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States are preparing to help or thwart Trump's second-term plans
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states gear up to either aid or oppose his policies.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith resigns
Special Counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department on Friday, officials said in a court filing on Saturday.
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Some US lawmakers want more Christianity in the classroom. Trump could embolden their plans
Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state. The efforts come as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office pledging to champion the First Amendment right to pray and read the Bible in school. While the federal government is explicitly barred from directing states on what...
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Why Meta had to ‘bend the knee to Trump' ahead of his inauguration
Meta’s moderation policy to allow more “free expression” was viewed as the latest effort to appease President-elect Donald Trump, which could help AI efforts.
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Wildfires complicate California Democrats' plans to lead Trump defiance
California’s leaders say it should be a shining example of progressive governance, but critics say it’s become a cautionary tale instead.
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What is unconditional discharge? Breaking down Trump's felony sentence
A Manhattan judge chose a sentence that sidestepped thorny constitutional issues to end the case but assures Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.
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Trump sentenced to unconditional discharge, now a convicted felon
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced to unconditional discharge on all 34 counts in his hush money case.
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Trump gets no-penalty sentence in hush money case
In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago. A state judge...
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Trump faces sentencing in his hush money case, days before White House return
Judge Juan Merchan isn’t going to sentence Donald Trump to jail before he takes office.
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Appeals court allows special counsel's report about Trump's election interference case to be released to the public
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Justice Department can release a report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss but kept in place a judge’s order requiring a three-day delay to allow for further appeals.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York.
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Worries grow in Mass. over federal and state service cuts
Healey administration officials on Thursday sought to sooth anxieties around the incoming Trump administration and potential federal threats to health care for people with disabilities. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to extend his tax cuts when he takes office again this year, and some conservatives have proposed cuts to Medicaid to reduce federal spending. Medicaid costs taxpayers about $800 billion...
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Trump shakes Pence's hand, talks with Obama before Carter funeral
Donald Trump publicly interacted with his former vice president Mike Pence for the first time in four years on Thursday at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
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WATCH: Trump greets Pence, laughs with Obama at Jimmy Carter's funeral
President-elect Donald Trump greeted his former Vice President Mike Pence upon his entry into Jimmy Carter’s national funeral service on Thursday in Washington, D.C. and sat next to former president Barack Obama.
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New York's highest appeals court won't block Trump's sentencing in hush money case
New York’s highest court has declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the Supreme Court as his likely last option to prevent Friday’s hearing.
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President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter's casket in Capitol Rotunda
President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.
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Mexico's President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump's ‘Gulf of America' comment
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sarcastically to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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Trumps pays respects to Jimmy Carter at Capitol
President-elect Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the Capitol rotunda Wednesday to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter.
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Mexico's President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump's ‘Gulf of America' comment
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sarcastically to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block New York hush money sentencing
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block criminal proceedings in his hush money case in New York, ahead of a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday.