President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon for secretary of education.

McMahon is the former head of the Small Business Administration, which she ran during Trump's first term as president.

McMahon was previously the president and CEO of Titan Sports, a wrestling entertainment company she founded with her husband Vince McMahon.

Linda McMahon ran for United States Senate in Connecticut as a Republican in 2009, and was Republican nominee for a second Senate race in 2012. She lost both races, first to Democrat Richard Blumenthal and then to Democrat Chris Murphy.

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"Linda will use her decades of leadership experience, and deep understanding of both education and business, to empower the next generation of American students and workers, and make America number one in education in the world," Trump said in a statement on the nomination. "We will send education back to the states, and Linda will spearhead that effort."

McMahon's nomination is subject to Senate confirmation.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

CDC and public health officials continue to investigate a multi-state outbreak of E. Coli linked to brands of organic carrots and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms.

On Tuesday Scripps News spoke with Dr. Raynard Washington, Health Department Director for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and chair of the Big Cities Health Coalition, about the outbreak.

What should consumers do if they have a bag of recalled carrots in their fridge?

"The first thing you should do is look at the label, as well as look at the brand, as well as the sell by date," Dr. Washington said. "If it does match what has been listed by our partners at the CDC, they should actually throw those away and of course not consume them any further."

The organic carrots, from Grimmway Farms in California, included both whole and baby carrots in various sizes and were sold under multiple brands.

According to the recall notice, the carrots were available for purchase in stores approximately from August through the end of October.

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There have been multiple e-coli outbreaks over the past several months. What makes incidents like these relatively common?

"There are a number of different ways it gets introduced into our food supply," Dr. Washington said. "It can happen where the produce is grown and packaged initially. It can also be introduced later as it's being prepared for distribution."

"E. coli is a naturally occurring bacteria, sometimes it can be in cow waste or products, and so that could of course be cross-contaminated at the point of packaging or even in the soil."

Watch the full interview with Dr. Washington in the video above.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said that he will not make a clemency decision for convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez because a new district attorney has been elected in Los Angeles.

The governor respects the role of the district attorney in ensuring justice is served and recognizes that voters have entrusted District Attorney-elect Hochman to carry out this responsibility, the governors office said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. The governor will defer to the DA-elects review and analysis of the Menendez case prior to making any clemency decisions.

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The brothers were found guilty in the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, and were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. However, family members argue that the boys had a history of sexual abuse at the hands of their father, and the judge overseeing the case never let the defense present much of that evidence to the jury.

In October, current Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascn advocated for re-sentencing the Menendez brothers in light of new evidence including a letter written by Erik Menendez, alluding to abuse he endured prior to the murders.

However, Gascn recently lost his reelection bid to District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman. Newsom said a decision on whether to resentence the Menendez brothers won't happen until Hochman reviews the nearly 35-year-old case.

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Lyle and Erik, who were 21 and 18 years old at the time of the killings have spent nearly 35 years behind bars for the murders. If resentenced, it's possible that the brothers, who are now in their 50s, could be released due to time served.

Both brothers remain incarcerated at California's RJ Donovan Correctional Facility, according to the California Department of Corrections.

In the decades since their arrest, their case has continued to transfix the true-crime world most recently with a Netflix series titled "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator.

"He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades," Trump said in a statement.

Oz rose to fame on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and then launched his own talk show, The Dr. Oz Show.

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He broke into politics in 2022, running for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Oz lost in a close race to John Fetterman.

As the administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services, Oz would serve under the secretary for Health and Human Services. Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy to lead that department.

"Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake," Trump said. "Our broken Healthcare System harms everyday Americans, and crushes our Countrys budget."

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While Oz is an accomplished surgeon, he's also faced criticism for promoting health products and weight-loss ideas on his TV show that Congress believed were bogus.

A study published in the British Medical Journal examined 479 of Oz's medical recommendations from 40 episodes and showed 15% of those contradicted scientific evidence.

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Howard Lutnick as secretary of Commerce, the incoming president announced on Tuesday.

At Trumps Madison Square Garden campaign rally last month, Lutnick said the U.S. was "most prosperous during the early 1900s, when there was no income tax and all we had was tariffs. Lutnick also came under fire recently for defending Robert F. Kennedy's view that vaccines are contributing to higher rates of autism in children.

Lutnick has served as Trump transition team's co-chair. Trump said in a statement that Lutnick would lead his administration's tariff and trade agenda.

Trump said he plans to boost U.S. manufacturing by imposing steep tariffs on all imported goods, at least 10% across the board, and up to 60% on products from China. The Peterson Institute for International Economics found that Trump's proposed tariffs could cost the typical American household more than $2,600 a year.

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Trump boasted about Lutnick's background on Wall Street, as he joined Cantor Fitzgerald in 1983. He was noted by the Trump transition for his philanthropy following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Nearly two-thirds of Cantor Fitzgerald's employees died in the attacks, including his brother.

Lutnick was among the survivors and subsequently donated $180 million to 9/11 relief efforts.

He was also a major contributor to Trump's presidential campaign, providing nearly $5.75 million in contributions in 2024 for Make America Great Again Inc., according to Open Secrets.

The post is subject to Senate confirmation.

On Tuesday, Manhattans elected prosecutor indicated hes open to holding off the sentencing on corporate fraud charges on which President-elect Donald Trump was convicted earlier this year.

Bragg had previously pushed for a speedy resolution to the case, which Trump has been appealing claiming it is covered by immunity based on his first term as president.

In the latest development, he wrote to Judge Juan Merchan that he would not oppose a stay of proceedings that Trumps lawyers are expected to seek when they file papers to argue that his status as president-elect now requires the convictions to be dismissed.

Such a stay could remain in force until the appeals were fully resolved, a process that even in normal circumstances can take months or years.

Saying that immediate sentencing would not avoid the new immunity question Trumps lawyers plan to raise, Bragg instead asked Merchan to require all filings in the appeal to be complete by early December.

Defense attorney David Schoen, who represented Trump at his second impeachment trial, said Braggs move was a good first step but argued that anything but an outright dismissal of the case is incompatible with the Constitution.

At the end of the day, the office of the presidency is unique, whoever is holding it. And there's certain considerations that require not having a criminal case pending or even being held over the head of the President, Schoen said.

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Guilty but not sentenced

Trump was convicted in May on 34 felony counts for what prosecutors said was the falsification of business records to obscure payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, in the run-up to the 2016 election. Prosecutors say the payments were made to cover up a romantic relationship the two had.

The potential sentences range from a fine, probation or up to four years of incarceration, but time behind bars is very unlikely.

Trump was already appealing the case, and a New York appeals court is currently considering whether his case should be moved to a federal court.

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Legal slowdown

Since Trumps election victory, the other state and federal criminal cases in which he is a defendant have all faced delays.

U.S. Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith asked and was granted holds on proceedings until Dec. 2. Thats when Smith intends to make recommendations on how to dispose of the active prosecution in Washington, D.C. related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and an appeal in which Smith is seeking to reinstate a dismissed Florida case over Trumps alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office.

Meanwhile, a Georgia appeals court canceled a scheduled December hearing in the prosecution of Trump and several co-defendants in relation to his efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election.

Judges were to hear arguments on whether or not Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis would be removed and the case be handed to another prosecutor for review. Further proceedings in that case are on hold.

Sentencing in the New York case is still scheduled for next week, and it's not clear when Merchan will issue a decision on how the case proceeds.

President-elect Donald Trump will attend a SpaceX Starship rocket launch on Tuesday, a source familiar with the decision confirmed to Scripps News.

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over Brownsville and Boca Chica, Texas area for a VIP visit that coincides with the SpaceX launch window for a test of its massive Starship rocket from its launch facility on the Gulf of Mexico. The flight restrictions put in place over Trumps home in Palm Beach, Florida when he is there will be lifted briefly while the Texas security measures are in place.

Trump's visit comes as billionaire Musk has been a near-constant presence at Trumps side as he builds out his administration, attending meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, accompanying him to meetings with Capitol Hill Republicans in Washington last week and to a UFC fight in New York on Saturday.

Trump frequently regaled audiences on the campaign trail with a dramatic account of the last Starship test, that included the capture of the booster at its launchpad by a pair of mechanical arms.

Tuesday's 30-minute launch window opens at 4 p.m. central time, according to the company, with the company again looking to test the landing capture system of the booster in Texas, while the upper stage continues to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Musk pumped an estimated $200 million through his political action committee to help elect Trump and has been named, along with former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, to lead an advisory committee tasked by Trump to dramatically cut governmental costs and reshape how Washington operates, which has sparked ethics concerns over Musk's many interests before the federal government.

The White House on Monday condemned a Nazi march that took place in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend.

Police say armed individuals wearing black carried flags with swastikas on them through streets in the city on Saturday. Video footage shows that at least one of them yelled racial slurs.

A White House spokesperson says President Joe Biden "Abhors the hateful poison of Nazism, antisemitism and racism."

The incident also drew criticism from local officials. Columbus' Democratic Mayor Andrew Ginther called it a "cowardly" act, saying the city "Will not allow any of our neighbors to be intimidated, threatened or harmed because of who they are, how they worship or whom they love."

"There is no place in this state for hate, bigotry, antisemitism or violence, and we must denounce it wherever we see it," said the state's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.

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The incident comes roughly a week after other individuals waved Nazi flags outside of a venue in Michigan where a community theater put on a rendition of "The Diary of Anne Frank."

The play is a stage adaptation of Frank's autobiographical journal, which was first published in 1947.

Law enforcement says those waving Nazi flags were removed from the property and continued their protest across the street.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Wisconsin representative and current Fox Business co-host Sean Duffy to serve as Secretary of Transportation.

"During his time in Congress, Sean was a respected voice and communicator in the Republican Conference, advocating for fiscal responsibility, economic growth, and rural development. Admired across the aisle, Sean worked with Democrats to clear extensive Legislative hurdles to build the largest road and bridge project in Minnesota history," Trump said in a statement on the nomination Monday.

Duffy first served in public office as the Ashland County District Attorney in 2002.

In 2010 he won election to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin's Seventh Congressional District, where he remained in office until 2019. He was a member of the House Committee on Financial Services and several subcommittees.

Duffy became a Fox News contributor in 2020. He is co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business and gives political analysis to other Fox properties.

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In his announcement of the appointment, Trump said Duffy would focus on rebuilding transportation infrastructure, securing ports and dams and "eliminating DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers."

Duffy's appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

The federal government says it has launched two investigations into Ford's recall practices after some were not comprehensive enough and others may not have worked to solve the problem.

The new probe surrounded a 2019 recall of Ford Expeditions and a recall from earlier this year of Ford Bronco Sport SUVs.

In April, Ford recalled about 457,000 Bronco Sport SUVs made between 2021 and 2024 because they would randomly lose power.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Monday there have been several complaints from Bronco owners who got the recall fix but still had issues with their vehicles losing power.

It's a similar case for a past recall affecting Ford Expeditions. In that notice, the automaker said 113,000 Expeditions made from 2019 through 2020 had issues with seat belts tightening up.

However, the NHTSA said some car owners reported having the same issue even though their cars were not listed in the recall.

This comes just a few days after the NHTSA announced Ford will pay a penalty of up to $165 million for failing to comply with federal recall requirements. The agency said it's the second-largest civil penalty in its history.

The FBI is investigating offensive text messages and emails being sent to Hispanic and LGBTQ Americans.

The agency says people have been told they were selected for deportation or to report to a "re-education camp."

"Although we have not received reports of violent acts stemming from these offensive messages, we are evaluating all reported incidents and engaging with the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division," the FBI said in a statement. "We are also sharing information with our law enforcement partners and community, academia, and faith leaders."

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The FBI says the messages being sent to Hispanic and LGBTQ individuals are similar to those that have been sent to some African Americans in at least 10 states.

One individual told Scripps News that he received a text message that was ordering Black people to report to plantations for slavery.

"This is potentially a hate crime and it's even possible that you might call this a racially motivated violent extremist threat," said Ken Gray, former FBI special agent.

It's unclear who is behind the messages. People who receive them are encouraged to file a report with the FBI by phone at 1-800-CALL-FBI or online at tips.fbi.gov.

An attorney for Pete Hegseth, the man nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Secretary of Defense in his upcoming cabinet, has confirmed that Hegseth paid a woman who in 2017 accused him of sexual assault.

The lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hegseth paid the accuser in order to avoid a lawsuit that could have threatened his job at Fox News, where he was a popular show host at the time.

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However, Parlatore denied any wrongdoing by Hegseth and said the sexual encounter between him and the accuser was consensual.

He was falsely accused and my position is that he was the victim of blackmail, he told The Associated Press, describing the incident as a case of "successful extortion."

Trump's transition team has not yet publicly commented on the allegation. However, it could further complicate Hegseth's chances of being confirmed to his post by the U.S. Senate.

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Hegseth, who has served in the Army National Guard since 2003 and ran to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate in 2012, isn't the only Trump cabinet nominee who faces an uphill battle of being confirmed.

Matt Gaetz, who Trump picked to lead the Department of Justice, has been facing an ethics probe in the House of Representatives for numerous allegations of wrongdoing, including sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. It's unclear whether that report will be released since Gaetz resigned from the House upon learning he was nominated to be attorney general.

Cabinet-level positions require Senate confirmation. And while Republicans will hold a majority in the chamber following the recent election, cabinet appointments like Hegseth and Gaetz will likely need the support of nearly every Republican senator in order to be confirmed.

President-elect Donald Trump confirms that he intends to use the U.S. military to assist with his promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

Early Monday morning, Trump responded to a post from conservative activist Tom Fitton that claimed the incoming president plans to declare a national emergency on immigration and deploy troops.

In a one-word response, Trump posted, "TRUE!!!"

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While campaigning, Trump told Time Magazine that he would use local law enforcement and possibly the National Guard to carry out his plan to mass deport millions of undocumented residents. He also shared plans with a crowd during a campaign stop in Aurora, Colorado.

"We will send elite squads of ICE, Border Patrol, and federal law enforcement officers to hunt down, arrest and deport every last illegal alien gang member until there is not a single one left in this country," Trump said. "And if they come back into our country, they will be told it is an automatic 10-year sentence in jail with no possibility of parole."

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In September, a Scripps News/IPSOS poll found more than half of respondents supported the mass deportation of undocumented migrants.

However, Trump would still likely face legal challenges.

Democratic governors, who likely would need to sign off on any use of state National Guard units, have promised to resist Trump's deportation agenda.

A bullet struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of the Friday evening flight, the airline said.

No injuries were reported and law enforcement was contacted after the bullet struck the right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck. At the time, the crew of Flight 2494 was preparing the plane for departure from Dallas Love Field Airport, Southwest said in a statement.

The Boeing 737-800 aircraft was "struck by gunfire near the cockpit" around 8:30 p.m. while taxiing before the flight to Indianapolis International Airport. The plane returned to the gate and the passengers exited, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

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The aircraft was removed from service, according to the airline, which said it would provide another flight for the passengers.

Dallas Love Field Airport said in a social media post that the Dallas Police Department responded and runway 13R/31L was closed, but reponed later Friday night with "minimal impact" on the facility's operations.

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This incident happened the same day that passengers on a Southwest plane at Denver International Airport had to evacuate after a cellphone caught on fire in the cabin.

President-elect Donald Trump says Karoline Leavitt will serve as White House Press Secretary.

Leavitt previously served as Assistant Press Secretary during Trump's first term, and as national press secretary for the Trump campaign.

In 2022 she also ran as a Republican to represent New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District. She won the Republican primary but lost in the general election and did not run again in 2024.

"Karoline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as the National Press Secretary on my historic campaign, and I am pleased to announce she will serve as White House Press Secretary," Trump said in a statement on the appointment. "Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator."

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The position of White House Press Secretary does not require Senate approval.

Other press secretaries during Trump's first administration include Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham and Kayleigh McEnany.

House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't want the House Ethics Committee to release a report involving Matt Gaetz.

The committee has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct involving Gaetz, along with accusations of illicit drug use and the alleged acceptance of improper gifts. Gaetz, who is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, has denied any wrongdoing and the Department of Justice announced last year it would not bring charges against him.

Gaetz resigned from Congress after learning about his nomination for attorney general. However, his resignation was met with criticism after it was revealed the House Ethics Committee was going to potentially release its report on Friday.

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Johnson says the report shouldn't be released because Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress.

"The rules of the House have always been that a former member is beyond the jurisdiction of the Ethics Committee, and so, I don't think that's relevant," Johnson said on Friday.

Gaetz's nomination will be subject to approval in the Senate. While Republicans will hold the majority next year, some members have already expressed skepticism about whether he will receive enough votes to be confirmed.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as the Secretary of the Interior.

Burgum, A Republican, was elected as governor of North Dakota in 2016 and has won reelection since. In 2023 he briefly campaigned for the 2024 presidential nomination, but he ended his campaign in December of that year to work with the Trump campaign as an energy policy advisor.

In a statement on his nomination, Trump reiterated points he frequently made on the campaign trail, saying Burgum and the administration would focus on energy extraction.

"America is blessed with vast amounts of liquid gold and other valuable minerals and resources, right beneath our feet. We will drill baby drill, expand all forms of energy production to grow our economy, and create good-paying jobs," Trump said in the statement.

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Trump says Burgum will also serve as chairman of a newly formed National Energy Council, which will bring together all the government agencies that regulate energy production and distribution.

"This Council will oversee the path to U.S. energy dominance by cutting red tape, enhancing private sector investments across all sectors of the Economy, and by focusing on INNOVATION over longstanding, but totally unnecessary, regulation," Trump said.

In his role on the new council, Burgum will also serve on the National Security Council.

Burgum's appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

In a rare rebuke of his former boss, former Vice President Mike Pence called President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary "deeply concerning."

Trump announced on Thursday that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the department, which oversees the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other agencies responsible for family health, Medicare and Medicaid.

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While Kennedy has made numerous controversial statements about topics like vaccines and fluoride in water, Pence is most concerned about Kennedy's stance on abortion.

The Trump-Pence administration was unapologetically pro-life for our four years in office," Pence said in a statement on Friday.

He added, "For the majority of his career, RFK Jr. has defended abortion on demand during all nine months of pregnancy, supports overturning the Dobbs decision and has called for legislation to codify Roe v Wade."

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In May 2024, Kennedy acknowledged that he had been wary of "inserting the government into abortion" but now supports restrictions in the final months of pregnancy.

That position does not align with Pence's values, and he is urging the Senate, which will be led by Republicans next year, to reject Kennedy's nomination.

Scripps News is rolling out a new strategy to bring journalism to viewers.

It will focus its coverage on streaming and connected TV while winding down its over-the-air broadcast on Nov. 15.

We recognize that streaming is the future of our business and were well positioned to reach even more viewers there since we have grown our streaming viewership more than 44% year over year, said Matt Simon, who will lead the new initiative as Scripps News vice president Well continue to deliver quality journalism with an even-greater emphasis on integrating with our local stations and our focus will be on innovative showcasing of our original reporting across the enterprise.

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Christina Hartman, vice president and head of Scripps News, previously explained that the decision by the E.W. Scripps Company to remove Scripps News from broadcast over-the-air distribution was a financial and business decision.

However, the new era of Scripps News will still feature dozens of journalists across the country. International correspondent Jason Bellini will also continue his reporting from around the world.

Next week, Scripps News will debut In the Shadows with Jason Bellini. It will feature Bellini traveling to some of the most pressing international crises while also showcasing the brightest parts of humanity.

Click here for the full programming guide and find out how you can stream Scripps News at scrippsnews.com/streaming.

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