Electric Company offices in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

DeSantis vetting Senate candidates to fill Rubio seat, says decision by early January

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

FILE - Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe participates in an election forum, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing case targeting swing state’s top elections administrator

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2021, file photo, Mike Carey, speaks at the kick-off of his 15th Congressional District campaign in Grove City, Ohio. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Carey, a coal lobbyist who is among 10 Republicans jockeying to replace former GOP Rep. Steve Stivers, who retired from Congress earlier this year.(Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

GOP contenders emerge in Ohio for J.D. Vance’s Senate seat

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

This combination of images shows from left, Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate David McCormick, left, in Pittsburgh, on Sept. 21, 2023, and opponent, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., in Chicago, on Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo Gene J. Puskar, left; and AP Photo Paul Sancya, File)

Pennsylvania Senate race, recount sparks litigation, criticism

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times