Latest Elise Stefanik News

'Childless Cat Lady' Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024's most notable quotations

Dec. 03, 2024 11:43 AM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — From “Childless Cat Lady” to “They’re eating the cats,” Yale University’s list of 2024’s most notable quotations delves into the worlds of presidential politics, entertainment and conspiracy theories while saving room for sports, business and protests against...

Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut report Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes

Nov. 29, 2024 16:14 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Six Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on their homes Thursday, the lawmakers or their offices said. Sen. Chris Murphy and all five House members — Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson, Jahana Hayes and...

Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks

Nov. 27, 2024 17:30 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A number of President-elect Donald Trump 's most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating. “Last night and this morning, several of...

The United Nations faces uncertainty as Trump returns to US presidency

Nov. 15, 2024 17:06 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted before becoming president the first time that the 193-member U.N. was “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.” ...

Trump's mainstream picks for top foreign policy posts could reassure allies — and worry China

Nov. 14, 2024 00:17 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is famously unconventional, but he made conventional picks for his two top foreign policy positions. That could be reassuring to American allies, while China and Iran have reasons to be wary. Trump on Wednesday announced his choice of...

Trump names former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA, adviser Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy

Nov. 11, 2024 20:29 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as he continues to build out his future administration with loyal supporters. Zeldin, a Republican who mounted a failed bid for governor...

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations

Nov. 11, 2024 13:54 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, picking a loyal ally with little foreign policy experience to represent the U.S. at the international organization. “Elise is an incredibly strong, tough,...

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to United Nations

Nov. 11, 2024 08:20 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to United Nations.

Democrats oust two House Republicans in New York, clawing back GOP gains

Nov. 06, 2024 07:55 AM EST

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats in New York unseated two first-term Republican incumbents in the U.S. House on Tuesday, one in the Hudson Valley and the other in a district that includes Syracuse, rolling back some recent GOP gains in the state. New Yorkers were expected to play an...

AP Race Call: Republican Elise Stefanik wins reelection to U.S. House in New York's 21st Congressional District

Nov. 05, 2024 23:22 PM EST

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New York on Tuesday. Stefanik has built up a national profile as an unwavering ally of former President Donald Trump and as a sharp-tongued partisan critic. First elected to Congress in 2014 at age 30, she eventually shed her early...