Decision 2024

Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Donald Trump Dec 6

Biden and Trump spoke by phone last week

President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone over the Thanksgiving holiday last week, according to two people familiar with the call.

Congress Dec 6

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy meet with Republicans to talk spending cuts. They face a steep climb.
Donald Trump Dec 5

Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump, including financing mysterious ‘RBG PAC'

Trump administration Dec 4

Kash Patel once said he would ‘come after' journalists. It now hangs over his FBI candidacy.

Trump’s pick for FBI director has vowed to “come after” the media. But he also later emphasized to NBC News that his comments only apply if people “broke the law.”...
Decision 2024 Dec 4

Democrats flip final House seat of the 2024 elections, narrowing Republicans' majority

Democrat Adam Gray has flipped California’s 13th District, handing Republicans a slimmer majority in the House.
Trump administration Dec 3

Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is in peril in the Senate

As many as six GOP senators are not currently comfortable supporting Hegseth, following allegations concerning drinking and his treatment of women, sources told NBC News.
Florida Dec 3

Chad Chronister, Donald Trump's pick to run the DEA, withdraws name from consideration

Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Drug Enforcement Administration says he’s withdrawing his name from consideration.

Trump administration Dec 3

Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, drank in ways that concerned his colleagues at Fox News, according to 10 current and former Fox employees who spoke with NBC News.
Donald Trump Dec 2

California lawmakers to begin special session to ‘Trump-proof' state laws

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Monday to begin a special session to protect the state’s progressive policies ahead of another Trump presidency.
Trump administration Dec 1

DACA recipients worry their protection from deportation won't last another Trump term

As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, the roughly 535,000 DACA recipients are bracing yet again for a whirlwind of uncertainty.
Trump administration Dec 1

Trump names Massad Boulos, campaign liaison and family relative, as a senior adviser on Middle East

Boulos has previously sought office in Lebanon and has long-standing ties to political figures in the country. Other Trump picks for key national security positions are staunch supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump ally.
Donald Trump Nov 30

Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France

Trump and Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009.
Donald Trump Nov 30

Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar

Trump’s threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
Donald Trump Nov 28

Trump made ‘YMCA' a staple at his rallies. Data shows it's sticking around.

President-elect Donald Trump made the disco classic “YMCA” a staple at his rallies during his past two campaigns. And new data shows that, much like Trump’s political fortunes, interest in the song is on the upswing.
Health Nov 27

RFK Jr. attacked the CDC's ‘fascism' and likened vaccinating children to abuse by the Catholic Church

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a dark view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Donald Trump Nov 27

Trump picks John Phelan, a businessman with no military experience, to be secretary of the Navy

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen John Phelan, a businessman and investor with no military experience, to become the next secretary of the Navy.
Russia-Ukraine War Nov 27

Trump nominates top adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy to Ukraine and Russia

Kellogg is a retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense. He served as Mike Pence’s National Security Advisor during the first Trump administration.
Donald Trump Nov 27

DC protested Trump's first term. Now, they worry he'll crush them

Forget statehood. District of Columbia officials are just hoping to protect what little self-government they already have in Trump’s second term.
Donald Trump Nov 27

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health.
Congress Nov 26

Key senators to watch in the Trump Cabinet nominee fights

Fifty senators are needed to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for top administration jobs. Here’s who could surprise with a vote against — or for — his nominees.