Voters in seven states approved ballot measures to expand abortion access, while some of them simultaneously backed President-elect Trump and Republicans who could help instate a federal ban come next year.
The big picture: The president-elect, who has repeatedly taken credit for overturning federal abortion protections, has flip-flopped on the issue but insisted he would not sign a national ban into law.
President-elect Trump is taking a very different approach to staffing his second administration:
He's putting a premium (so far) on picking people who are both experienced and MAGA loyalists, transition insiders tell us.
Why it matters: In Trump's first term, many of the top players were either experts or true believers — but rarely both.
The result was a dysfunctional, chaotic administration that, officials recognize in retrospect, could have accomplished a lot more. Trump is determined to fix that, we're told.
