Category: Politics

The president-elect became convinced that letting Pete Hegseth fail would set off a feeding frenzy among senators. What followed was a MAGA swarm that helped salvage his bid, at least for now. Source link

Linda Qiu, a New York Times reporter, fact-checks some claims by three of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks: Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Source link

new video loaded: How Kash Patel, Trump’s F.B.I. Pick, Plans to Reshape the Bureau transcript Back transcript How Kash Patel, Trump’s F.B.I. Pick, Plans to Reshape the Bureau Donald Trump’s pick to lead the F.B.I. has called for firing the agency’s top officials, shutting down its Washington headquarters and has vowed to investigate the president-elect’s […]

President Biden is facing criticism for pardoning his son Hunter after insisting he would not. Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains how the decision will shape the outgoing president’s place in history. Source link

A number of patterns have emerged among the people President-elect Donald J. Trump has indicated he wants to fill his cabinet and other senior-level positions in his administration. Some points of commonality are historically typical among senior White House and cabinet officials — Harvard, Yale and Princeton are well represented among his selections’ alma maters, […]

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Change in votes compared with 2020 It may seem like a clear story: Donald Trump won the election by winning the most votes. He improved on his totals, adding about 2.5 million more votes than four years ago. But just as consequential to the outcome were Kamala Harris’s losses: She earned about 7 million fewer […]

Companies in need of workers turn to staffing agencies to fill their distribution centers and warehouses. Some unscrupulous agencies recruit and exploit undocumented workers. Steve Eder, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, looks at this unseen engine of the economy. Source link

The world has changed since Donald J. Trump’s last term as president. Mark Landler, the London bureau chief of The New York Times, describes what Mr. Trump’s choices so far say about his foreign policy ambitions. Source link

Of the counties with nearly complete results, more than 90 percent shifted in favor of former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential election, according to a Times analysis of election results reported as of early Wednesday. Mr. Trump improved on his 2020 margin in 2,367 counties. His margin decreased in only 240 counties. […]