President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty” after President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison.
When the frequent court foes of Donald Trump’s first administration look back at the early days of his presidency, they recall “building the airplane as we were flying it,” as outgoing Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has described it.
Trump has vowed revenge — to put his political enemies in jail, possibly including Special Counsel Jack Smith, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). According to NPR, Trump during the campaign “made more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies.”
The authors of the bestselling “How Democracies Die” talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years of Donald Trump might leave on this democracy.
Republicans expect President-elect Donald Trump to act on the first day of his administration to curtail transgender medical treatments for minors.
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Cabrera as ambassador to Panama a few days after tapping billionaire Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta as U.S. ambassador to Italy, the latest new appointments in recent weeks as Trump fills out roles in his coming administration.
But there were a few things no one saw coming: President Joe Biden stepping aside after a disastrous debate, two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump less than two months apart, and Red Lobster's fall from grace due to endless shrimp among them.
Is Donald Trump about to make all of Rudy Giuliani ’s legal troubles go away? That’s the impression you might get from the former presidential lawyer, who has been living life like he just has to make it to Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025.
With the stroke of my pen, on Day 1, we’re going to stop the transgender lunacy,” President-elect Donald Trump said at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest.
President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.