Scott Bessent inches one step closer to Treasury secretary. The Senate Finance Committee greenlit billionaire financier Scott Bessent’s nomination as President Donald Trump’s U.S. Treasury secretary. Senators voted 16–11 to approve the hedge fund manager’s nomination to head the Treasury Department. Two Democrat senators—Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)—voted in favor with all
Trump’s order made it easier to fire federal officials. President Donald Trump’s order removing job protections from federal officials violates federal law, according to a Jan. 20 lawsuit. Trump’s order, signed earlier on Monday, reclassifies certain employees into the same category as political appointees, thereby removing some job protections. “The President’s Executive Order is unlawful
The Trump administration is pushing back against what it says is the "Left's resistance" after a legal challenge filed late Monday by the ACLU.
First son Barron Trump was lauded as a "class act" for shaking hands with former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris at his father's inauguration on Monday.
The former Florida senator said during his confirmation hearing that the Chinese Communist Party is a ‘dangerous’ and ’potent’ foe. Vice President JD Vance conducted the swearing-in ceremony for Marco Rubio as the 72nd secretary of state on Tuesday, who became the first of President Donald Trump’s official Cabinet members. On Monday, the Senate voted
Citing Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution, the proclamation says it would allow ‘certain emergency tools’ to block illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump on Monday declared a national emergency over what he called “an invasion” at the U.S.–Mexico border. The White House on Monday night said in a proclamation that the Trump administration has
President Trump is keeping his powder dry, at least for now, in deploying tariffs to advance his administration’s push to redefine trade relations with other major economies around the world. Mr. Trump, who as president-elect said he could move to apply sweeping levies on foreign imports on his first day in office, stopped short of imposing so-called