Trump Administration

Americans may have elected Donald Trump to a second term in November, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his cabinet or effectively manage government spending.

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is co-chair of the transition team for Donald Trump. The SEC says his firm caused two SPACs to make false statements.

IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes and proceeds from a variety of crimes.

About a week after Donald Trump announced his intention to replace Wray with Kash Patel, Christopher Wray announced that he will resign from his role as director of the FBI.

Trump chose a former Fox News personality and a California billionaire for ambassadorships in his administration. Both positions require Senate confirmation.

The Truth Social post signals Trump’s aim to deregulate federal agencies, undo Biden-era environmental rules, and attract foreign investment.

President-elect Donald Trump said he is looking to pardon his supporters involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as soon as his first day in office, saying those incarcerated are “living in hell.” 

President-elect Donald Trump vowed to make immediate and sweeping changes after he takes office on Jan. 20, such as pardons for those convicted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, and said he wants to find a legislative solution to keep Dreamers in the country legally.

President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that “you have no choice” but to deport everyone who is illegally in the U.S., including possibly removing the American citizen family members of those deported.

Trump made his cease-fire proposal after a weekend meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming in a social media post that Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end the more than 1,000-day war.

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full dose of presidential pomp as the two held a hastily arranged meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy before celebrating the grand reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

The French president and other European leaders are trying to persuade the president-elect not to abandon support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia.

Former President Donald Trump expressed confidence in his pick to run the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, amid allegations of excessive drinking and abuse of women.

President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration and border team is filling out.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a Miami Homeland Security Investigations special agent in charge as his nominee for deputy homeland security advisor. 

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that former Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., had agreed to be nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to China.

David Sacks spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July and hosted a fundraiser for Trump in San Francisco.

The digital currency’s price has more than doubled in 2024, driven by a 40% increase since Donald Trump was elected president last month.

Foreign students on student visas make up more than 25% of the student population. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. 

USC is urging international students to return to the U.S. before President-elect Donald Trump takes office for the second time.