President-elect Donald Trump is sticking by his controversial selection of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Trump was asked if he was reconsidering his pick as he attended Tuesday’s SpaceX launch in Texas with Elon Musk.
Three of the nation’s largest automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, are strategizing with other car manufacturers on how to make a delicate request of President-elect Donald J. Trump: Don’t scrap the federal regulations that compel the industry to sell electric vehicles.
Expect action on illegal immigration and more socially conservative health care policies for members of the military.
Unlike Obama and Bush, moreover, Trump did not win a majority of the national popular vote. Though it looked like he was over 50 percent on Election Night, the steady drip of late ballots has eroded his percentage to (currently) 49.87 percent, with further slippage very likely before all the votes are in.
Kennedy applauded descriptions of Trump’s base as “belligerent idiots” and suggestions that some were “outright Nazis” and “spineless fellow travelers.” Kennedy also likened Trump to historical demagogues like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, accusing Trump of exploiting societal insecurities and xenophobia to amass power.
Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign offered an election post-mortem Thursday, saying they could not overcome economic frustration.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and "Electric Avenue" singer Eddy Grant have settled a copyright lawsuit over Trump's use of Grant's 1983 hit song in a social media post during his 2020 presidential campaign,
Trump's new Cabinet marks a departure from 2016, when his top team was seen as more conventionally Republican.