Presidential Election of 2024

Elon Musk Is Focused on DOGE. What About Tesla

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Mr. Musk, one of President Trump’s main advisers, has not outlined a plan to reverse falling sales at the electric car company of which he is chief executive.

Trump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the Election

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The president’s remarks were a surprisingly public acknowledgment that he had campaigned for his freedom as much as for the White House itself.

Struggle Over Americans’ Personal Data Plays Out Across the Government

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Employees from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are gaining access to vast amounts of information held by federal agencies, even as lawsuits try to stop them.

N.Y.U. College Republicans President Resigns After Remarks About Barron Trump

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The leader of the national organization said that the university chapter’s president had not been authorized to speak with Vanity Fair for a profile in which she said President Trump’s youngest son was “sort of like an oddity on campus.”

Johnson Joins the Trump Entourage, Shrinking the Role of House Speaker

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In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing a job that involves leading a coequal branch of government.

Trump Administration Fires Prosecutors Who Aided Jack Smith Investigations

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The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department’s most senior career official was reassigned.

Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary

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Bessent, a hedge fund manager, becomes the nation’s 79th Treasury secretary. He will lead President Trump’s economic agenda.

Kennedy Center’s Leader to Step Down, Adding to Uncertainty

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The announced departure of Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president since 2014, comes as the center continues to search for a new board chair while navigating a second Trump term.