CNN — Top Senate Republicans are withholding support for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general, while Democrats and at least one prominent GOP senator call for the release of an ethics report into the former congressman. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he “absolutely” wants to see the House …
Donald Trump has demanded that the incoming Republican Senate leader fast-track the approval of his cabinet. The president-elect has not endorsed a candidate in the race for the Senate leadership but Rick Scott, a Florida senator, has emerged as a frontrunner after gaining support from key Trump backers Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson and Marco Rubio. Mr Trump posted on his …