Trump’s new Treasury secretary will be at the center of his economic agenda. President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Nov. 22 his plans to nominate Wall Street billionaire financier Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, the founder of Key Square Group and Trump’s 2024 economic adviser, will serve in one of the most influential economic
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.—With a population of more than 165,000 people, the Navajo Nation is the largest indigenous reservation in the United States, occupying 16 million acres, about the size of West Virginia. It is a land of stunning desert beauty, with majestic mountains, sandstone canyons and red-rock formations, and highways that stretch for miles with
The agency has 100,000 employees and a $25 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brooke Rollins to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in his administration. “Brooke’s commitment to support the American Farmer, defense of American Food Self-Sufficiency, and the restoration of Agriculture-dependent American Small Towns is second
Expected policy changes to U.S. public education under the Trump administration will likely involve areas such as universal school choice, critical race theory, transgender ideology, student college debt relief, and higher education accreditation. In addition, the fate of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) itself hangs in the balance—though dismantling it would require an act
Democrat Michael DeFilippo was ordered to serve a year of probation, including three weekends of incarceration, and to pay a fine of $15,000. An ex-Bridgeport city councilman in Connecticut was sentenced to three weekends of incarceration on Nov. 21 in connection with federal election fraud charges. Democrat Michael DeFilippo, 38, pleaded guilty to completing voter
Although the Republican Party secured a unified Republican government in the 2024 election, several races remain too close to call, including two in California. Republicans have secured a trifecta in the November general election, taking control of the Oval Office, House, and Senate. And while the presidential election was quickly decided, with the race being
The U.S. Department of Education Could Essentially Become Just a Big Building with Empty Offices. In September 2023, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign announced 10 principles for reforming education. Chief among them was closing the Department of Education in Washington, and sending “all education work and needs back to the states.” The president-elect has maintained that