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Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump, including financing mysterious ‘RBG PAC'
The super PAC, which defended Trump on abortion, got its more than $20 million in funds came from the “Elon Musk Revocable Trust.”
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Texas lawmaker gets into fiery exchange with U.S. Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe
Rep. Pat Fallon, a Texas Republican, got into a fiery exchange with U.S. Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe during a bipartisan House task force’s investigation into the assassination attempt against Donald Trump on the campaign trail.
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Secret Service director vows overhaul as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt
The acting director of the Secret Service says the agency is “reorganizing and reimagining” its culture and how it operates following an assassination attempt against Donald Trump on the campaign trail in July.
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Why did Bitcoin surge to $100,000 for the first time?
The digital currency’s price has more than doubled in 2024, driven by a 40% increase since Donald Trump was elected president last month.
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Imprisoned Proud Boys leader dodges prosecutor's questions about Capitol attack
Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio is expected to testify on Thursday at the trial of a retired Washington, D.C., police officer accused of leaking confidential information to the far-right extremist group leader after Tarrio and other Proud Boys burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner. Attorneys for former Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond plan to call Tarrio...
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Trump's lawyers move to dismiss Georgia election interference case
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday asked a Georgia appeals court to dismiss the Fulton County racketeering case against him.
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5 things to know about Paul Atkins
Here are five things to know about Paul Atkins, former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Trump nominee for SEC chairman.
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Donald Trump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair
Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Trump urges judge to toss hush money case, citing Hunter Biden pardon
Trump’s attorneys said President Biden’s statement that his son had been “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” also applies to the president-elect.
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5 things to know about Kash Patel
Here are five things to know about former federal prosecutor Kash Patel.
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Trump's FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do
Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has selected him to lead the FBI. As he braces for a bruising and likely protracted Senate confirmation fight, Patel...
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Trump says he'll attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening celebration in Paris this weekend
President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election.
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Village People singer defends Trump's use of ‘Y.M.C.A.,' says song isn't a ‘gay anthem'
Victor Willis said the disco classic has “benefited greatly” from the president-elect’s use and threatened to sue news outlets that refer to it as a “gay anthem.”
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California lawmakers to begin special session to ‘Trump-proof' state laws
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Monday to begin a special session to protect the state’s progressive policies ahead of another Trump presidency.
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DACA recipients worry their protection from deportation won't last another Trump term
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, the roughly 535,000 DACA recipients are bracing yet again for a whirlwind of uncertainty.
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Trump names Massad Boulos, campaign liaison and family relative, as a senior adviser on Middle East
Boulos has previously sought office in Lebanon and has long-standing ties to political figures in the country. Other Trump picks for key national security positions are staunch supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump ally.
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Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France
Trump and Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009.
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar
Trump’s threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
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Canada's Trudeau says he had an ‘excellent conversation' with Trump in Florida after tariffs threat
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump in Florida after the president-elect’s threat to impose significant tariffs on two of America’s leading trade partners raised alarms in Ottawa and Mexico City. It’s unclear, as Trudeau headed back to Canada on Saturday, whether the conversation had alleviated Trump’s concerns. Trump’s transition team hasn’t responded...
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Trump made ‘YMCA' a staple at his rallies. Data shows it's sticking around.
President-elect Donald Trump made the disco classic “YMCA” a staple at his rallies during his past two campaigns. And new data shows that, much like Trump’s political fortunes, interest in the song is on the upswing.