Trump news live: President-elect makes cabinet picks with Republicans on cusp of ‘trifecta’

Kamala Harris paid Oprah Winfrey $1 million to help her failed presidential bid, which cost a whopping $1.2 billion.

Winfrey’s Harpo Productions received $1 million from the Harris campaign on Oct. 15 after Winfrey hosted a star-studded town hall event for the vice president in September, the Washington Examiner reports.

Winfrey also attended the Democrat’s final campaign rally in Philadelphia the night before Election Day.

The legendary talk show host isn’t the only entertainer to receive money from the vice president in hopes of helping her presidential campaign.

Harris reportedly spent six figures building out the set for her October appearance on the popular podcast “Call Her Daddy,” where she sat down with host Alex Cooper.

In total, Harris’ campaign spent $1.2 billion on the race, while Trump’s campaign spent $750 million, a Financial Times analysis found.

Katelyn Caralle, senior US political reporter

Eighteen elections remain to be held before the 2024 U.S. House elections.

As it stands Monday morning, Republicans have 214 seats and Democrats 203 so far, according to the Associated Press.

To gain a majority, a party needs 218 seats in the House of Representatives out of 435 for the 119th Congress that begins in January 2025.

This means that the Republican Party only needs four more seats to secure their majority and give newly elected President Donald Trump a Republican trifecta.

The above image is not reflected in an update of another House seat declared for Republicans by AP on Monday morning

Donald Trump announced late Sunday that his former ICE director Tom Homan would serve as “border czar” to oversee the largest deportation of immigrants in American history.

The president-elect, 78, said on Truth Social that Homan would oversee the country’s borders in the new administration, just days after his landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I am pleased to announce that former ICE Director and Border Patrol stalwart Tom Homan will be joining the Trump Administration in charge of our nation’s borders (‘The Border Czar’),” Trump posted on his social network Truth. Social.

“I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is no one better at guarding and controlling our borders.”

It comes after Homan said Trump will use the US military to round up and deport “the worst of the worst” illegal migrants in an unprecedented crackdown.

Homan said all of the estimated 20 million people living illegally in the US would be targeted in this unprecedented campaign. “The bottom line is, if you come to the country illegally, you’re not off the table,” he added.

President-elect Donald Trump has offered the role of US ambassador to the United Nations to Elise Stefanik.

According to a report, the House Republican and ally of the president accepted the UN action after it was offered on Sunday.

“I am honored to nominate President Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough and smart America First fighter,” Trump told the New York Post.

The move to elect Stefanik seemed a slight to Haley, who did not appear for him on the campaign trail despite repeatedly claiming she was on “standby.”

Stefanik had appeared at Trump’s now infamous rally at Madison Square Garden last month as the race for the White House intensified.

By Katelyn Caralle, senior US political reporter

Members of Donald Trump’s inner circle are heading to Sin City to celebrate his victory in the 2024 presidential election.

President-elect Donald Trump Jr.’s eldest son and new White House chief of staff Susie Wiles are joining the party, a person familiar with the moves told DailyMail.com this week.

The person said Trump “might” also go to Las Vegas, just two days before he is scheduled to meet President Joe Biden at the White House and a week after his historic victory in blue-leaning Nevada.