President-elect Trump

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Trump Can't Raise Flags, Until He Takes the Oath

President-elect complained about honor for Jimmy Carter, but there are rules

(Newser) - President-elect Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. President Biden issued the order to honor President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100. It's not a timeline that Trump can do anything about—until he takes office, the...

Trump Blames Border Policies for Making US Less Safe

President-elect says his warnings about 'radical Islamic terrorism' have come true

(Newser) - President-elect Trump on Thursday doubled down on his assertion that President Biden's border policies have made the US less safe, reports the Hill . His social media posts come amid the investigations into the truck attack in New Orleans and the detonation a Tesla outside a Trump hotel in Las...

Johnson's Fight for Gavel May Affect Trump Certification

If he loses speakership vote on Friday, it could delay president-elect's big day on Monday

(Newser) - The new House convenes on Friday, with a major question hanging in the balance: Will Mike Johnson remain as speaker? Johnson has the endorsement of President-elect Trump , but he still may not have the necessary votes given the GOP's razor-thin margin. Coverage:
  • The math: The House's first order
...

Trump Says He'll Attend Carter Funeral

'We were invited,' he tells reporters at Mar-a-Lago party

(Newser) - President-elect Trump confirmed to reporters outside his Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve party that he will attend Jimmy Carter's funeral on Jan. 9. "I'll be there. We were invited," Trump said, per Reuters . He declined to say whether he had spoken to any Carter family members...

Report: Musk Has Hunkered Down in a Mar-a-Lago Cottage

It's called Banyan

(Newser) - Elon Musk and President-elect Trump aren't just political bedfellows—they're also neighbors, reports the New York Times . The Times reports that since Election Day, sources say Musk has spent much of his time living at Mar-a-Lago in one of the rental cottages on the Florida property. Specifically, he...

Trump Gives Mike Johnson a 'Complete & Total Endorsement'

President-elect endorses GOP House speaker to continue in his role

(Newser) - Mike Johnson was nominated in November to return as House speaker under the incoming Trump administration, even securing a thumbs-up from the president-elect himself, but whether that endorsement from Trump stuck after the nation teetered perilously close to a government shutdown earlier this month was unclear. The former (and future)...

At Party Meeting, Kim Pledges 'Toughest' Policy Against US
Kim Pledges to Be Tough on US
Dec 29, 2024 1:30 PM CST

Kim Pledges to Be Tough on US

North Korea's soldiers need to be mentally tougher, ruler says

(Newser) - North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un promised to implement the "toughest" anti-US policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before President-elect Trump takes office. Trump's return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea. During his first term, Trump met Kim three...

Trump Sides With Musk in Rift Among Allies

President-elect voices support for H-1B visas as an internal MAGA debate intensifies

(Newser) - President-elect Trump appears to have picked a side in a fierce debate unfolding among his most prominent allies, and it's the side with Elon Musk. In an interview with the New York Post , Trump voiced support for H-1B visas, used by many Silicon Valley companies to bring in skilled...

Trump: Bill Gates Asked to Visit Mar-a-Lago

President-elect says so in message that some think was meant to be sent privately to Elon Musk

(Newser) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent weeks to break bread with Donald Trump, as have Meta's Mark Zuckerberg , Apple's Tim Cook, and, of course, X owner and DOGE chief Elon Musk . Now it looks like another tech giant has requested to pay a visit,...

Trump Asks SCOTUS for Delay on TikTok Ban

President-elect wants Supreme Court to postpone barring platform until he gets into office

(Newser) - President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue. The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued...

Sources: Guatemala Will Work With Trump on Deportation

It will take its own citizens back, as well as those from other countries, sources tell Reuters

(Newser) - As a new Trump administration takes office next month, one Central America is making a proactive move: Sources tell Reuters that Guatemala, in an attempt to get in President-elect Trump's good graces, has said it will accept citizens of other countries who may be booted from the United States...

Consider Not Leaving US for Holidays, China Tells Students

Colleges have warned foreign students to be back by the time Trump takes oath

(Newser) - Chinese students in the US have been advised by their government that they might be better off forgoing any holiday travel that would take them to another country. President-elect Trump has promised tighter immigration policies, and his first administration moved to limit Chinese students' visas, the Wall Street Journal reports....

You Know Who's Exhausted by Political News? Americans
Politics Coverage?
Americans Are Tuning Out
NEW POLL
Dec 26, 2024 3:20 PM CST

Politics Coverage? Americans Are Tuning Out

Two-thirds of Americans, largely Democrats, are stepping back from media consumption

(Newser) - As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election: He's tuned out. "People are mentally exhausted," says Aunallah, 45, of San Diego. "Everyone is ... just taking some time off."...

3 Democrat-Appointed Judges Make Rare Move Over Trump

They rescind retirement plans, sparking a warning from Mitch McConnell

(Newser) - One area of feverish activity in the transition from President Biden to President-elect Trump is federal judgeships, and the Washington Post reports on a new wrinkle. Three judges appointed by Democratic presidents have made the unusual decision to reverse their decisions to retire in the wake of Trump's election...

Donations to Trump Illustrate a Big-Business Shift
What a $1M Donation
Gets at the Inauguration
the rundown
Dec 25, 2024 8:31 AM CST

What a $1M Donation Gets at the Inauguration

Perks include 'candlelight dinner' with Trump, with big automakers the latest to sign up

(Newser) - "Everybody wants to be my friend," President-elect Trump has said of his 2024 transition to the White House. Judging by the fast-growing list of companies making major donations to his inauguration festivities, it's hard to argue the point. On Tuesday, Toyota became the latest with a pledge...

Trump Vows to 'Vigorously' Pursue Death Penalty

He blasts Biden's decision to commute sentences of almost all federal death row inmates

(Newser) - President-elect Trump won't be able to undo President Biden's decision to commute the sentences of most of the inmates on federal death row, but he plans to expand the use of the death penalty when he takes office. "As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct...

Trump's Favorite New Theme: 'Imperialism'
Trump's
Favorite
New Theme:
'Imperialism'
the rundown
Dec 24, 2024 10:10 AM CST

Trump's Favorite New Theme: 'Imperialism'

Analysts do not think he's joking about plans to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal

(Newser) - As he prepares to return to the White House, President-elect Trump has floated the idea of the US taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal , not to mention needling Canada about becoming the 51st US state . A look at related coverage:
  • No joke: OK, disregard the Canada comments, which were
...

Trump Wants Denali Renamed
Trump Wants Denali Renamed
Dec 23, 2024 6:40 PM CST

Trump Wants Denali Renamed

Alaska's two Republican senators object to changing back to Mount McKinley

(Newser) - Opposition to President-elect Trump's renewed suggestion to change the name of Alaska's 20,310-foot mountain back to McKinley includes many Alaskans, including Indigenous people, and the state's two Republican senators. Sen. Lisa Murkowski advocated for years to remove the name of the nation's 25th president, who...

Trump: US Owning Greenland Is an 'Absolute Necessity'

Greenland's PM pushes back: 'We are not for sale and will never be for sale'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is expressing some interesting territorial wishes ahead of his return to the White House, hinting in recent days that Canada should become the United States' 51st state and floating the idea that the US should retake control of the Panama Canal . Over the weekend, the Trump reupped an...

Callista Gingrich Gets Trump Nod for Ambassadorship

In Trump's first term, she was ambassador to the Vatican; now he wants her as Switzerland's envoy

(Newser) - Some big news for Callista Gingrich over the weekend: She's been selected by Donald Trump to serve as his ambassador to Switzerland, reports the AP . In a Sunday post on Truth Social, the president-elect said he was "pleased" to make this appointment. "Happily married to the Great...

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