Trump Presidency News

Original reporting on the Trump presidency with in-depth coverage of the administration’s policies, appointments, and governance. Explore news, commentary, and analysis on how President Trump’s presidential leadership continues to define America’s political, economic, and cultural direction.
Filter articles by
    • News

    Biden Firing Nearly All Trump-Appointed US Attorneys, but Keeping 2 Key Prosecutors in Place

    President Joe Biden will ask nearly all Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to tender their resignations as early as Tuesday, while allowing two federal prosecutors to continue their politically-charged investigations. According to CNN and other news outlets, Biden will ask for resignations of 55 of the 56 U.S. attorneys currently in office. David C. Weiss, the U.S….
    Chuck Ross
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Left’s Ongoing Obsession With Trump Hurts Unity

    The election is over; Joe Biden is in the White House; and Donald Trump has returned to his home in Florida. While vocally unhappy with the outcome, Trump didn’t refuse to leave Washington, which was suggested as a remote possibility by Forbes senior contributor Jack Kelly. In the wake of the election, Trump has been…
    Armstrong Williams
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Trump’s Policy Achievements Strong Foundation for Conservative Future

    The Congressional Budget Office now projects that economic recovery in 2021 will be faster than it predicted last July. It projects that the economy will be back to its pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021. This very good news reflects the fact that the economic turndown was not as severe as the federal agency had expected, and…
    Star Parker
    Read More
    • Opinion

    The ‘After Trump’ Era Begins

    The new AT age—“After Trump”—began on either Election Day, Nov. 3, or on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. But either way, reality as we had known it for four years has been abruptly reinvented. Pfizer had hinted that a vaccine could be ready in late October. Then, mysteriously, it wasn’t. Then, stranger still, it appeared—a few…
    Victor Davis Hanson
    Read More
    • Opinion

    After Tracking Trump ‘Falsehoods,’ Washington Post Says It Won’t Do the Same for Biden

    The Washington Post will have a lot more time on its hands now that President Joe Biden has been sworn in. According to the paper’s spokesperson, it can call off its whole fact-checking operation. Apparently, it’s not necessary now that its preferred party is in office. The Daily Caller’s Shelby Talcott reached out to the…
    Tony Perkins
    Read More
    • News

    Biden to Sign Multiple Climate Change Orders, Reversing Trump Policies

    President Joe Biden is expected to sign multiple executive orders aimed at combating climate change on his first day in office. The orders—which block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, rejoin the Paris climate accords, and temporarily halt oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—would directly reverse policies implemented by former President…
    Andrew Trunsky
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Trump Made Foster Children a Priority. That Shouldn’t Change Under Biden.

    “Every child deserves a family,” begins President Donald Trump’s executive order last June on “Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America’s Children.”  The Trump administration made foster children a priority, working with state and local groups to place children in loving homes more quickly and to ensure that fewer children are entering the system to…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
    • Opinion

    The Challenge for Conservatives in a Post-Trump World

    We often hear calls for national unity when presidents are inaugurated. And we’re sure to hear them again, despite the fact that we are still divided, red and blue, liberal and conservative, coastal city and heartland town. But we should not despair. We’ve been divided since the birth of the republic, when the Federalists and…
    Lee Edwards
    Read More
    • News

    4 Key Points About Trump and ‘Incitement’ Law

    If and when the Senate holds its second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, this time after he no longer is president, one argument in his defense may well be based on a legal precedent that has guided incitement cases since 1969.  The House of Representatives impeached the president Wednesday for “incitement to insurrection” because of…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Is This Moment When GOP Will Stand Up to Trump?

    The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. On Jan. 6, I saw with my own eyes the breakdown of our society and our democracy. It was sickening, outrageous, 100% unacceptable, illegal, immoral, and unpatriotic. And it will be the…
    Armstrong Williams
    Read More
    • News

    YouTube Suspends Trump Account for at Least 7 Days

    YouTube became the latest social media platform to ban President Donald Trump, announcing late Tuesday that he wouldn’t be able to post new content for seven days. YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, said it took the action against Trump because of the potential for violence to be sparked from his content. The massive video-sharing platform…
    Thomas Catenacci
    Read More
    • News

    9 Takeaways as 10 Republicans Join Democrats to Impeach Trump Again

    With seven days left in President Donald Trump’s term, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted for a second time to impeach him—this time gaining some Republican support.  The vote was 232-197, with 10 House Republicans joining all House Democrats.  The House impeached Trump on a charge of “incitement to insurrection” based on his speech to…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
    • Opinion

    What You Need to Know About Big Tech’s Crackdown on Trump, Parler

    Following the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, Facebook suspended President Donald Trump from its platform, and Twitter followed suit shortly thereafter. Over the weekend, Google and Apple removed Parler, a social media platform widely used by conservatives, from its app stores. Then, Amazon suspended Parler from its web services Sunday evening. Now,…
    Virginia Allen
    Read More
    • News

    Over Half of Americans Want Trump Gone Before Inauguration Day

    Fifty-six percent of Americans want President Donald Trump out of office before Inauguration Day after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Additionally, two-thirds of those surveyed said that Trump deserved “a great deal or a good amount” of blame for the riots, the poll showed. But while the majority…
    Samantha Aschieris
    Read More
    • News

    6 Key Points on Efforts to Oust Trump in Final Days

    After the riot at the Capitol, congressional Democrats increasingly are calling for the removal of President Donald Trump before his term expires Jan. 20, either through a second impeachment or by invoking the 25th Amendment.  Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., an assistant House speaker, said  lawmakers could vote on impeachment within a week.  After vowing never…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
    • News

    Biden Says Trump Not Attending His Inauguration Is ‘a Good Thing’

    President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that President Donald Trump not attending his inauguration is “a good thing.” “I was told that, on the way up here, way over here, that he indicated he wasn’t going to show up at the inauguration. One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It’s a…
    Mary Rose Corkery
    Read More
    • News

    Sen. Sasse Hints of Backing Bid to Impeach Trump Again

    Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said Friday morning that he would be open to considering articles of impeachment from the House. “If they come together and have a process, I will definitely consider what articles they might move, because as I told you, I believe the president has disregarded his oath of office,” Sasse said on “CBS This…
    Andrew Trunsky
    Read More
    • News

    Barr Accuses Trump of ‘Orchestrating a Mob’ and ‘Betrayal of His Office and Supporters’

    Former Attorney General William Barr accused President Donald Trump on Thursday of “orchestrating a mob” of his supporters to pressure Congress to overturn the presidential election. In a statement to the Associated Press, Barr asserted that Trump’s actions to overturn the election were a “betrayal of his office and supporters.” He further said that “orchestrating a…
    Chuck Ross
    Read More
    • News

    Trump Pledges ‘Orderly Transition’ of Power to Biden

    President Donald Trump assured the nation early Thursday that “an orderly transition” will occur now that Congress has certified the Electoral College vote in which Joe Biden defeated Trump to become the 46th president of the United States. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out,…
    Ken McIntyre
    Read More
    • News

    Trump to Capitol Protesters: ‘Go Home.’ Biden Calls It ‘Insurrection’

    President Donald Trump asked supporters who gathered in Washington to “go home” late Wednesday afternoon after a large group broke into the Capitol building and overwhelmed Capitol Police.  “This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people,” Trump said in a prerecorded video, recorded outside the White House and…
    Ken McIntyre
    Read More