A top Republican Senate ally says that President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from three former senior national security officials, saying their protection is not just for them but also the public.

The Republican senator said on Sunday that he believes the president will fill the inspectors general positions that were recently terminated.

Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online.

President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that halts the ban on TikTok. But is TikTok actually "saved?"

A Senate Democrat is blocking a streamlined process to vote on Trump's nominees, forcing the Senate to take lengthy procedural votes. This strategy was employed by Republicans while in the minority.

Trump is expected to sign dozens of executive orders after he’s sworn in around noon on Monday. They will focus on immigration, the DEI culture wars, energy, and more. Fox News estimates Trump will sign more than 200 orders, while NBC News reports he will sign at least 50 and perhaps over 100.

In a wide-ranging interview on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance defended a variety of plans set in motion by President Trump during the first week of his term, including the beginnings of a promised crackdown on migrants living in the United States and an effort to supercharge oil and gas production.

Pete Hegseth, military analyst at Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. and US secretary of defense nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Kent Nishimura)

Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) sought to help Pete Hegseth clarify his comments about women in combat, noting that the defense-chief nominee was referring to women in “ground combat roles.” Hegseth said P

Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.

Fox News anchor Shannon Bream asked Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) if President Donald Trump will only obey laws "he wants to" after his firing spree Friday. The post Fox Anchor Asks If Trump Will Only Obey ‘Laws He Wants To — Not Others’ After Brutal Firing Spree first appeared on Mediaite.