A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed,
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President Donald Trump said he’s signing an executive order to instruct the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a 30,000-person migrant facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines Wednesday to recommend Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi's confirmation. Why it matters: President Trump is now a step closer to installing a loyalist in the nation's highest law enforcement role,
President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs and other initiatives.
The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.
Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, made her debut in the briefing room Tuesday, saying that podcasters and social media influencers could apply to
The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending
This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in US politics. I’m Sonja Hutson. And this week we’re asking: how far will Donald Trump take his vendetta agenda? Here with me to discuss is James Politi. He’s the FT’s Washington bureau chief. Hi, James.
While it’s all but certain Trump allies can’t change the Constitution—modifying the 22nd Amendment—the president could try to use legal loopholes to stay in power.