Senate confirms Trump’s picks for defense, homeland security

The Republican-led Senate, taking little time to fill two critical national security posts, overwhelmingly confirmed a pair of retired Marine generals tapped by President Donald Trump to run the Pentagon and secure America's borders. A little more than an hour later, Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to James Mattis to be defense secretary and John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Senate to delay vote on Pompeo until Monday

Senate Democrats resisted entreaties from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to vote on Rep. Mike Pompeo's nomination to become CIA director late Friday, punting the vote to Monday. The move will leave the nation's top intelligence agency without a leader over the weekend because former CIA director John Brennan and his deputy David Cohen formally departed when President Obama left office Friday.

President Trump Hit Immediately with Ethics Complaint

Trump violated his lease for the Trump International Hotel in D.C. the second he was sworn in, according to the nonpartisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The hotel is located in a renovated historic post office that Trump leases from the government - and the paperwork explicitly forbids any elected government official from holding the lease or benefiting from it.

Why these N.J. Trump supporters traveled to the inauguration

But the day after Trump pulled off a stunning upset over Democrat Hillary Clinton , Dominguez made a decision: He would travel to Washington D.C. to watch the brazen, often controversial Republican get inaugurated. "I thought his style was dismissive," Dominguez said about an hour after seeing Trump get sworn in as America's 45th president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

Trump signs first bill and actions as president

President Donald Trump on Friday quickly claimed the mantle of the White House, signing legislation allowing retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his Cabinet choices.

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Obama’s Racial Legacy: Some Last Words On The First Black President

Barack Obama took to the podium in the press briefing room on Wednesday, the second-to-last day of the first black presidency, and after eight years of that becoming increasingly normal, the moment made it all start to seem strange again. So this whole black leader-of-the-free-world thing really happened, huh? It wasn't that long ago that the idea of a black man in the White House was a side detail in a movie about the apocalypse , a righteous fantasy in an implausible TV thriller , or the high-concept premise of Dave Chappelle skits .

Freeze-dried food and 1 bathroom: 6 simulate Mars in dome

In this photo provided by the University of Hawaii, six carefully selected scientists entered this geodesic dome called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS located 8,200 feet above sea level on Maun... . This image provided by NASA shows the planet Mars.

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Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for solace Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for solace The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the plane that crashed into Lake Erie last month, killing all six people on board The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the plane that crashed into Lake Erie last month, killing all six people on board Protesters and supporters of President-elect Donald Trump clashed outside a pro-Trump event in Washington the night before his inauguration Protesters and supporters of President-elect Donald Trump clashed ... (more)

How Hope Hicks trapped into saying she told ‘white lies’ for Trump

Hicks spent nine hours testifying Tuesday to the House Intelligence Committee and admitted to telling 'white lies' for Trump The 29-year-old former model was Trump's right-hand woman first at his company, then on the campaign trail and in the West Wing Resigning White House communications director Hope Hicks admitted in closed testimony to telling 'white lies' on behalf of President Trump after getting asked a broad question that a GOP panel member complained Thursday was a 'trap.' The 'white lies' comment emerged in the hours after Hicks got grilled for nine hours at the House Intelligence committee this week - and reports about it reportedly caused Trump to give her a tongue lashing.

WashPost Slams ‘Vigilante Censorship’ of Anti-Police Art in US Capitol

In a Tuesday article titled, "The House unceremoniously yanks down a student's artwork," the Washington Post editorial board condemns the removal of an incendiary painting from a U.S. Capitol hallway portraying police officers as animals attacking blacks, with the Post hyperbolically dubbing the move as "vigilante censorship," and tying the "unseemly stampede" and "sad precedent" of its removal to the "alt-right." The painting, after being removed previously by Republican members of Congress only to have the Congressional Black Caucus re-hang it, was again taken down after a ruling by the Capitol architect that it is not suitable for public display.

The Latest: Trump says he’ll win old-fashioned way’ in 2020

But he tells his campaign donors, "The next time we're going to win the old-fashioned way" because of how he and his cabinet will have performed. And he jokes that he won't mind if it ends up raining Friday, "because people will realize it's my real hair."

Tensions rise at North Dakota pipeline as Trump set to take White House

Tensions have increased this week near the construction site of the Dakota Access pipeline, with repeated clashes between protesters and police ahead of Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, an unabashed fan of the $3.8 billion project. Police used tear gas and fired bean-bag rounds to disperse crowds, and have arrested nearly 40 people since Monday, many of them on a bridge that has been the site of frequent confrontations, law enforcement officials said.

Inaugural cheers, fireworks: Trump sweeps in for his big day

Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington on a military jet Thursday for three days of inaugural festivities and pledged to unify a nation that is divided and clamoring for change. Washington braced for an onslaught of crowds and demonstrators - with all the attendant hoopla and hand-wringing.

Navy: Wind farm opposed by GOP lawmakers wona t harm radar

The Pentagon says it disagrees with Republicans in North Carolina who claim a $400 million clean energy project slated to power data centers for Amazon.com Inc. poses a threat to national security. State legislative leaders have asked the incoming Trump administration to either kill or require major changes to the nearly completed wind farm, which they said will interfere with the operation of a military radar installation that scans for aircraft and ships hundreds of miles out over the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean.

Sac Bee slams Kevin McCarthy, he responds

The Sacramento Bee editorial board posted an opinion article on Congressman Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, saying he might be hazardous to his own district's health: "Gov. Jerry Brown and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones couldn't have differed more in the style of their recent responses to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's request for "ideas" on the pending repeal of the Affordable Care Act. But the substance, in both cases, was sobering.

Gottheimer to go to inauguration, cites ‘respect for office’

Recently elected New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer is diverging from some of his Democratic colleagues and planning to attend Friday's presidential inauguration. It's a not-so-surprising move from someone who's already raised eyebrows by being one of just four Democrats to vote for a Republican-backed bill on regulation rollbacks.

Politicians boycotting Trump’s inauguration

Registration will allow you to post comments on fairfieldcitizenonline.com and create a fairfieldcitizenonline.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Rep. John Lewis Lewis said on "Meet the Press" that he doesn't think Trump's presidency is legitimate.