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President Donald Trump sees “great promise” in the United Nations, according to his UN ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik, who said she would bring “reform” to the organization.
“When discussing this nomination with President Trump, the President shared with me that he sees great promise in the United Nations if it focuses on its founding mission of international peace and security. President Trump has long advocated for peace and no new wars,” she will say, according to excerpts of her opening statement for Tuesday’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, obtained by Fox News Digital.
She will pledge to support Israel – as it faces chronic criticism for the war in Gaza – and work to ensure the agency is using U.S. tax dollars to advance U.S. interests.
Stefanik, who currently serves as the House GOP Conference chair, is expected to sail to confirmation in the U.N. role. Sen. John Fetterman , a Democrat from Pennsylvania, has already said he will vote for her – they are both strong Israel supporters. She served on the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, but she went viral for her work on the other side of the table last year when she questioned university presidents and their policies surrounding pro-Gaza protests during Education Committee hearings.
The Second Inaugural Address of President Donald Trump , the 45th and 47th President of the United States, was superb. It should be remembered as the “Golden Age of America” speech, but it will probably just be referenced as Trump’s Second Inaugural.
It was Abraham Lincoln who borrowed from the Book of Proverbs when he described the American commitment to individual liberty as the “apple of gold” protected by the Constitution’s “frame of silver.”
Lincoln declared in 1861 that “there is in the Union a crucial promise of ‘Liberty to all’” and noted it was “the principle that clears the path for all — gives hope to all — and, by consequence, enterprise, and industry to all.”
“The expression of that principle,” asserted Lincoln, “in our Declaration of Independence, was most happy, and fortunate.” Our greatest president continued: “Without this, as well as with it, we could have declared our independence of Great Britain; but without it, we could not, I think, have secured our free government, and consequent prosperity. No oppressed people will fight and endure, as our fathers did, without the promise of something better than a mere change of masters.”
This is an excerpt from an opinion article by Hugh Hewitt
As Congress has found, TikTok represents a serious threat to U.S. national security. It allows the Chinese government to access vast troves of data on TikTok’s 170 million American users. On Friday, the Supreme Court held that Congress’s 2024 Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which requires the sale or closure of TikTok, did not violate the First Amendment.
Nevertheless, the Trump administration reportedly will issue an executive order this week suspending the law for 90 days. According to press accounts, Trump aides say he needs time to make a deal to keep the social media site open.
But such an order may well violate the 2024 Act. The law gave TikTok 270 days to find a buyer or face a shut down – that time period ended on January 19, 2025. Trump has two problems. One, he takes office January 20, 2025, on day after the sale-or-divest requirement has already taken effect. There is no 270-day period left to extend. TikTok must close or be sold before Trump took office. Professors don’t give students an extension after a paper’s due date has already passed.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will attend the Washington National Cathedral’s interfaith Service of Prayer for the Nation this morning, one day after the presidential inauguration.
“We are in a unique moment in our country’s history,” the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, Dean of Washington National Cathedral, said in a recent statement. “This will be a service for all Americans, for the well-being of our nation, for thanksgiving of our democracy and the importance of the core values that must undergird our life together.”
Pope Francis shared his prayers and extended “cordial greetings” to Trump ahead of his inaugural ceremony Monday morning.
“I ask God to guide your efforts in promoting peace and reconciliation among peoples,” Pope Francis said in a message addressed to the then-president-elect.
“On the occasion of your inauguration as the forty-seventh President of the United States of America, I offer cordial greetings and the assurance of my prayers that Almighty God will grant you wisdom, strength, and protection in the exercise of your high duties,” his message read.
The men who held the nation’s highest office before President Donald Trump remained mum on his taking the presidency on Monday.
All four living former presidents – Bill Clinton, George Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden – attended the inauguration ceremony, and sat behind Trump as he gave a politically charged speech about his vision for the future of the country.
None had any public well-wishes for the incoming president after the swearing-in ceremony. Asked whether they planned to put out a statement on it, none of their offices responded Monday afternoon.
Biden only addressed his supporters and staffers in remarks before boarding a government helicopter to be whisked away from Washington, D.C.
“We’re leaving office, we’re not leaving the fight,” he told them.
Three of President Trump’s nominees will testify before the Senate today, ending in a Senate Armed Services Committee vote to confirm Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.
Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Doug Collins is expected to speak before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, starting at 9 a.m.
Ambassador to the U.N. pick Elise Stefanik will appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations at 10 a.m., and Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Treasury, will follow shortly after, starting at 10:15 a.m.
At 5 p.m., the Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to hold a vote to confirm Hegseth as Defense Secretary. Hegseth faced a Senate grilling last week from Democrats in his committee hearing, including his previous comments related to women serving in military combat roles, and was also interrupted by protesters who disturbed the hearing at some points.
Trump nominated Hegseth in November, just days after his decisive election win over Vice President Harris, lauding him “as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country.”
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