Trump expected to appoint Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy: Live

After campaigning on a theme of “retribution” and pledging to be a “warrior” and “justice” to those who were “betrayed” by the government, Donald Trump could soon prepare to seek revenge against those he believes have wronged him.

Oliva Troye, a former Trump administration official who joined Republicans who spoke out against the former president at this year’s Democratic National Convention, told NBC News that a passenger on a plane told her “your days are numbered.”

Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt has taken himself out of the running to be Trump’s next attorney general.

“I ran for the U.S. Senate to represent the people of the Show Me State and I’m just getting started,” he wrote on X.

The two marked Veterans Day on Monday at Arlington National Cemetary, where the two laid a wreath as part of the annual ceremony. Biden then delivered remarks at the ceremony and hardly spoke of the election.

The event at Arlington is nonpartisan, and the two appeared together, walking in solemn procession. The vice president appeared stoic with no hint of a smile during the ceremony, while Biden appeared slightly stiff and was fighting a cough. His eyes appeared closed during parts of the event.

The Kremlin rejected claims on Monday that Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.

The two leaders spoke on Thursday, according to The Washington Post. Five people told the paper that Trump told Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine, reminding the Russian leader of US military assets in Europe.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian news agency Interfax that the story was “untrue.”

“This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is now published, sometimes even in fairly respected publications. This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, this is simply false information,” he said.

Conservationists are calling on the White House to take action on climate and the environment in the last months of Joe Biden’s presidency and before Donald Trump takes over.

They made their comments as the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference kicks off in Azerbaijan on Monday, with participants already sounding the alarm on the president-elect’s potential impact on climate.

Three GOP senators are set to battle in a secret vote this week in a bid to be named the next Republican Senate leader, replacing the outgoing Mitch McConnell – and all three could have a signficant hand in shaping America’s policy.

Senators Rick Scott of Florida, John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota are all vying for the top position, as President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring them to allow him to make recess appointments so he can fast-track positions without Senate approval.

Whoever wins the vote will be expected to help Trump enact his agenda that includes hard-line immigration enforcement, tax cuts and a host of other campaign promises.

Rhian Lubin takes a look at their records.

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly gearing up to name Stephen Miller, his former senior adviser and a hardliner on immigration, to serve as his deputy chief of staff for policy, CNN reported.

The Last Week Tonight host has ridiculed Donald Trump’s potential cabinet picks as “a deep bench of idiots, freaks and wannabe tough guys”.

Addressing a CNN chart outlining possible picks, the HBO host said: “It looks like a ‘choose your fighter’ screen where the only thing they’re fighting is the arc of the moral universe.

“It looks like an advent calendar where every circle opens up to a tiny piece of literal s***.

“It looks like a game board for Guess Who? Oops! All a**holes.”

And he wasn’t done there…

Gustaf Kilander has more.

A deep sense of unease has set in at the Department of Justice (DOJ) as lawyers consider fleeing the agency before Donald Trump loyalists take over and execute his vision, according to reports.

Trump’s scorn for the department has only grown over the last four years as he became the subject of two criminal prosecutions and he has previously talked of transforming the agency.

“Everyone I’ve talked to, mostly lawyers, are losing their minds,” one DOJ attorney told Politico.

“The fear is that career leadership and career employees everywhere are either going to leave or they’re going to be driven out.”

During the election campaign, Trump made it clear the prosecutions against him set “a terrible precedent” and hinted that he would use the law on Democrats if he was re-elected.