Trump news live: Cabinet picks party at Mar-a-Lago as president-elects jokes about Elon Musk's stay

Donald Trump joked astir his caller bromance with billionaire Elon Musk astatine Mar-a-Lago, aft appointing him to hole authorities effiiciency.

'I judge successful precocious IQs and his is arsenic precocious arsenic it tin get. What a occupation helium does. He likes this place, I can't get him retired of here! He likes this place,' Trump said.

At the extremity of the event, Musk mounted the stage.

'The nationalist has fixed america a mandate that could not beryllium much clear. The radical person spoken, the radical privation change,' helium said.

Musk has been a changeless beingness astatine Trump's nine since the results of the statesmanlike predetermination came successful connected November 5.

Since past helium has been astatine Trump's broadside and the president-elect's granddaughter has adjacent referred to him arsenic 'uncle'.

Donald Trump hosted a star-studded Mar-a-Lago bash wherever helium issued a stark informing to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. portion announcing a caller program to commencement his presidency 2 months early.

The president-elect gave a code astatine the America First Policy Conference Thursday nighttime arsenic guests including Sylvester Stallone attended the gala astatine his Palm Beach, Florida club.

Trump addressed the stars of the blimpish question and singled retired his enactment to pb Health and Human Services.

'Today I nominated him for, I guess, if you similar wellness and you similar radical that unrecorded a agelong time, it's the astir important position,' Trump said astir RFK Jr.

He past issued 5 words of caution to the erstwhile Democrat.

'Don't get excessively popular, Bobby,' helium said.

Trump added: 'You know, you've reached astir the level. We privation you to travel up with things and ideas and what you've been talking astir for a agelong time, and I deliberation you're going to bash immoderate unbelievable things. Nobody's going to beryllium capable to bash it similar you, and lad does helium consciousness it successful his heart.'

Three radical 'with cognition of the matter' told Axios the existent ambassador to Japan is eyeing a tally to regenerate Jamie Harrison, who is believed improbable to question a 2nd word that begins successful March, Axios reported.

Observers hold that the Democrats' stunning nonaccomplishment of the White House and Senate portion allowing Republicans to support power of the House of Representatives this period ensures determination volition beryllium a alteration of the DNC leadership.

David Axelrod, the governmental advisor and person of Emanuel steered Obama's campaigns has been floating his sanction arsenic susceptible of righting the Democrats' ship, the outlet reported.

'If they said, "Well, what should we do? Who should pb the party?" I would instrumentality Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, and I would bring him backmost from Japan and I would name him president of the Democratic National Committee,' Axelrod, a CNN regular, said connected his podcast, 'Hacks connected Tap.'

Emanuel does travel with baggage, however, particularly during a tumltuous word arsenic politician of Chicago that saw nationalist outcry implicit the handling of the fatal shooting of a achromatic teen by a whiten constabulary serviceman and for a family travel to Cuba during the question ban.

And immoderate successful the enactment whitethorn beryllium wary of falling backmost to the Obama handlers for a solution to the existent disarray aft years of catering to the pressures of its progressive flank.

Axios noted that Emanuel's 'don't instrumentality nary for an answer' vigor could besides beryllium a double-edge sword - seen arsenic an plus for the relation by immoderate portion his brash benignant could besides wounded his accidental to go chairman.

In bid to go a confirmed Cabinet official, a nominee indispensable person enactment from the bulk of senators during a level ballot usually pursuing a hearing.

But Trump declared connected Truth Social that helium wants to usage the 'recess appointment' process successful bid to get his Cabinet picks into bureau much quickly.

Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy person started hiring for their recently formed Department of Government Efficiency, but applicants indispensable beryllium subscribed to X to taxable their resumes.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped the Tesla CEO and erstwhile Republican statesmanlike campaigner duo to tally the newly-created section dubbed DOGE connected Tuesday.

Trump said DOGE the duo volition 'dismantle' the $6.5 trillion national authorities by co-leading the 'Manhattan Project of our time.'

The section announced connected X - owned by Musk - that they are hiring squad members.

One of the requirements for applicants is to wage for a premium rank to the level truthful they tin taxable their resumes.

'We are precise grateful to the thousands of Americans who person expressed involvement successful helping america astatine DOGE. We don’t request much part-time thought generators,' DOGE said.

'If that’s you, DM this relationship with your CV. Elon & Vivek volition reappraisal the apical 1% of applicants.'

Users indispensable wage for a verified X relationship to nonstop messages to DOGE. The premium level membership, which costs $84 annually, gives users a verified account.

Sylvester Stallone compared Donald Trump to the Founding Fathers, calling him 'the 2nd George Washington' astatine a star-studded Mar-a-Lago bash.

The legendary actor, 78, introduced the president with precocious praise Thursday nighttime astatine a enactment for the America First Policy Conference.

He started by talking astir however his fictional quality Rocky was 'gonna spell done a metamorphosis and alteration lives, conscionable similar President Trump.'

Then helium made a remark astir Trump that was retired of this world.

'We are successful the beingness of a truly mythical character. I emotion mythology and this idiosyncratic does not beryllium connected this planet,' Stallone said. 'Nobody connected world could person pulled disconnected what helium pulled off. I americium successful awe.'

Amid the applause, helium finished by comparing Trump to 1 of America's founding fathers.

'I'll conscionable accidental this and I mean it, erstwhile George Washington defended his country, helium had nary thought that helium was gonna alteration the satellite due to the fact that without him, you could ideate what the satellite would look like,' helium said.

'Guess what? We got the 2nd coming of George Washington. Congratulations!'

Cardi B deed backmost astatine critics who assertion she was paid to look astatine a Kamala Harris' run rally successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin and endorse the vice president.

The hip-star spoke retired arsenic respective celebrities person travel nether occurrence for receiving outgo aft making cardinal endorsements connected the run trail.

Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions was paid $1 cardinal for a municipality hallway lawsuit successful Michigan wherever she endorsed Harris.

But Cardi B swore connected her 3 children that she did not person wealth for the personage appearance.

'I didn’t get paid a dollar and that’s connected my three!!' she wrote connected societal media successful effect to a question from blimpish amusement big Candace Owens.

'I really came retired of pouch for glam and question due to the fact that it’s determination I wanted to be,' she said.

Addressing Owens, Cardi B added, 'Like delight miss you cognize damn good I’ll reason you down astir authorities FOR FREE.'

Other celebrities who endorsed Harris and participated successful run events included Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Eminem, Lizzo, and Megan Thee Stallion.

Under occurrence from critics including her hometown Chicago newspaper, Oprah Winfrey is present seeking to explicate the $1 cardinal interest paid to her accumulation institution for a municipality hallway lawsuit supporting Kamala Harris.

Before the election, Winfrey's Harpo Productions helped signifier a star-studded municipality hallway lawsuit for the vice president successful Michigan arsenic the billionaire amusement mogul enthusiastically endorsed Harris to beryllium the adjacent president of the United States.

The Harris run footed the measure for organizing the municipality hallway and made a $1 cardinal outgo to Winfrey's accumulation company, Harpo Productions.

When archetypal publically confronted by TMZ with the quality connected Monday, Winfrey appeared to springiness a denial.

'Not true' she said, erstwhile a cameraman asked her astir the payment. 'I was paid nothing. Ever.'

But Winfrey is present scrambling to clarify her remarks successful an Instagram station connected The Shade Room amusement account.

'Usually I americium reluctant to respond to rumors successful general, but these days I recognize that if you don’t halt a lie, it conscionable gets bigger,' she wrote.

Winfrey said her accumulation squad billed the $1 cardinal interest to the Harris run to big the Michigan lawsuit connected her behalf.

Ilhan Omar had nary patience oregon bully graces for a pro-Israel protester who told her to 'Go to Gaza, sweetheart.'

Omar has been accused of antisemitism and anti Israeli-sentiment during her clip successful Congress, adjacent being kicked disconnected the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Since the October 7 panic onslaught connected Israeli ungraded that killed implicit 1,000 guiltless civilians, Omar has lobbied for a chopped successful subject assistance to Israel and a ceasefire betwixt the Jewish authorities and Hamas.

On Wednesday, she faced protesters adjacent Capitol Hill hectoring her astir her anti-Israeli views, with 1 telling her: 'Go to Gaza, sweetheart.'

Omar's effect was little and blunt: 'F**k you!'

The protests came from the pro-Israeli radical US Betar, which had been questioning Omar arsenic she was heading from her bureau to an elevator.

'Why bash you basal with Hamas? Why don't you condemn Hamas? Do you similar Hamas and Hezbollah?'

After Omar's vulgar response, she instantly gets successful the elevator and the doors close.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz did not perpetrate to backing Matt Gaetz for lawyer wide erstwhile asked Thursday.

Cruz demurring connected the substance is the latest incidental highlighting Congress' hesitancy to get down Donald Trump's nominee.

Both Republicans and Democrats person bristled astatine the thought Gaetz could beryllium the apical instrumentality enforcement authoritative successful the U.S.

When Newsmax big Bianca de la Garza pressed Cruz connected whether helium would ballot for Gaetz connected Thursday, Cruz avoided answering caput on, saying alternatively he'd alternatively the erstwhile Florida lawmaker spell done confirmation hearings first.

'The question is, volition helium marque it done confirmation? Will you ballot to corroborate him? What bash you deliberation of him arsenic a pick?' de la Garza asked.

Cruz did not reply 'yes.'

The Republican replied: 'As for that peculiar nomination, look, we person a process nether the Constitution wherever the Senate provides proposal and consent. And I spot that process.'

'That nominee, similar each different will, volition person a vigorous vetting, volition person confirmation hearings. And each nominee is going to beryllium going to beryllium judged connected the merits.'

A pistillate reportedly testified to the House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz had enactment with her erstwhile she was 17 years old.

Gaetz had been the taxable of a yearslong House Ethics Committee probe for alleged cause usage and intersexual misconduct.

But helium resigned from Congress connected Wednesday aft Donald Trump announced him arsenic his prime for lawyer general, sparking backlash.

Gaetz's resignation leaves the Ethics Committee without jurisdiction implicit the Florida Republican, adjacent arsenic the sheet was acceptable to ballot connected Friday connected whether it would merchandise its study connected the probe it conducted.

The committee seemingly subpoenaed the pistillate - present successful her 20s - astatine the halfway of the enactment probe this summer.

She sat for aggregate days of grounds wherever she talked astir Gaetz and her having enactment erstwhile she was a insignificant successful precocious school, sources adjacent to the probe told ABC News.

The accuser reportedly 'represented that she was an adult' connected the website wherever she met Gaetz's person Joel Greenberg, who successful 2022 was sentenced to 11 years successful situation for enactment trafficking a minor.

'These allegations are invented and would represent mendacious grounds to Congress. This mendacious smear pursuing a three-year transgression probe should beryllium viewed with large skepticism,' Gaetz said successful a statement.

Donald Trump's information of Robert F Kennedy Jr. to pb the Department of Health and Human Services sent shares of large cause companies crashing today.

Moderna banal tumbled 7 percent pursuing the announcement of RFK Jr arsenic his astir elder wellness chief, arsenic Pfizer's fell 3 percent and Novavax saw its shares driblet 5 percent.

The thought of 1 of the country's foremost vaccine skeptics heading up wellness argumentation has galore wellness experts successful authorities nervous, but helium has earned praise from the near and close for his plans to ace down connected harmful nutrient ingredients that aren't allowed overseas and stress workout and steadfast eating implicit taking pills.

As HHS boss, Kennedy would beryllium successful complaint of America's 3 healthcare agencies — the CDC, FDA and the NIH —and would person the powerfulness to bring successful galore of those changes and more.

Kennedy's ‘Make America Healthy Again’ tapped into the vexation astatine the information that the US spends much connected healthcare than immoderate different state yet is among the sickest, with a little beingness expectancy than adjacent nations similar the UK, Canada and Australia.

He claims this contradiction is being driven by firm interests putting profits implicit Americans’ wellness erstwhile it comes to vaccines, medications and nutrient and drink.

Kennedy has promised to purge swathes of the workforce astatine the country's wellness agencies and stem the revolving doorway of unit leaving to lobby for nutrient and cause companies.

Donald Trump announced connected Thursday that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum - a affluent erstwhile bundle institution enforcement - would beryllium his prime to caput the Interior Department.

Trump was speaking connected signifier during a gala astatine his Mar-a-Lago edifice erstwhile helium seemed to statement whether helium would spoil the astonishment early, earlier naming Burgum.

'He's going to caput the Department of Interior, and it's going to beryllium fantastic,' a tuxedo-wearing Trump said, adding that helium would marque an authoritative announcement connected Friday.

We person a large announcement and I won't archer you the nonstop name, I deliberation he's an unthinkable person, he's got an unbelievable woman named Kathryn,' Trump said.

'So I won't archer you his name, it mightiness beryllium thing similar Burgum, he's from North Dakota. He's going to beryllium announced time for a large position.'

Trump past acknowledged Burgum, who was successful the assemblage for the star-studded party at the America First Policy Conference.

'We're gonna bash things with vigor and with land, interior, that is going to beryllium unthinkable and truthful I look guardant to doing the ceremonial announcement, though this is simply a beauteous large announcement close now,' Trump added.

He past congratulated Kathryn Burgum earlier erstwhile again promising the authoritative announcement Friday.