In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist who has been seen as divisive even within his own party.

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz will be nominated to helm the department that investigated him less than two years ago, President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday. If appointed ...

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from the House Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson announced, the same day that Donald Trump announced that he had tapped the Florida firebrand to be his attorney general.

President-elect Donald Trump has named controversial right-wing firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general, an announcement that sent shock waves across both sides of the aisle in Washington ...

This is just Trump being Trump. He’s far more bark than bite.” But Trump’s selection of Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, along with his selection of Pete Hegseth for secretary ...

Matt Gaetz of Fort Walton Beach. Although Gaetz, 42, has long been one of Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress, few expected the nomination. Gaetz has a long history of inflammatory comments ...

(AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, putting a loyalist in the role of the nation’s ...