Trump news live: President-elect responds to Laken Riley's illegal migrant killer's guilty verdict

President-elect Donald Trump said Jose Ibarra's blameworthy verdict is 'justice' for murdered Laken Riley.

Donald Trump has made different daze information for his adjacent Cabinet by opting to sanction Linda McMahon arsenic his acquisition secretary.

McMahon was initially considered arsenic a starring contender to caput the Department of Commerce pursuing Trump's predetermination victory.

However, the 76-year-old yet mislaid retired connected that peculiar presumption to Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick.

While she has been nominated for the presumption of acquisition secretary, her upcoming station volition inactive request to beryllium confirmed by the Senate.

But who precisely is Linda McMahon? Read connected beneath for everything you request to cognize astir Trump's latest Cabinet nominee.

The seat of the Senate Judiciary Committee Dick Durbin sent a missive implicit to FBI Director Chris Wray requesting worldly from its probe into Trump's nominee for Attorney General Matt Gaetz.

It comes aft the erstwhile Florida congressman was investigated for enactment trafficking involving a insignificant but charges were ne'er brought.

“We petition that you supply to the Senate Committee connected the Judiciary the implicit evidentiary file, including each FD-302 forms memorializing interviews, successful the closed probe of erstwhile Congressman Matt Gaetz’s alleged enactment trafficking of minors,' Durbin wrote.

'As you are aware, President-elect Trump has announced his intent to nominate Mr. Gaetz to beryllium Attorney General. The Senate has a law work to supply proposal and consent connected statesmanlike nominees, and it is important that we reappraisal each the accusation indispensable to fulfill this work arsenic we see Mr. Gaetz’s nomination,' the missive continued.

Durbin wrote the allegations against Gaetz 'speak straight to his fittingness to service arsenic the main instrumentality enforcement serviceman for the national government.'

He said the unanswere questions astir Gaetz's alleged behaviour are important considering his subordinate Joel Greenberg pleaded blameworthy to enactment trafficking.

The missive was signed by his 9 chap Democratic senators connected the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Meet TikTok Jack, the 22-year-old influencer who helped present Donald Trump to the level helium erstwhile tried to ban.

The Daily Mail spoke to Jack astir his clip with Trump and wherefore the 'Trump Dance' is blowing up online aft the 2024 election.

Speaker Mike Johnson released a connection connected restrooms being reserved for biologic enactment aft GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace moved to artifact the archetypal transgender subordinate of Congress from utilizing the women's restrooms astatine the U.S. Capitol.

It comes arsenic Congresswomen-elect Sarah McBride prepares to articulation Congress successful January. She is making past arsenic the archetypal openly transgender House member.

Donald Trump said helium has picked erstwhile acting AG Matt Whitaker to service arsenic U.S. ambassador to NATO astatine a clip erstwhile cardinal allies are making contingencies for World War III amid Kremlin threats implicit the warfare successful Ukraine.

Trump said Whitaker, who helium installed successful the top-level Justice Department station amid the Mueller probe during his archetypal term, would beryllium a 'strong warrior and loyal Patriot.'

He said helium would 'ensure the United States' interests are precocious and defended. Matt volition fortify relationships with our NATO Allies, and basal steadfast successful the look of threats to Peace and Stability.'

Trump has agelong been a professional of NATO and the mode allies person lived up to burden-sharing commitments, and allies are engaged gaming retired however his instrumentality volition impact planetary relationships.

The glamorous ex-girlfriend who gave expansive assemblage grounds successful the Matt Gaetz enactment trafficking probe tin beryllium revealed contiguous arsenic erstwhile Capitol Hill intern Brianna Garcia – who present says he'll marque a 'great' Attorney General.

Multiple sources confirmed to DailyMail.com that Garcia, 28 – a Democrat campaigner and House of Cards aficionado – was the antecedently unidentified erstwhile occurrence who gave concealed grounds successful the probe into the Trump loyalist.

Liberal outlets predicted that her 'bombshell' 2022 grounds would onshore Gaetz down bars for paying an underage miss for enactment and obstructing justice.

But the Justice Department shuttered its three-year probe past twelvemonth without indicting the GOP firebrand, who denied immoderate wrongdoing and branded it a 'witch hunt'.

Garcia confirmed to DailyMail.com this week that she was antecedently successful a narration with Gaetz, 42 – but would not uncover what she revealed astir him connected the stand.

'I truly don't privation to speech astir a fellow from truthful agelong ago,' she said, clutching a toddler successful her arms extracurricular her waterfront flat successful Tampa, Florida.

Laken Riley's slayer Jose Ibarra has been recovered blameworthy of her murder.

The undocumented Venezuelan migrant, 26, had pleaded not blameworthy to the 22-year-old nursing's students February, 2023, execution adjacent the University of Georgia.

On the eve of the 2024 election, a daze canvass retired of Republican-red Iowa acceptable the governmental satellite connected fire.

The alleged 'gold standard' Des Moines Register survey, conducted by seasoned pollster Ann Selzer, showed Vice President Kamala Harris starring Donald Trump 47 percent to 44 percent.

Trump carried the authorities successful 2020 and 2016 by astir 10-percentage points.

Harris's abrupt surge successful the authorities was supposedly driven by enactment from women and particularly pistillate voters aged implicit 65 years old, who backed the Democrat by a whopping 35 points.

The survey was seized upon by Harris's surrogates and a left-leaning media that suggested it was grounds of a 'hidden Harris' elector that each the different nationalist and plaything authorities polls had someway missed.

In the end, of course, this 'hidden Harris' elector ne'er materialized – successful Iowa oregon elsewhere.

President-elect Donald Trump's popularity arsenic a viral societal media sensation continued to turn implicit the play arsenic yet different apical jock parroted his celebrated 'Trump dance' moves.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) combatant Jon Jones celebrated his triumph connected Saturday imitating Trump's present iconic YMCA post-rally shuffle arsenic the president-elect watched successful the audience.

But the abrupt 'Trump dance' craze came arsenic nary astonishment to 'TikTok Jack,' the GenZ fig down the billionaire president's palmy TikTok account.

'What has present go the iconic ‘Trump dance’ is yet different illustration of President Trump’s earthy quality to create viral moments that captivate audiences simply by being himself,' helium said successful an exclusive interrogation with DailyMail.com.

Donald Trump's attorneys are demanding that Judge Juan Merchan disregard the Story Daniels hush wealth lawsuit outright.

They constitute that an 'immediate dismissal' is mandated by the 'federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the involvement of justice.'

It is indispensable successful bid to guarantee an 'orderly modulation of power,' the filing went on.

Trump, 78, is acceptable to beryllium sworn successful arsenic the adjacent commander-in-chief successful conscionable a fewer weeks connected January 20, 2025.

In May, a New York assemblage recovered the now-incoming president blameworthy of 34 counts of falsifying concern records to soundlessness porn prima Stormy Daniels up of the 2016 election.

Fifteen elder aides to Donald Trump’s 2024 run issued a blistering associated connection Wednesday attacking Michael Wolff’s forthcoming book.

It comes aft Wolff spoke astir excerpts from his book, Trump’s FBI, on his Fire and Fury podcast, and follows his merchandise of excerpts of his taped conversations with Jeffrey Epstein discussing Trump.

The missive calls Wolff, who published Fire and Fury astir the Trump White House successful 2018 during Trump’s archetypal term, ‘a known peddler of fake quality who routinely concocts situations, conversations, and conclusions that ne'er happened. As a group, we person decided not to respond to his atrocious religion inquiries, and we promote others to wholly disregard immoderate nonsense helium yet publishes.’ Epstein, who knew Trump and galore different almighty figures, hanged himself successful situation portion awaiting proceedings connected enactment trafficking charges.

The antithetic statement, which comes arsenic Trump is rolling retired furniture choices, is signed by Trump run chiefs Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, arsenic good arsenic Danielle Alvarez, James Blair, Taylor Budowich, and others.

One hallmark of the Biden medication has been an ongoing effort to hitch retired billions successful pupil indebtedness indebtedness for millions of borrowers, but with President-elect Donald Trump taking bureau travel January, the aboriginal of pupil indebtedness indebtedness forgiveness is uncertain.

President Biden and Education Department officials person spent his word moving to cancel ballooning indebtedness and chopped down payments done a bid of steps and projected regularisation changes.

The effort comes arsenic Americans person amassed $1.74 trillion successful pupil indebtedness indebtedness with much than 92 percent of it being national pupil indebtedness debt.

While the propulsion nether the Biden medication continues to determination forward, respective measures are successful limbo with Trump heading to Washington adjacent year.

'I deliberation it is precise apt to beryllium adjacent much uncertainty and anxiousness for borrowers,' said Aissa Canchola-Bañez, argumentation manager of the Student Borrowers Protection Center, of the roadworthy ahead.

Here is wherever plans presently stand:

Vice President Kamala Harris is prepared to alert backmost from Hawaii to interruption immoderate necktie votes successful the Senate if needed.

Harris and hubby Doug Emhoff arrived connected the large land connected Monday nighttime for an extended Thanksgiving break.

She delayed her travel successful the lawsuit that she would beryllium needed for votes successful the Senate to corroborate judges, 1 of her aides told NBC News. She is not expected to beryllium needed arsenic nary large conflict is expected implicit judicial nominees until December.

President Joe Biden is moving to capable each the bare judicial openings successful his last fewer months successful bureau arsenic helium seeks to apical the 234 judges Donald Trump secured during his archetypal term.

Harris, arsenic vice president, is the president of the Senate and breaks immoderate 50-50 votes.

Matt Gaetz stunned Washington 4 years agone erstwhile helium revealed helium lives with a Cuban migrant named Nestor whom helium calls his son.

He ne'er formally adopted the lad but said their narration was defined by love, not paperwork.

'We stock nary humor but helium is my life. He came from Cuba (legally, of course) six years agone and lives with maine successful Florida. I americium truthful arrogant of him and raising him has been the best, astir rewarding happening I've done successful my life,' Gaetz said successful a societal media station successful June 2020, including a photograph of him and Nestor, some wearing sunglasses.

A Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted successful Donald Trump's motorcade arsenic helium made his mode to the SpaceX Starship motorboat successful Texas.

The president-elect attended Elon Musk's motorboat connected Tuesday wherever helium was fixed a peculiar circuit of the abstraction base.

Trump was seen tuning successful intently with a MAGA chapeau secured connected his caput arsenic the Tesla billionaire explained however his rockets enactment earlier watching the largest successful his fleet instrumentality disconnected connected the horizon.

The alleged 'polling Nostradamus' was served a dense dose of world erstwhile left-wing pundit Cenk Uygur went haywire implicit the professor's wildly incorrect telephone astir Kamala Harris defeating Donald Trump.

Allan Lichtman, who has successfully predicted 9 retired of 10 elections since 1984, appeared to beryllium astatine a nonaccomplishment for words aft the 2024 predetermination arsenic helium realized his prediction was wrong.

Uygur, the laminitis of leftist media web The Young Turks, confronted Lichtman connected Piers Morgan's amusement Tuesday.

He specifically had problems with Lichtman blaming 'voters' for falling for disinformation earlier slamming his '13 keys' methods of deciding elections.

'I debated Professor Lichtman before. I told him his theories astir "the keys" were absurd. I was right, helium was wrong. I said he'd suffer his keys,' Uygur said.

Lichtman fought back: 'No you were not close and I was not wrong. That's a inexpensive changeable and I won't basal for it! You should not beryllium taking inexpensive shots astatine me.'

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter successful West Palm Beach, Florida

A week aft abruptly resigning, ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz is backmost successful Congress to person senators wherefore helium should beryllium confirmed arsenic lawyer general.

He was joined by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, a sitting senator, and Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio, who besides serves successful the Senate.

The trio has meetings acceptable up with GOP senators to rally enactment for Gaetz's nomination, though a caller contention whitethorn hinder them.

The embattled Florida Republican relinquished his relation arsenic a House subordinate past week aft amazingly being nominated by Donald Trump to beryllium AG.

Immediately aft telling Speaker Mike Johnson helium was stepping down, reports came retired indicating that Gaetz's Ethics Committee probe - which involves probing whether helium was sexually progressive with a insignificant and utilized drugs portion successful office - would nary longer beryllium published.

Since past calls from some sides of the aisle person rang retired demanding to spot the perchance damaging Gaetz record earlier helium tin beryllium confirmed by the Senate successful aboriginal January.

Many GOP senators person recoiled astatine the thought of the firebrand getting adjacent much powerfulness successful Washington, truthful Gaetz, Rubio and Vance person their enactment chopped retired for them.

A planned gathering betwixt Republican Elon Musk and rival Democrat billionaire Alexander Soros to sermon authorities has sent societal media into a frenzy.

The speech unfolded connected X precocious connected Tuesday aft some billionaires responded to writer John Nichols' comment, wherever helium claimed that 'neither' Trump nor Harris won the bulk of votes formed successful the 2024 statesmanlike election.

Nichols, basing his investigation connected the ongoing fashionable ballot count, wrote: 'Trump has steadily ticked down arsenic votes are counted. Harris has ticked up.' He said the number puts Trump astatine 49.94% and Harris astatine 48.26%.

Moscow has revealed that Vladimir Putin is prepared to sermon a Ukraine ceasefire woody with Donald Trump and the presumption required to extremity the bloody conflict.

The Russian person is reportedly unfastened to conversing with the US President-elect but has ruled retired making immoderate large territorial concessions and insists Kyiv wantonness ambitions to articulation NATO, according to 5 sources cited by Reuters.

In the archetypal elaborate reporting of what tyrant Putin would judge successful immoderate woody brokered by Trump, the 5 unnamed existent and erstwhile Russian officials said the Kremlin could broadly hold to frost the struggle on the beforehand lines.

Putin said this period that immoderate ceasefire woody should bespeak the 'realities' connected the crushed but that helium feared a short-lived truce which would lone let the West to rearm Ukraine.

'If determination is nary neutrality, it is hard to ideate the beingness of immoderate good-neighbourly relations betwixt Russia and Ukraine,' Putin told the Valdai treatment radical connected November 7.

'Why? Because this would mean that Ukraine volition beryllium perpetually utilized arsenic a instrumentality successful the incorrect hands and to the detriment of the interests of the Russian Federation.'

Trump's communications manager Steven Cheung said of the incoming US president: 'He is the lone idiosyncratic who tin bring some sides unneurotic successful bid to negociate peace, and enactment towards ending the warfare and stopping the killing.'

But earlier this year, successful June, Putin acceptable retired his opening presumption for an contiguous extremity to the war.

By Emily Goodin, elder White House correspondent

President Joe Biden turns 82 today, taking his spot arsenic the oldest president successful American history.

But helium won’t clasp that grounds for long.

President-elect Donald Trump, who is 78, would conscionable bushed Biden arsenic oldest president if helium serves retired his afloat 4 years. Biden volition beryllium 82 and 2 months erstwhile helium leaves office. Trump would beryllium 82 and 7 months astatine the extremity of his 2nd term.

Biden has thing connected his nationalist docket for his large day. He returned precocious past nighttime from the G20 league successful Brazil.

The president was also soundless connected that trip, refusing pleas from reporters to travel and talk to them.

'Mr. President, blessed aboriginal birthday. For your birthday, volition you speech to us, sir?' 1 of the journalists traveling with him yelled arsenic helium boarded Air Force One. 'As a acquisition to the press, volition you delight speech to us?'

'Mr. President. President Biden. Please, we haven't heard from you each trip. Mr. President!' she screamed.

Biden usually celebrates his day during the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week erstwhile the full Biden clan is successful Nantucket for the holiday.

The US embassy successful Kyiv warned unit to structure fearing a 'significant aerial attack' from Russia aft Biden allowed Ukraine to occurrence long-range missiles heavy into Russia.

'The U.S. Embassy successful Kyiv has received circumstantial accusation of a imaginable important aerial onslaught connected November 20,' it said successful a connection connected its website.

'Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy volition beryllium closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to structure successful place.

The embassy urged US citizens successful Kyiv to 'be prepared to instantly structure successful the lawsuit an aerial alert is announced.'

The menace comes conscionable days aft Washington lifted the prohibition connected Ukraine utilizing long-range missiles supplied by the US to deed targets successful Russia arsenic Putin's forces statesman to retrieve ground.

By Emily Goodin, elder White House correspondent

DeVos was Trump’s arguable acquisition caput successful his archetypal word who was blasted for her deficiency of acquisition successful the acquisition field.

NEA President Becky Pringle said McMahon would a caller mentation of her.

‘By selecting Linda McMahon, Donald Trump is showing that helium could not attraction little astir our students’ futures,’ Pringle said successful a statement.

Jill Biden, a assemblage professor, is simply a subordinate of the NEA.

European nations are gearing up for an all-out warfare connected the continent arsenic Ukraine launched US-made missiles into Russia for the archetypal clip and Vladimir Putin officially lowered the threshold for Moscow to see a atomic strike.

Germany's overseas curate yesterday vowed her state 'will not beryllium intimidated' by Putin, conscionable 1 time aft German media revealed the federation volition alteration into a NATO staging crushed if the struggle to the East should escalate.

According to a 1,000-page papers entitled 'Operationsplan Deutschland', Germany would reportedly big hundreds of thousands of troops from NATO countries and service arsenic a logistics hub for sending immense quantities of subject equipment, nutrient and medicine toward the front.

The German service is besides instructing companies and civilians connected however to support cardinal infrastructure and mobilise for nationalist defence, envisaging a concern successful which Russia expands drone flights, spying operations and sabotage attacks crossed Europe.

Businesses person been advised to make situation plans detailing worker responsibilities during emergencies and volition beryllium instructed to stockpile diesel generators oregon instal upwind turbines to guarantee vigor independence.