Morale among Border Patrol agents is “through the roof” after the victory of President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, and some agents planning on retiring have already reversed their decisions, the union’s president tells Fox News Digital. “The morale is through the roof,” National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez said in an interview. “We’ve received hundreds of calls, texts, emails, just saying how happy the agents are.” “There...

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., has requested that President-elect Trump’s transition team withdraw his name from consideration for attorney general, he announced Monday. Schmitt won election to the U.S. Senate in 2022, and he says he wishes to remain there to represent the interests of Missouri voters. His announcement comes as Trump’s transition team is tasked with preparing to fill thousands of roles in the federal government. “I ran...

President-elect Trump is expected to pick Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy in his administration.  Vice President-elect JD Vance posted a message of congratulations to Miller on X Monday morning. “This is another fantastic pick by the president,” Vance wrote, following a CNN report about Trump’s pick.  FORMER ICE DIRECTOR TOM HOMAN ‘HONORED’ TO BE APPOINTED TRUMP’S BORDER CZAR: ‘WE HAVE TO FIX IT’ Miller...