The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines.…

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Author: Alexander Bolton

Even before Trump, we were on the way to losing our democracy — but we did not pay attention. Now, we have no choice but to attend to it

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Author: Robert Reich

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Family members, Gen Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and January 6 committee members pardoned

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Author: Edward Helmore

Away from the blizzard of executive orders, America’s rejection of the WHO and eager embrace of crypto loom large

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Author: William Hague

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump has tapped Mark Uyeda, a Republican member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to be acting chair of the agency, the White House said Monday.

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Author: Reuters

Incoming president has promised retaliation against his opponents. Plus, billionaire wealth grew $2tn in 2024

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Author: Jem Bartholomew

From infrastructure spending to relations with China, uncertainty reigns

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Author: Oren Cass

This year will be unpredictable to say the very least

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Author: Rana Foroohar

The stakes are dizzyingly high. But the President has a mandate to reinvent both the US and the free world

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Author: Daniel McCarthy

Don’t be fooled by America’s next health chief – he talks a great game on junk foods and health but he’s a committed vaccine sceptic

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Author: Brian Deer

From the future of Ukraine to the potential impact of tariffs on Europe – our correspondents explain how the second Trump presidency might affect their area of expertise.

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Author: Sky News

Donald Trump will flex one of the most intense and sweeping demonstrations of presidential power on the first day of any administration, seeking to fundamentally change America’s course by sundown on Monday.

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Author: Stephen Collinson

The party is united in personal loyalty to the president-elect, but it is now made up of multiple groups with very different agendas

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Author: James Politi

The second Trump administration promises to bring changes that will affect America’s hospitals, with concerns about Medicaid funding, ACA subsidies, and potential higher costs with tariffs.

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Author: Ron Southwick

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) reaffirmed his pressure on President-elect Trump’s Department of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth and said he asked tough questions last week because his Republican colleagues ne…

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Author: Lauren Irwin