The president withdraws the US from the Paris Agreement, pardons those convicted of the assault on the Capitol and renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, but has not yet imposed tariffs on imports
Republican declares national emergency on the border with Mexico, says he will send troops, announces massive deportations to ‘repel invasion’ and designates cartels as terrorist organizations
The Republican wants to exercise power from day one, with promises of political revenge and plans for mass deportations. His return to the White House on Monday represents a test of strength for US democracy and a blow to the geopolitical chessboard
The president defends his legacy while warning about the ‘tech-industrial complex,’ with veiled references to Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
The report by Jack Smith, who resigned last week, claims that the president-elect participated in an ‘unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power’
The punishment for the 34 felony counts in the hush money case entails no prison or fines. While lenient, it does carry an unprecedented historical stigma just ahead of his return to the White House
Two weeks before leaving office, Biden urges Americans to remember the events of January 6, 2021, and issues an executive order halting hydrocarbon exploration along U.S. coastlines
In bitter pill to swallow, Kamala Harris will preside over the session. Meanwhile the president-elect continues to insist that his former vice president, Mike Pence, could have legally stopped the 2020 certification
Some of the individuals convicted for the events of January 6, 2021 are asking the judges for permission to attend the inauguration of the Republican president-elect, who has promised a mass pardon on day one of his return to power
The president has appointed 235 magistrates, the most in a single term since Jimmy Carter, and expects them to defend the Constitution in the face of the Republican’s return to power
Authorities are investigating both the truck attack in New Orleans that left at least 15 dead and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the tycoon’s hotel in Las Vegas as acts of terrorism
Mayor LaToya Cantrel said the mass casualty incident was a ‘terrorist attack’ and is being investigated as such by the FBI. The perpetrator of the hit-and-run was shot dead by police after opening fire on officers
The Democrat, whose influence grew after leaving the White House, served only one term (1977-1981), weighed down by inflation and the Iran hostage crisis
The outgoing president defended his legacy in a speech at the Brookings Institution and questioned measures proposed by his successor, including tariffs and tax cuts
Donald Trump Jr. takes on the role of fiery agitator, Lara Trump steers the Republican Party as co-chair, while there is debate about how much time Melania Trump will actually spend in the White House during her husband’s new term
The president-elect has assembled a team of loyal experts with diverse approaches, yet he has made it clear that he alone will determine the administration’s priorities
The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing its cloud computing business and its dominance in artificial intelligence. Competitors have complained that the company’s bundling practices make it hard to compete
Even many Republicans opposed the president-elect’s pick, given his lack of experience, the doubts over his character and the misconduct allegations against him