Nov 13 WATCH: Trump returns to Washington, meeting Biden at the White House By Will Weissert, Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump made a victor’s return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for a nearly two-hour meeting with President Joe Biden and committing to a straightforward transition of power despite actively working to disrupt the same process… Continue reading
Nov 13 Trump announces Musk and Ramaswamy will lead outside advisory group 'Department of Government Efficiency' By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not, despite the name, a government agency. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 5:32 Trump begins to fill foreign policy and national security teams for 2nd term By Laura Barrón-López, Eliot Barnhart A second Donald Trump administration is taking shape, one new appointee at a time. Tuesday, the president-elect tapped more of his closest allies to fill some of the government’s top posts. Among them is Sen. Marco Rubio, putting Trump’s one-time… Continue watching
Nov 12 Trump has promised to overhaul U.S. intelligence, setting up collision course with spy agencies By David Klepper, Associated Press For President-elect Donald Trump, the return to power offers an opportunity to follow through on cleaning house of officials that he believes have tried to challenge his leadership and criticize his actions. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 6:22 What Trump's pick of Zeldin to lead EPA signals for his environmental plans By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins As President-elect Trump’s team is taking shape, we’re learning more about who will take the lead on energy, climate and the environment. The first announcement on that front is Lee Zeldin, a former GOP congressman who will head the Environmental… Continue watching
Nov 12 What Trump has said he will do on Day 1 By Colleen Long, Dan Merica, Associated Press Mass deportation of migrants. Rolling back Biden administration policies on education. Pardoning people who were arrested for their role in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Making most of his criminal cases go away. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 6:45 How Iranians are reacting Trump's election and what it could mean for their lives By Reza Sayah President Biden met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office and reaffirmed his administration’s 'ironclad’ commitment to Israel. The Israeli government says Hamas is still holding 101 hostages in Gaza and Herzog said the war would continue until the… Continue watching
Nov 12 Biden spurred new factories and infrastructure projects. Trump will be in office for the ribbon-cutting By Josh Boak, Associated Press Inflation is easing and President Joe Biden's administration has teed-up a ready-made list of infrastructure projects that could go from theoretical to reality over the next several years. But it could be it could be Donald Trump, rather than Biden,… Continue reading
Nov 12 Top U.S. climate negotiator vows 'we won't revert back' after Trump reelection By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Associated Press No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America's clean energy economy won't reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. Continue reading
Nov 12 Trump promised to save TikTok, but what happens next is not clear By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe. Continue reading