Sen. Marco Rubio, another Florida politician, was also unveiled as secretary of state. Gaetz currently serves as the U.S. representative for Florida's 1st congressional district where he was set to serve another term in Congress after he defeated ...

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 — over some of the more established attorneys whose names had been mentioned for the nation's top federal prosecutor post.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, to be his attorney general, putting the controversial conservative in charge of the Justice Department as he tries to bring the agency under more direct presidential control.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has resigned from Congress, hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced he would be nominated for Attorney General.

Donald Trump has nominated Rep.. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to serve as attorney general, a surprise pick that will please the president-elect’s MAGA allies but may prove to be a flashpoint in the confirmation process.

Florida Republican Matt Gaetz has tendered his resignation from Congress “effective immediately,” House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed Wednesday. The shock announcement comes on the same day Gaetz was surprisingly

Rep. Matt Gaetz is out of Congress, Speaker Johnson said, after he was tapped to be the next attorney general.

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Fla., has resigned from Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced on Wednesday, the same day President-elect Donald Trump tapped the Florida lawmaker to serve as his attorney general. Johnson said Gaetz's resignation is "effective immediately.