Morgan Chalfant
@mchalfant16Deputy Washington bureau chief @semafor. Previously @thehill. Retweets are not endorsements. Reach me at [email protected] or DM for Signal
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Via @burgessev @lizrhoffman: “Sen. Lindsey Graham is pushing for fellow South Carolinian Scott Bessent to be Donald Trump’s next Treasury secretary, which would fend off a late charge by Howard Lutnick and end a waiting game on Wall Street.” semafor.com/article/11/14/…
Nikki Haley says on her SiriusXM show she made clear she had no interest in joining Trump’s cabinet. “His best friend, Steve Witkoff, came to our house in SC…He was like, ‘What do you want? Tell me what you want. Is there anything you want?’ I said, ‘There's nothing I want.’”
Sen. Durbin: “In light of Donald Trump’s selection of former Congressman Matt Gaetz to be his Attorney General, I am calling on the House Ethics Committee to preserve and share their report and all relevant documentation on Mr. Gaetz with the Senate Judiciary Committee."
Time to re-read this if you have questions on Trump muscling through Gaetz, Gabbard or Hegseth:
I did some digging on Trump's recess appointment demand so you don't have to - Dems can fight/delay a recess. Rs would need 60 (or go nuclear) to stop - Trump can use powers to FORCE a recess - Probably easier to just use confirm his noms w 50 votes! semafor.com/article/11/11/…
House Foreign Affairs chief detained by airport police "I made a mistake." -- Rep. Michael McCaul semafor.com/article/11/13/…
Trump makes it official, announcing Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State pick:
Republican senators elect John Thune to lead them into the Trump era “Thune is not McConnell, and he has a different type of leadership style,” says Sen. Mullin semafor.com/article/11/13/…
NEWS: Trump taps former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe as CIA Director.
Former Utah Rep. Chris Stewart, who was a senior member of the House Intel Committee, is a candidate to serve as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence. w/@Olivia_Beavers @johnnysaks130 politico.com/live-updates/2…
There are “preliminary plans” for President-elect Donald Trump to travel to the Capitol tomorrow, @SpeakerJohnson said today. politico.com/live-updates/2…
The thing about Rubio and Waltz going into the Trump admin is that it also means the Hill will be losing some key China hawks. Along with Bob Casey, who has been a leader on outbound investment restrictions in the Senate.
One day before his bilat with Biden
Glad to be connected directly with President Elect @realDonaldTrump to extend my heartfelt congratulations on his election as the 47th President of the United States. I am looking forward to enhance the collaboration between our two great nations and to more productive…
Chinese media on the Rubio pick: The "leader of the anti-China vanguard" will be Secretary of State. guancha.cn/internation/20…
Schumer spokesman: “Ruben Gallego and David McCormick have been invited to attend orientation.” Race called for Gallego last night; some organizations have called it for McCormick but Casey hasn't conceded yet in Pa. as ballots are still being counted but he still trails
Between @michaelgwaltz as National Security Advisor and @marcorubio as Secretary of State, the second Trump Administration is shaping up to have the most hawkish team on China in US history. Let’s see who gets Commerce and Treasury now…
Another @lizrhoffman @ShelbyTalcott transition scoop, and an inscrutable anti-trust tea leaf semafor.com/article/11/11/…
I asked Romney in September about tariffs as an election issue. He said voters just don't understand the practical impacts “It’s hard for the public at large to identify specific policy proposals’ impact on their own lives, particularly when they talk about tariffs"
I did some digging on Trump's recess appointment demand so you don't have to - Dems can fight/delay a recess. Rs would need 60 (or go nuclear) to stop - Trump can use powers to FORCE a recess - Probably easier to just use confirm his noms w 50 votes! semafor.com/article/11/11/…
🟡 NEW: John F.W. Rogers, Goldman Sachs’ secretive consigliere and a fixture in establishment Republican circles, will help Melania Trump staff up the East Wing, @lizrhoffman reports. semafor.com/article/11/11/…
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