What are recess appointments? How could Trump use them

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Conan O’Brien set to host the next Oscars

It will mark the Emmy-winning television host and comedian’s first time at the helm of the Oscars. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him

President-elect Trump is challenging the Senate to dare defy him over the nominations of Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other controversial choices for his administration. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Feeling more like fall with cooler and comfortable conditions

16 WAPT’s Meteorologist Katie Garch has the latest forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Closer to seasonal and sunny

16 WAPT meteorologist Katie Garch has the forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Satirical outlet The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction

The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Murder suspect wanted in Virginia arrested in Jackson

A multi-agency, multi-state fugitive task force captured a murder suspect in Jackson who U.S. marshals said had been on the run for 20 months. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Trump returns to Washington for transition talks with Biden

President-elect Donald Trump meets with President Joe Biden as Republicans prepare to take over both the House and Senate with newly elected leadership. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Dave Coulier, ‘Full House’ star, announces cancer diagnosis

Dave Coulier, an actor and comedian who found fame as Uncle Joey on “Full House,” has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s conviction in hush money case

A judge is postponing a decision on whether to undo Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Supreme Court rejects push to move Georgia case against Mark Meadows to federal court

The Supreme Court refused to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election interference case against him in Georgia to federal court. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Mississippi universities report uptick in enrollment

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning reported a 3.6% increase in student enrollment in the past year. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Who is Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for ambassador to UN?

Elise Stefanik has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Chainsaw attack leads to 2-county high-speed chase, crash, arrest

The chase began in Rankin County and ended in Jackson on Highway 80 Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

One person is dead and 16 are injured after a shooting at Tuskegee University

An early Sunday shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, 12 of them wounded by gunfire, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Israeli strikes kill more than 40 across Lebanon, reports say

More than 40 people have been killed in waves of Israeli strikes across Lebanon since late Saturday, according to reports from the country’s official news agency. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

President-elect Trump’s win is already impacting the economy

The ripple effects of President-elect Donald Trump’s win are already being felt throughout the U.S. economy as, experts say, his policies could have mixed results. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Tiger enters LSU stadium for 1st time since 2015 at governor’s behest

Gov. Jeff Landry imported a tiger from Florida for the game — much to the chagrin of animal rights activists, who protested outside the stadium. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

74-foot Rockefeller Center Christmas tree en route from Mass. town

The 74-foot-high conifer from West Stockbridge was cut down on Thursday and hoisted onto a flatbed truck by crane. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza sealed off from aid by Israeli siege

The Israeli military has waged a fierce campaign in the north since the beginning of October. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Blitz 16: Week 11

All the highlights from week 11 of the Blitz. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

Body camera video shows arrest of driver accused of driving the wrong way past VP motorcade

New video shows the moments after Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputies stop a driver accused of going the wrong way on an interstate past the motorcade for Vice President Kamala Harris late last month. Top Featured Tags: – Mississippi News Press Release Distribution Service

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