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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves his hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday as he heads to meet President-elect Donald Trump at nearby Mar-a-Lago.

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Biden lands in Africa, but US foreign policy now runs through Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

President-elect courts world leaders as Biden team changes tune on next four years

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 2, 2024 at 4:26pm

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing in 2020.

Policy

The man with a plan to upend government, and what it entails

By Paul M. Krawzak and Peter Cohn
Posted December 2, 2024 at 12:44pm
Kash Patel speaks at Chilly Jill’z restaurant in Boulder City, Nev., in support of Senate candidate Adam Laxalt in 2022.

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Trump announces plan to replace FBI director with Kash Patel

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 1, 2024 at 4:12pm
Brooke L. Rollins, the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, has been tapped to be Agriculture secretary in the second Trump administration.

Policy

Trump’s USDA pick could focus on foreign investments in agricultural land

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 27, 2024 at 9:32am
Jay Bhattacharya speaks during a roundtable discussion with members of the House Freedom Caucus on the COVID-19 pandemic at The Heritage Foundation on Nov. 10, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump names pick for NIH director

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 26, 2024 at 10:29pm
Trucks wait in a queue Thursday to cross into the U.S. at the Otay commercial crossing port in Tijuana, Mexico.

Countries criticize Trump tariff plans, which could flout trade pacts

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 26, 2024 at 3:02pm
Donald Trump arrives at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Trump and recess appointments: A procedural and legal quagmire

By Daniel Hillburn
Posted November 26, 2024 at 11:12am
A flag supporting special counsel John L. "Jack" Smith is seen on a house in Roslyn Heights, N.Y., in February. Smith on Monday sought to end federal prosecutions against president-elect Donald Trump in Washington and Florida.

Special counsel seeks dismissal of criminal cases against Trump

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 25, 2024 at 2:59pm
President Joe Biden, John Zimmerman, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and his son Grant, 9, talk after Biden pardoned two turkeys, Peach and Blossom, during the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

Peach and Blossom are freed as Biden pardons turkeys for last time

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 25, 2024 at 1:46pm
A sign advertises an apartment for rent on Capitol Hill.

Trump picks former aide Scott Turner to be HUD secretary

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 22, 2024 at 8:42pm, Updated November 23, 2024 at 9:11pm
Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of America First Policy Institute, was chosen to become Agriculture secretary.

Brooke Rollins is Trump’s pick for Agriculture secretary

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 23, 2024 at 8:56pm
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Labor secretary, had the endorsement of several unions.

Trump selects Rep. Chavez-DeRemer for Labor

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted November 22, 2024 at 7:58pm
Russ Vought, former OMB director, conducts a news conference outside the Capitol with House Republicans to oppose vaccine mandates on Nov. 5, 2021.

Vought picked for repeat performance at Trump’s budget office

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 22, 2024 at 7:33pm
Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington on July 10.

Hedge funder Bessent gets Trump blessing for Treasury

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 22, 2024 at 7:12pm
Former President Donald Trump and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman speak at the first tee during a LIV Golf tournament at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami on April 7.

Biden mostly left sports issues to Congress. Trump’s return will change that

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 22, 2024 at 2:58pm
A Capitol Police officer takes a photo as a Marine helicopter carrying Barack and Michelle Obama lifts off from the East Plaza of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017, following Donald Trump's swearing-in as president. The Bidens are slated to take a similar ride in two months. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats are again ‘in between leaders’ as Biden prepares to leave office

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 21, 2024 at 5:55pm
Few senators have shaped the judicial confirmation process as much as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

A very judgy lame duck

By Jason Dick and Todd Ruger
Posted November 21, 2024 at 12:36pm
Chairman Michael Guest leaves the House Ethics Committee offices on Wednesday.

Ethics Committee won’t release Gaetz report, as Democrats turn to other tactics

By Justin Papp
Posted November 20, 2024 at 4:48pm, Updated at 6:54pm
House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., talks with reporters before a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Trump win poised to bolster congressional investigative power

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 20, 2024 at 2:57pm, Updated at 6:22pm
Matthew Whitaker, a strong Trump loyalist, is the president-elect's choice to be ambassador to NATO.

Trump picks loyalist Whitaker to be ‘America First’ envoy to NATO

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 20, 2024 at 4:19pm
President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Tuesday in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump’s first week in office may set tone on abortion policy

By Sandhya Raman
Posted November 20, 2024 at 4:06pm
Linda McMahon, seen here at the 2024 Republican National Convention, will be Trump's nominee to be Education secretary.

Trump picks Linda McMahon to be Education secretary

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 19, 2024 at 10:19pm
Howard Lutnick, left, with President-elect Donald Trump in Michigan in October.

Lutnick tapped to lead Commerce Department under Trump 2.0

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 19, 2024 at 2:51pm
Former Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., will be nominated to lead the Transportation Department.

Trump pick for DOT head Duffy has empty transportation resume

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 19, 2024 at 6:05am
Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young testifies at a March 21 House Budget Committee hearing on the president's fiscal 2025 budget request.

White House asks for nearly $100B disaster relief package

By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 18, 2024 at 4:53pm
President-elect Donald Trump holds the UFC heavyweight championship belt after a title fight between winner Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic in New York City on Saturday night.

Trump, GOP claim mandate, look to capitalize on ‘upper hand’

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 18, 2024 at 4:32pm
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., center, appears after being elected the new Senate majority leader after the Republican leadership election in the Capitol last week. Also appearing are, from left, incoming Conference Vice Chair James Lankford, R-Okla., Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Conference Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

Trump nominees will face friendlier Senate, with bigger majority

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 18, 2024 at 1:16pm
Where did Hulk Hogan land on this year’s Rothenberg best and worst list? Read on: If you dare!

Rothenberg’s Best and Worst of 2024

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted November 18, 2024 at 12:24pm
President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a House Republican Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. He speaks with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.

Hotel MAGA-fornia: The sound and fury of Donald Trump in Washington — again

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 15, 2024 at 12:43pm
Pharmacy prescription drugs, for daily use to combat various medical problems, sit in a home in Sullivan County, N.Y.

Future of Medicare drug price negotiations murky under Trump

By Lia DeGroot and Jessie Hellmann
Posted November 15, 2024 at 10:18am
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., in July.

Interior pick Burgum endorsed broad energy policy as governor

By David Jordan
Posted November 15, 2024 at 9:29am
D. John Sauer testified during a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing in 2023.

Trump picks legal defense team for top Justice Department roles

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted November 14, 2024 at 8:10pm
Ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., arrive for a Senate Judiciary Committee markup on Thursday. Prior to the markup, they spoke to reporters about the nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be attorney general.

Who are these guys? The Congress-Cabinet-West Wing revue

By Jason Dick and John T. Bennett
Posted November 14, 2024 at 6:19pm
President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs are expected to bring similar retaliation from China that dealt a heavy blow to exports in 2018 and 2019.

Trump’s tariffs seen delivering a repeat blow to US farm exports

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 14, 2024 at 4:16pm