REPUBLICANS have won enough seats to control the US House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on US Government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier on Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority. Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats. With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leaders are envisioning a mandate to upend the Federal Government and swiftly implement Trump’s vision for the country.

 

The incoming President has promised to carry out the country’s largest-ever deportation operation, extend tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the federal Government’s most powerful tools and reshape the US economy. The GOP election victories ensure that Congress will be onboard for that agenda, and Democrats will be almost powerless to check 

 

Marco Rubio, who has been nominated as Secretary of State, will be a be a strong advocate for the US, a true friend to its allies, and a fearless warrior who will never back down to adversaries, President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday. “It is my great honour to announce that Senator Marco Rubio of Florida is hereby nominated to be The United States Secretary of State,” Trump said making a formal announcement in this regard. Marco is a highly respected leader, and a very powerful voice for freedom, he said.

 

“He will be a strong advocate for our nation, a true friend to our allies, and a fearless warrior who will never back down to our adversaries. I look forward to working with Marco to Make America, and the World, Safe and Great Again!” Trump said in his statement, which came soon after his meeting with outgoing President Joe Biden. According to the Trump Transition team, Rubio was born in 1971 in Miami, Florida as the son of two Cuban immigrants pursuing the American Dream. His father worked as a banquet bartender, while his mother split time as a stay-at-home mom and hotel maid. From an early age, Rubio learned the importance of faith, family, community, and dignified work to the good life, the team said. “Rubio was drawn to public service in large part because of conversations with his grandfather, who saw his homeland destroyed by communism. After meeting and marrying his wife Jeanette and earning degrees from the University of Florida and the University of Miami Law School, Rubio served as a city commissioner in West Miami and Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. In 2010, he won a seat in the US Senate,” it said. 

 

 

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump on Wednesday announced to nominate his loyalist Cong- ressman Matt Gaetz as the Attorney General of the United States. “It is my great honour to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States,” Trump said as he announced his latest Cabinet nomination, which he is filling up at an unprecedented pace. Gaetz, he said, is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice (DOJ). “Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan weaponisation of our justice system. Matt will end weaponised Government, protect our borders, dismantle criminal organisations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered faith and confidence in the Justice Department,” Trump said.

 

On the House Judiciary Committee, which performs oversight of DOJ, Gaetz played a key role in defeating the Russia Hoax, and exposing alarming and systemic Government corruption and weaponisation, said the president-elect. “He is a champion for the Constitution and the rule of law. Matt will root out the systemic corruption at DOJ, and return the Department to its true mission of fighting crime, and upholding our democracy and Constitution,” Trump said. “Under Matt’s leadership, all Americans will be proud of the Department of Justice once again,” he added.