The Justice Department, Pentagon and intelligence agencies were the three areas of government that proved to be the most stubborn obstacles to Mr. Trump in his first term.
By nominating allies like former Representative Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump is showing the most important qualification to lead key agencies is loyalty.
Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.
Elon Musk has broadened claims he first made this year that OpenAI and two of its founders breached the company’s founding contract by putting commercial interests ahead of the public good.
The conservative legal group’s annual dinner featured a conversation between Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Neil M. Gorsuch, a conservative. Both stressed the importance of an independent judiciary.
With Donald J. Trump promising tariffs, Malaysia hopes a deal with Singapore for greater economic integration will strengthen its role as a China alternative.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spread false information about vaccines and publicly contradicted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that communities fluoridate their water.
If Senator Marco Rubio becomes secretary of state, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will choose his replacement. Some lawmakers are pushing for the president-elect’s daughter-in-law.
“I don’t think you’ll find a person who is more in line with Donald Trump’s America-first values and policies than me,” said Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, left. Together with Donald Trump Jr., right, they watched a rally this month.
The military trainer said that Marines are taught to render a person unconscious in seconds. Mr. Penny held Jordan Neely, a homeless man, for six minutes.
President-elect Donald J. Trump appeared to have gained some clarity on what he wanted in an attorney general while he was in Washington, the city he left in 2020 after weeks of his election lies.
The available data confirms that Donald Trump made inroads among Hispanic, Black and big-city voters. The results mean that, to a great extent, the pre-election polls had it right.
Tech leaders are recommending their own brethren to Mr. Musk and others, as they aim to leave a Silicon Valley imprint on Donald Trump’s new administration.
Donald J. Trump with Elon Musk in October. While Mr. Musk is not technically on Mr. Trump’s transition committee, he has become a de facto official of the incoming administration.
In the months leading up to the election, Donald J. Trump sat for a slew of casual and unconventional conversations with podcasters and streamers. We watched them all.
The president-elect’s choice of combative loyalists who could have trouble being confirmed has raised constitutional questions about executive power and the Senate’s prerogatives.
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.
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