Trump Taps North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to Lead Interior Department; APEC Meeting Kicks Off in Peru

President-elect Donald Trump announced his latest picks — North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior, and longtime adviser Steven Cheung as White House communications director.
Leaders of Pacific Rim countries, including President Biden, gathered in Peru for the APEC summit. This marks one of Biden’s last global summits before leaving office, where he is set to meet with the leaders of Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the Chinese regime.
The murder trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley began. In their opening statement, prosecutors said Venezuelan illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus. While defense attorneys argued the evidence in the case is circumstantial….