Trump’s ascendancy to power again comes with some historical footnotes: He will become the first felon to serve as U.S. president, after his conviction last year on 34 criminal charges linked to falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 hush money payment to porn film star Stormy Daniels, although a judge declined to penalize him in any way.
Two liberal pundits broke down what they believe could be President-elect Donald Trump’s code to winning the White House.
For years, the Democrats have painted Donald Trump and his version of the Republican Party as an existential threat to democracy. Leaning into this characterization, President Joe Biden’s farewell address warned of an oligarchy taking over the country — a claim that is as true in the moment he said it as it was all
President-elect Donald J. Trump, over the course of the 2024 campaign and after his election, made big promises to the American people on everything from the economy to foreign policy. Here’s what he said he would do with a second term.
Withholding natural disaster aid to force policy changes is unusual and would mark a major escalation in Republicans’ feuds with blue states.
As Democrats and progressives reach the acceptance phase of their grief, there is less uniformity in cooperating with the next Trump administration.
When President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for the White House for the third time, he told the crowd in Milwaukee, “I’m not supposed to be here.” It was a line he repeated often in the weeks following the attempt on his life in Butler,
Trump 2.0 looks a lot like Trump 1.0 − unpredictable, tumultuous and with GOP infighting. It's also promising big changes that many voters wanted.
The crushing defeat of Kamala Harris has left liberal women exhausted and laid bare racial divides in the women's rights movements that will take some time to heal, activists and organizers told Reuters.
At the same time, business leaders recognize that there are certain issues on which CEOs will need to educate Trump. He has demonstrated that he genuinely listens to the business community when they come to him in good faith, and that he can change his mind as long as he does not feel trapped, coerced, or humiliated.
Observers expect a different tone from the leader who talked about "American carnage" as he started his first term.
“He’s single-handedly changed the party,” said Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind. Banks was sworn in as a member of the House as Trump arrived in Washington in 2017, when Banks said, Trump often have to deal with Republican pushback.