Trump Presidency News

The new Republican majority in the 119th Congress has to prove its worth, beginning with how it handles President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Trump should give Republican senators a chance to do so, but be ready to take action if they fail to carry out their sworn duty to quickly and efficiently give him the…

On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we prepare for Donald Trump’s incoming administration as the new Republican coalition—from the establishment, conservatives, and populists to the new converts and centrists—prepares for the largest out-of-the-gate “Day One” of any administration in U.S. history. We’ll dive into recess appointments, Senate hearings, executive orders, and the…

President-elect Donald Trump made huge inroads with young voters this past election cycle. Fifty-six percent of young men aged 18-29 voted for Trump this year, a major flip from 2020 when 56% of them voted for Joe Biden. Trump also made inroads with young women, who shifted 11 points toward him compared to four years ago. While…

The once and future president, Donald Trump, has already begun the gargantuan task of selecting staff for his incoming administration, but he should also keep an eye out for specific woke bureaucrats to fire as soon as he enters office on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump didn’t just win the Electoral College on Nov. 5; he…

The forthcoming Trump-Vance administration has the opportunity to protect pro-life pregnancy resource centers that have been targeted, ignored, and undermined by the Biden-Harris Justice Department.  “President Trump, more than almost anyone, understands what it’s like to have the entire weight of the federal law and investigatory power of the federal law against him,” said Chelsey…

This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. In a very satisfying headline, CNN is reporting a widespread “Feeling of Dread” among the millions-strong deep state—er, federal bureaucracy—that Donald Trump will fire them. In case you’re curious why they used your tax dollars to try to influence the…

Donald Trump’s foreign policy was, during his first term, not only successful; it was the most successful foreign policy of any president since Ronald Reagan. Yet thanks to their animus for Trump personally, pseudo-experts on foreign policy have refused to give Trump credit for his obvious wins: a quiescent Russia, a contained Iran, Middle Eastern…

Republicans have earned an electoral mandate unlike anything the party has seen since the 1980s. Rachel Bovard, vice president of programs at the Conservative Partnership Institute and veteran of over a decade of working on Capitol Hill, told me on the latest episode of “The Signal Sitdown” that conservatives “cannot waste it.” For the first…

“Well, I didn't see that coming” has been a somewhat common refrain on Capitol Hill this week as President-elect Donald Trump announces his picks to lead his forthcoming administration. Trump has built his brand on breaking the mold of politics and continues the trend with his Cabinet appointments.  Not every choice has been a surprise….

One of the defining features of the second Trump administration will almost certainly be the battle between the elected, constitutional branches of government and the vast federal bureaucracy. With Republicans in control of both the House and Senate, President Donald Trump will have a significant mandate for leadership in the next few years. The most…

This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. The Wall Street Journal is speculating that President-elect Donald Trump may fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Powell says he won’t go. Can the president fire a Fed chief? And if not, who is actually running the Fed? Trump appointed…