President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department, turning to a longtime ally after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, wit

Undaunted, the weekend before Christmas, Trump throws a fresh stunner into the headlines. He declares he wants the US to retake the Panama Canal, which President Jimmy Carter put under the control of Panama in a 1977 deal that guaranteed neutral, international access to the waterway.

Bondi was named to the attorney general position after Trump's first pick, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration.

IF THESE WERE “NORMAL” TIMES, Pam Bondi almost certainly would not be confirmed as attorney general. But these are far from normal times, and with her leading the Department of Justice under a re-elected Donald Trump, the times are likely to get a whole lot less normal.

The confirmation process for President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Cabinet is underway. After a Tuesday hearing with Trump's defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, several other key members of the incoming administration are set to go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.

Donald Trump has nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, while he has chosen lawyer Pam Bondi for attorney general.

Pam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department if confirmed as President Trump’s attorney general. Senators on both sides predicted she would be confirmed.

Pam Bondi faces tough questions about her loyalty to President-elect Trump during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. A hearing began Tuesday for Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary.

GOP primary vote on the horizon, 10 candidates are in the race to replace Matt Gaetz as Florida's District 1 congressman.

Pam Bondi, nominated by Donald Trump for US attorney general, is drawing attention for her youthful looks at the age of 59. Bondi, a former Florida at

The Florida Bar is now investigating former Northwest Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz.The Florida Bar confirmed Friday that there is an open investigation.The agency says open discipline cases are confidential and there is no other public information.