President-elect Donald Trump clinched the White House in a decisive victory last week after sweeping the seven battleground states. Silver, who declared the race a toss-up up until Election Day, said in Friday’s post that Trump’s win was largely President Biden’s fault and argued Harris was not a strong enough candidate.
President-elect Trump's transition team is aiming to scrap the tax credit for purchasing electric vehicles enacted during the Biden administration, Reuters reports.
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed several economic policies, some of which Democrats may consider supporting due to previous interest.
When Trump was elected president in 2016, his Cabinet included 18 white men, making it the least racially diverse Cabinet since 1980.
A modern democratic state depends upon the rule of law and people who believe in the spirit of law, Snyder writes. Matt Gaetz, Trump’s proposed attorney general, embodies lawlessness, and “can be counted upon to abuse the law to pursue Trump’s political opponents.”
The JPMorgan CEO received a shoutout on Trump’s Truth Social account on Thursday, the president-elect posting: “I respect Jamie Dimon, of JPMorgan CHASE, greatly, but he will not be invited to be a part of the Trump Administration.
To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple majority vote, though Democrats would likely do everything in their power to prevent it. It is also not clear if such a move would be fully supported by GOP senators.
From updating presentations on immigrant rights to streamlining legal and supportive services, here's how immigrant advocates are preparing for Trump's second term.
Even with unified GOP control of government, Trump's agenda and some of his more controversial nominees may run into some opposition.