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Trump transition team suggests sidelining top adviser over pay-to-play allegations
The top lawyer on Donald Trump's transition team investigated a longtime adviser to the president-elect over allegations he used his proximity to Trump to score payments from those seeking roles or influence in the new administration.
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Auto industry’s shift toward EVs is expected to go on despite Trump threat to kill tax credits
If President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his threat to kill federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases, it's likely that fewer buyers will choose EVs.
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Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on first day in office
President-elect Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs.
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Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference and classified documents cases against Trump
Federal prosecutors moved Monday to dismiss the criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump that accused him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and to abandon the classified documents case against him, citing longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution.
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Trump’s tariff pledges have companies questioning inventory, supply chains
President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to raise tariffs and the possibility of a second U.S. port strike in January have companies wondering what their inventory strategies should be.
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After Trump’s win, Black women are rethinking their role as America’s reliable political organizers
As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women's March on Washington.
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Vance takes on a more visible transition role, working to boost Trump’s most contentious picks
After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years.
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Matt Gaetz says he won’t return to Congress next year after withdrawing name for attorney general
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Friday that he will not be returning to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump amid growing allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Trump gave Interior nominee one directive for a half-billion acres of US land: ‘Drill.’
Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast areas offshore: "Drill baby drill."
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Judge delays Trump hush money sentencing in order to decide where case should go now
A judge confirmed Friday that President-elect Donald Trump won't be sentenced this month in his hush money case, instead setting a schedule for prosecutors and his lawyers to expand on their ideas about what to do next.
