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By Jordain Carney - 01/20/21 07:22 PM EST   Senators confirmed Avril Haines to be President Biden's director of national intelligence (DNI) on Wednesday, giving him his first Senate-confirmed Cabinet pick.  Senators voted 84-10 to confirm Haines, who appears to be the only Cabinet official Biden will get confirmed on the first day of his administration.  It's a historically small number of Cabinet picks to get through the Senate on the first day of a new administration and comes after Republicans were furious in 2017 when Democrats allowed only two Cabinet picks to be confirmed on fo...

A Friday article from Politico reported talk has spread of Ivanka Trump launching a primary challenge to Rubio.  Girdusky on Hill.TV’s “Rising” responded to the report, explaining that one challenge the daughter and senior White House adviser could face is that she does not fit evenly into any political party.  “The problem for Ivanka is no party wants to have her. She’s not conservative enough for Republicans. She’s a Trump, so that will kick her out of the Democratic party,” Girdusky said.  Girdusky, author of “They’re Not Listening: How The Elites Created the Nati...

It is not an unusual move for a president to ask for extended security protection for immediate family members. Former presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama all asked for extended protections for their daughters after they left office.  However it is unusual for a president to ask for so many extensions for extended family members. The extended protection could cost taxpayers millions of dollars because of how many people are being protected and how often they travel.  The Secret Service would have to accommodate Trump’s request as it works to provide Secret Service protection f...