On Tuesday night, President-elect Donald Trump surprised political analysts by selecting Pete Hegseth, a well-known Fox News figure, as his nominee for Secretary of Defense.
“Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country,” Trump, 78, said in a statement. “Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice – Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down.”

This evening, President-elect Donald Trump moved forward with his administration’s appointments, naming SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk along with biotech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a newly established “Department of Government Efficiency.”
Despite the department’s name, Trump emphasized in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy would provide “advice and guidance from outside of Government” while collaborating with the White House and the Office of Management & Budget. Their goal is to “drive large scale [sic] structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.”

On Tuesday, US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said that Israel has partially complied with the demands of the Biden administration regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza. On October 13th, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a letter to their Israeli counterparts, demanding Israel make significant improvements in the Gazan humanitarian situation within 30 days, and threatened to cut off military aid to Israel if it did not comply.

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President-Elect Donald Trump announces Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (D

Israeli President Yitzchak Herzog meets with President Biden in the Oval Office.