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President-elect Trump announced several appointments to his administration Thursday, including the team that will work with his nominee for the U.S. Treasury, Scott Bessent.In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced that Ken Kies will serve as assistant secretary for tax policy.Kies, who has worked as a tax lawyer for 47 years, has served as the chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation and the chief Republican tax counsel of the House Ways and Means Committee.Also joining the team is Alexandra Preate, who Trump appointed as senior counsel to the secretary.TRUMP PICKS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSIONER KEVIN MARINO CABRERA

Allstate CEO Tom Wilson ignited a firestorm of backlash on social media Thursday with a video statement addressing Wednesday's terror attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people. Wilson's statement came ahead of the Sugar Bowl, of which Allstate is the official corporate sponsor, after the game was postponed to Thursday due to the attack. In the video, Wilson suggested Americans have an "addiction to divisiveness" and must "accept people's imperfections and differences.""Our prayers went to victims and their families. We also need to be stronger together by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity. Join Allstate working

Investigators have yet to determine what drove an active-duty U.S. Army soldier to rent a Tesla Cybertruck and drive it to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, where he appeared to shoot himself in the head before the vehicle exploded on New Year’s Day.Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill identified 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger of Colorado Springs, Colorado as a person of interest in the matter, though he would not go as far as to say with 100% certainty that he is a suspect until DNA matches the remains of a body that was in the Cybertruck with Livelsberger.At about 8:40

College football fans showed their patriotism Thursday afternoon at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Before Notre Dame and Georgia played their College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Caesars Superdome, there was a moment of silence for those killed and injured in the New Orleans terror attack New Year’s Day. More than a dozen people were killed and many more were injured when Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a truck through a crowd on New Orleans' Bourbon Street.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAfter the moment of silence was completed inside the Caesars Superdome, the crowd erupted into "U-S-A!" chants. The singing of the national anthem

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan issued a warning about the state of U.S. national security following the terror attack in New Orleans and the Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day.In an interview on "America Reports" on Thursday, the former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director said the United States is in imminent danger as the southern border remains vulnerable to national security."We're not out of the woods," Homan said. "This country is in grave danger. We need to secure that border, and despite what's happened in the last two days

Dolly Parton doesn't stress too much when it comes to enjoying the holidays.In an interview with Closer magazine, the "Jolene" singer shared some of her family's favorite holiday traditions. When it comes to overindulging over the holidays, Parton said that she and her family don't worry about it."We all start eating around Thanksgiving, and we eat until the first of January, and that's when we all go on our diets. You know how that goes?" she told the outlet, according to the Daily Mail. "So you think, 'Well, I'm not going to even think about dieting now. I'm just going

During his first term as president, Donald Trump saw the height of a violent civil war in Syria, a resurgence of Islamic State activity, and a rise in ISIS-inspired attacks both abroad and on U.S. soil.Eight years later, many of these bogeymen have returned.In the last eight weeks, Syrian rebels launched a lightning offensive, wresting back control of the country and then of its capital—forcing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia for safe haven. Like Trump’s first term, the instability in the Middle East has prompted fresh questions over if, or what role the U.S. should play in Syria—amid

Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors.Investigators seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices when they searched the home of Brad Spafford northwest of Norfolk in December, the prosecutors said in a motion filed Monday. The prosecutors wrote that this is believed to be "the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history."1 DEAD AFTER CYBERTRUCK EXPLODES OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS TRUMP HOTELMost of the bombs were

A New York Times freelance contributor discussed Thursday a college newspaper interview he had years ago with Shamsud-Din Jabbar, saying he did not seem like the type of person who would commit the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans.Keenan spoke to CNN host Paula Newton early Thursday morning about the moment he found out that the suspect in the deaths of 15 people after deliberately driving his truck through Bourbon Street was the same man he interviewed in 2015 for Georgia State University's college paper."My head was spinning," Keenan told the anchor, adding, "What little I remember from