Trump and Biden to meet at White House: Live updates

The president-elect is presently addressing the Home GOP convention in triumphant style, basking within the glow of final week’s election outcomes and his new finest pal has a entrance row seat.

Whereas nonetheless declining to supply a proof for her not becoming a member of her husband immediately, the previous and former first woman hits out on the press and warns: “Be discerning along with your supply of stories.”

The president-elect’s personal airplane landed in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, a short time in the past to whisk him throughout to Washington DC.

Elon Musk, his chief of staff-designate Susie Wiles and Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz have been amongst Trump’s fellow passengers.

Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna believes the RNC co-chair, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, ought to take Senator Marco Rubio’s seat within the higher chamber of Congress now that he’s anticipated to be tapped to serve in Trump’s cupboard.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO signaled his help for abolishing the Federal Reserve in a submit on X final week, simply days earlier than Trump introduced the billionaire’s new “effectivity” function below his authorities.

Musk shared a submit by Republican Senator Mike Lee that known as for an finish to america’s central financial institution.

Musk included a “100” emoji within the caption of his re-post on Friday.

“The Government Department must be below the course of the president,” the Utah senator wrote in his submit.

“That’s how the Structure was designed. The Federal Reserve is one among many examples of how we’ve deviated from the Structure in that regard. et one more reason why we should always #EndTheFed.”

Katie Hawkinson has extra.

The Alabama Senator instructed Fox Information host Laura Ingraham final evening that her stablemate Pete Hegseth can have his work reduce out for him as a result of the US navy is a “catastrophe” and “couldn’t beat anyone proper now”.

Tuberville – a former soccer coach who by no means served and has no background in navy technique – made the feedback whereas insisting that the nation must revamp its armed forces.

“We have to construct our navy up,” the Republican stated.

“Our navy proper now, Laura, is a catastrophe. Absolute catastrophe. We couldn’t beat anyone proper now.”

Tuberville stated whereas “we’ve acquired some good folks within the navy… [the] construction of it, the issues that we’ve completed, the Democrats have destroyed it”.

Gretchen Carlson has stated she was left “shocked” by Trump’s choice to pick out her one-time colleague Pete Hegseth as his new secretary of protection.

“From foolish diner interviews on Weekend Fox and Buddies to Secretary of Protection?” she wrote on X final evening.

“I by no means thought I’d say I’m shocked about any choose after the election however nominating Pete Hegseth for this extremely vital function? Sure he’s a veteran… and?”

Pete Hegseth stated earlier this month that ladies shouldn’t be in fight roles within the navy as a result of they don’t seem to be “as succesful” as males.

The 44-year-old Fox and Buddies co-host, whose appointment has shocked many within the protection world, dismissed the function of ladies in fight roles in an look on the Shawn Ryan Present, which aired final week on November 7.

“I’m straight up simply saying we should always not have ladies in fight roles,” Hegseth stated.

“It hasn’t made us more practical, hasn’t made us extra deadly, has made preventing extra difficult.

“Now we have all served with ladies and so they’re nice. However it’s simply our establishments don’t need to incentivize that in locations the place historically… over human historical past, males in these positions are extra succesful.”

The way forward for the Chagos Islands and a secretive UK/US airbase is ready to be an early flashpoint between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer because the president-elect seeks to veto the controversial deal signed off by the prime minister and endorsed by Joe Biden, it may be revealed.

The Unbiased understands that the Trump’s transition group has requested authorized recommendation from the Pentagon over the settlement that handed the Chagos Islands – which is below British management – to Mauritius.

US authorities sources say Trump is seeking to veto the deal, which is ready to come back into power after his inauguration in January, over international safety fears.

Right here’s a full report from David Maddox.