During his campaign Donald Trump promised to abolish the education department. After his re-election he announced some cabinet picks who were reassuringly well-qualified for their jobs...
Editor’s note: On November 19th Donald Trump chose Howard Lutnick to be commerce secretary in his new administration. We published this profile of Mr Lutnick on...
IN THE FINAL weeks of his campaign, speaking to a “town hall” hosted by Univision, a Spanish-language television network, Donald Trump made a point he doesn’t...
He advises hiring friends—but only capable ones
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Immigrant voters may have won America’s presidential election for the nativist candidate
AFTER DONALD TRUMP won the presidential election in 2016—when he was a former television star rather than a former president—he managed the White House transition as...
AFTER DONALD TRUMP won the presidential election in 2016—when he was a former television star rather than a former president—he managed the White House transition as...
Track our US 2024 results page, sign up to our daily newsletter on American politics, “The US in brief”, and read the best of our coverage. DONALD TRUMP won a decisive...
AS DONALD Trump returns to power, several colourful characters surround him. One is Elon Musk. Another is Robert F. Kennedy junior, a vaccine-sceptic, conspiracy-theorist and excommunicated...