Trump taps Musk, Ramaswamy to oversee ‘drastic’ changes to U.S. government
The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, will provide recommendations to slash regulations, cut staff and overhaul federal operations.
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What happens to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go
Court documents made public Tuesday revealed that Judge Juan M. Merchan has effectively put the case on hold until at least Nov. 19 while he and the lawyers on both sides weigh in on what should happen next.
Trump expected to try to halt TikTok ban, allies say
The video-sharing app faces a January deadline to find a new owner not based in China or lose access to U.S. users, under a law passed in April with bipartisan support.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will spend part of week in DC as he tries to Trump-proof state policies
He is seeking federal approval for state climate rules, a $5.2 billion reimbursement for emergency funding during the COVID-19 pandemic and updates to the state’s Medicaid program, along with other priorities.
A pair of Trump officials have defended family separation and ramped-up deportations
Stephen Miller and Thomas Homan had critical roles in the first Trump administration and are unapologetic defenders of its policies, which included separating thousands of parents from their children at the border to deter illegal crossings.
Kremlin rejects reports of a conversation last week between Putin and Trump
The Washington Post first reported on Sunday, citing anonymous sources, that the two spoke on Thursday, with Trump advising Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine and cited the sizable U.S. military presence in Europe.
Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters, make his criminal cases vanish
How many executive orders in the first week? “There will be tens of them. I can assure you of that,” President-elect Donald Trump’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News on Sunday.
Trump’s win brings uncertainty to borrowers hoping for student loan forgiveness
President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have criticized Biden’s loan forgiveness efforts, and lawsuits by GOP-led states have held up plans for widespread debt cancellation. Trump has not said what he would do on loan forgiveness, leaving millions of borrowers facing uncertainty over their personal finances.
Trump names Susie Wiles as chief of staff, first woman in the post
Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign.
Trump receives congratulations and an invitation to the White House as Biden nudges on transition
Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump to concede the race and to congratulate him, while President Joe Biden invited the man he ousted from the White House four years ago to an Oval Office meeting to prepare to return the keys.
Trump wins White House in political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters
With a win in Wisconsin declared early Wednesday morning, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. He has vowed to pursue an agenda centered on dramatically reshaping the federal government.
America reaches Election Day with a stark choice between Trump and Harris
Polls opened across the nation Tuesday morning as voters faced a stark choice between two candidates who have offered drastically different temperaments and visions for the world’s largest economy and dominant military power.
AP sources: White House altered record of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks despite stenographer concerns
White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Americans in Puerto Rico can’t vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race
A comic calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from mistreatment, residents said Monday in expressions of fury that could affect the presidential election.
Trump’s lawyers urge appeals court to uphold dismissal of classified documents case
The case charging Trump with hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida had long been seen as legally perilous for the Republicans’ White House nominee, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed it in July after concluding that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment to the job was unlawful.
McDonald’s agreed to Trump event but says it isn’t endorsing a presidential candidate
McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race.
Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen’s lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss and ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.
Immigrants help power America’s economy. Will the election value or imperil them?
Immigration has become a source of fright and frustration for voters in this presidential election — with possible outcomes that could take the United States down two dramatically different paths.
This could have been a year of court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas
A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Trump will end without any chance of a trial, leaving voters without the finality of an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee.
Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California
The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was driving a black SUV that was stopped by deputies assigned to the rally in Coachella, east of Los Angeles, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.