Kaitlan Collins reported on CNN last night that one position the president-elect is still struggling to fill is that of US attorney general, a role that has caused him many problems in the past.

Here it is Thomas Beaumont with a summary of who we have so far.

Although Trump and Biden will meet in the Oval Office today, their wives will not.

Here it is James Liddell with the late night host’s guess as to why that might be (Melania’s people have cited a scheduling conflict for the record).

The Massachusetts senator wastes no time here in pointing out an obvious logical flaw in the tech bro’s DOGE project: the colossal waste and cost of creating a new government agency to reduce waste and costs in government agencies .

Musk himself is already dreaming of selling merchandise – and perhaps says the silent part out loud.

Other Cabinet appointments Trump confirmed Tuesday included appointing Mike Huckabee as his new ambassador to Israel, Steven Witkoff as his special envoy to the Middle East and William Joseph McGinley as his White House counsel.

Here’s a little more about Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and longtime conservative favorite.

If this is unbelievable at first glance, here’s a little explanation.

Hegseth, 44, is a former Bear Stearns banker who has served tours with the Army National Guard in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan and led veteran-focused advocacy groups.

He joined Fox News as a contributor in 2014 and co-hosts the morning show Fox and friends.

During his time at the network, Hegseth lobbied Trump to support American soldiers and contractors accused of war crimes, including Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher and a group of Blackwater personnel accused of massacring civilians in Baghdad.

On air, Hegseth has complained that the US is spending too much money supporting Ukraine’s fight against Russia, has been an outspoken advocate for Israel and has made a series of controversial statements, sampled below:

There was also a notable near miss:

“Pete spent his life fighting for the troops and for the country,” Trump said in a statement yesterday.

“Pete is tough, smart and truly believes in America First. With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice – our military will be great again, and America will never give in again.”

The incoming 47th president announced a number of other appointments for his new administration on Tuesday, selecting John Ratcliffe, his director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021, as his next CIA director.

Jos Marcus has more on a returning face from Trump’s first term.

The former and future commander in chief returns to Washington DC on Wednesday to meet with Republicans on Capitol Hill and Joe Biden at the White House to discuss a transition plan as the Senate elects a new majority leader in place of Mitch McConnell. Rick Scott, John Cornyn and John Thune in battle.

Biden’s team has defended the invitation to Trump, who did not extend the same courtesy to his successor in late 2020 while disputing his election defeat on spurious grounds.

Asked why the president is granting the Republican a grace he did not receive four years ago, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said it was “easy” to answer the question.

“Because he believes in the norms, he believes in our institutions, he believes in the peaceful transfer of power,” she said.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that technology billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), charged with cutting government costs, eliminating regulations and restructuring federal agencies.

Musk responded to the news by promising that DOGE will “send shockwaves through the system, and through everyone involved in government waste, which is a lot of people.”

Trump compared the office to the Manhattan Project, which developed the world’s first atomic bombs.

Here it is Alex Woodward‘s report.

Bitcoin’s price hit a new all-time high on Tuesday, marking the third straight day the cryptocurrency has hit an all-time high.

The new price above $89,900 is part of a broader rally that started when Donald Trump emerged as the likely winner of the US presidential election on November 6.

Positioning himself as a pro-crypto candidate, the president-elect has promised to end what he calls the “persecution” of the crypto industry, and position the United States as the “bitcoin superpower of the world” once he is in power.