Donald Trump took office eight years ago, pledging to “drain the swamp” and end the domination of Washington influence peddlers. Now, he’s opening his second term by rolling back prohibitions on executive branch employees accepting major gifts from lobbyists,
President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, is the latest to express public disapproval, particularly for the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers.
The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a constitutional fight over the 14th Amendment.
See how Americans on both sides of the aisle are gearing up for a new Trump term in photos from a bitterly cold weekend.
President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.
Virginia's Democratic senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, rebuked President Donald Trump's pick to head the nation's budget office for saying he wants federal employees to feel "traumatically affected" by the incoming administration's attacks on the professional work force and calling them "villains.
Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.
In continuing a stream of controversial pardons, President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued clemency to two former police officers who were sentenced to prison in connection to death of a Black man in 2020.