‘I want to make sure now that we know who the real players are,’ the president-elect’s son says. Donald Trump Jr. said on Thursday he is helping put together a Cabinet for his father, President-elect Donald Trump, and the administration is looking for people who will “actually deliver” on the president’s message. Trump’s transition team
The Clintons congratulated Trump and Vance on their 2024 win, calling for unity and praising Harris for a positive campaign. Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have issued a statement remarking on the 2024 presidential contest, congratulating President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance for their win,
The Ukrainian president said ‘we cannot yet know’ what Trump’s position toward Ukraine will be once he takes office. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has had a “productive conversation” with President-elect Donald Trump, amid concerns Trump’s return to the White House would usher in a drop in U.S. support for Kyiv in its ongoing
The Federal Reserve unanimously voted to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage point on the heels of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election. The Thursday decision will bring the benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 4.5 percent and 4.75 percent, following a half-point cut in September. The central bank raised the rate to
Several other Democratic governors made similar announcements this week. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced he is calling for state lawmakers to convene a special session later this year after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory earlier this week. Newson said the special session will focus on safeguarding the state’s progressive policies around the climate, abortion,
The military ‘will also continue to stand apart from the political arena,’ the secretary of defense said. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the Pentagon will engage in an orderly transition to the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and that the military won’t be involved in any policies. “As it always has, the U.S.
Democratic lawmakers are pointing fingers within their party for the “mistakes” of Vice President Kamala Harris’s “disastrous campaign,” which ultimately cost her the election, Axios reported. “Will the big-money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lesson from this disastrous campaign? … Probably not,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), who caucuses with