Politics

President-elect Donald Trump has named a billionaire as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute tax cuts and tariffs.

Scott Bessent, who runs Key Square Group, served as a key economic adviser to Trump during the campaign, promoting his agenda and crafting policy speeches.

Pam Bondi is the former attorney general for Florida

The president-elect is still behind his pick for defense secretary, but the transition team is growing frustrated with the candidate.

He made the announcement after accusations of having sex with an underage woman in 2017

Donald Trump said the TV personality would work closely with RFK Jr., his nominee for health secretary.

The vanity agency the billionaire oligarch is getting from Trump probably won’t accomplish much beyond giving him and partner Vivek Ramaswamy more of what they desperately crave—attention.

Immigrant voters may have won America’s presidential election for the nativist candidate

The president-elect is contemplating taking up never-before-used presidential powers to create a separation of powers crisis on behalf of a favored political crony.

The US President-elect has announced he will nominate South Dakota governor Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security.

A former Democrat, Kennedy endorsed the president-elect in August, vowing to “make America healthy again”

Much has been made of the tech billionaire’s reactionary turn. But his politics have long been clear—and they’re shared by many of his fellow tech barons.

Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump share an antipathy for a Justice Department they say has been hopelessly politicized.