Trump Transition

CDC Acting Director Tells Staff He’s Had ‘Scientific’ Disagreements With RFK Jr.

March 25, 2026 03:04 p.m.
White House Denies Tom Homan Accepted $50,000 From Undercover Feds

September 22, 2025 03:24 p.m.
‘Days of Thunder’ — How Trump Plans to ‘Jump Start’ His Agenda In Just Days

January 20, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Trump Looks to Build His Border Wall in His First Wave of Executive Orders

January 19, 2025 03:42 p.m.
The Biden Administration Is Pushing Out Big New FDA Rules for the Trump Administration to Deal With

January 18, 2025 09:03 a.m.
Under Trump, the CDC Director Job Description Could Include Closing the U.S.-Mexico Border

January 18, 2025 07:00 a.m.
JD Vance Is Bringing His Senior Senate Staff to His VP Office

January 17, 2025 03:30 p.m.
Kristi Noem Previewed Trump’s Immigration Moves at Her Confirmation Hearing

January 17, 2025 12:22 p.m.
Lee Zeldin Won’t Say How He Plans to Target Biden’s Climate Legacy

January 16, 2025 01:57 p.m.
Trump’s Housing Pick Stuck to Broad Strokes in His Senate Confirmation Hearing

January 16, 2025 01:22 p.m.
Trump Is Preparing for an Immigration Executive Order Blitz. So Are His Opponents.

January 16, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Don’t Want to Talk About Scott Bessent’s Work With George Soros

January 15, 2025 06:20 p.m.
The Senate Is Giving Pam Bondi a Loyalty Test

January 15, 2025 11:34 a.m.
Hegseth’s Hearing Signals the End of Bipartisanship in Defense Secretary Confirmations

January 14, 2025 06:52 p.m.
‘Brother, I’m Pulling You Along’: Republicans Go All Out to Lift Pete Hegseth

January 14, 2025 11:58 a.m.
Health Officials Want a ‘Seamless’ Transition on Bird Flu Preparedness. The Reality Isn’t So Certain.

January 14, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Housing Advocates Don’t Know What to Expect From Trump’s HUD

January 13, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Pete Hegseth’s Fight Against ‘Wokeness’ Could Reshape Military Schools

January 10, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Meets With Democrats, With Fingers Crossed

January 09, 2025 05:01 p.m.
Tammy Duckworth Says Pete Hegseth Won’t Meet With Her Ahead of His Confirmation Hearing

January 09, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Hiring Trump Loyalists Is Easy. Shrinking the Federal Workforce Isn’t.

January 09, 2025 05:00 a.m.
California Democrats Worry Trump Will Block Fire Aid

January 08, 2025 05:07 p.m.
Ron DeSantis Isn’t Asking Congress for Advice on His Senate Pick

January 08, 2025 02:17 p.m.
Marco Rubio Says He’s All In on Trump’s Foreign Policy Vision. Is There Room for His Own?

January 08, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Trump Suggests He Might Try to Force a Takeover of Greenland and the Panama Canal

January 07, 2025 02:16 p.m.
Republicans Aren’t Actually Sure Mass Deportations Are a Political Winner

January 07, 2025 05:00 a.m.
‘Fear Everywhere’: The Haitian Community Prepares for Trump’s Agenda

January 06, 2025 06:00 a.m.
Kamala Harris Oversaw the Certification of Her Own Defeat

January 06, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Donald Trump Will Be Sentenced in the Hush Money Case

January 03, 2025 04:41 p.m.
Trump Says He Won’t Sign a Federal Abortion Ban. His Administration Has Ways to Restrict Abortion Anyway.

January 03, 2025 05:00 a.m.

This Trump White House Already Looks Radically Different Than the Last

January 02, 2025 05:00 a.m.
Dr. Oz Celebrated Obamacare for Years Before He Was Against It

December 24, 2024 05:00 a.m.
RFK Jr. Says His Meetings With Senators Are Going Well. But He’s Missing Some Crucial Support.

December 20, 2024 05:39 p.m.
Donald Trump Signed a Law to Improve Presidential Transitions and Is Now Sidestepping It Entirely

December 20, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Trump Pitched a Labor-Friendly GOP. Labor Advocates Want to See His NLRB Picks First.

December 20, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Some Republicans Want Elon Musk to Literally Run the House

December 19, 2024 01:14 p.m.
Trump Is Souring on Mike Johnson and May Not Back Him in January

December 19, 2024 09:50 a.m.
The Feuds Fueling Trump’s Quest for Vengeance Against Jack Smith

December 19, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Josh Hawley Says RFK Jr. Is ‘Open’ to Restricting Abortion Pill Access

December 18, 2024 03:44 p.m.
RFK Jr. Wants to Shake Up Agriculture. Republican Senators Say They’re Not Too Concerned.

December 18, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Is It Even Possible for RFK Jr. to Make Raw Milk Safe?

December 18, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Wave Off the Heritage Foundation’s Pressure Campaign on Trump’s Cabinet

December 18, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Lawmakers Are Flocking to Join the DOGE Caucus but No One Knows What They’ll Do There

December 17, 2024 06:00 a.m.
Trump Wants State Democrats’ Cooperation. State Democrats Are Prepping for a Fight.

December 17, 2024 05:00 a.m.
The Postal Service Says It Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills — For Now

December 16, 2024 01:39 p.m.
Trump’s New Pick for the FTC Will Likely MAGA-fy the Agency

December 16, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Who Shot Down Biden’s Cabinet Wish Democrats Would Support Trump’s

December 16, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Daniel Penny Will Be JD Vance’s Personal Guest at the Army-Navy Game

December 13, 2024 10:03 a.m.
How Far Can Granola Conservatives Get in a Lunchables GOP?

December 13, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Tim Scott Is Set to Change Plans at the NRSC. Some Trump Allies Are Still Skeptical.

December 12, 2024 05:52 p.m.
No Labels Supporters Believe This Is Their Moment. They Just Can’t Say Exactly What That Means.

December 12, 2024 04:26 p.m.
How Pete Hegseth Turned His Nomination Around

December 12, 2024 03:22 p.m.
Republicans Aren’t Worried That Trump Actually Wants to Imprison His Critics

December 12, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Democratic Senators Are Hungry for Food Reform. Can They Stomach RFK Jr.?

December 11, 2024 03:01 p.m.
Will Donald Trump Dump Watergate-Era Protections at the DOJ?

December 11, 2024 05:00 a.m.
RFK Jr. Doesn’t Trust 5G. In the Trump Administration, He’d Have Power to Upend It.

December 09, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Rep. John Duarte Eyeing Trump Administration Job After Narrowly Losing His Seat

December 06, 2024 06:06 p.m.
‘Who the Hell Knows’ — The Trump-Adams Bond Has New York Democrats Antsy

December 06, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Trump May Blow Up His Trade Deal, but Even Some Democrats Think the Pact’s Labor Protections Will Survive

December 05, 2024 02:36 p.m.
Ron DeSantis Is Positioning Himself as Pete Hegseth’s Replacement Pick

December 04, 2024 12:41 a.m.

Senate Republicans Acknowledge Pete Hegseth Has a Lot to Explain

December 02, 2024 10:05 p.m.
Trump and Linda McMahon Are Poised to Reshape Higher Education

December 02, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Where Trump’s Band of Health Nominees Converge and Split With RFK Jr.

November 29, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Are All In on Trump’s New Trade War

November 26, 2024 04:25 p.m.
One Major Obstacle to Trump’s Mass Deportation Promise: Local Law Enforcement

November 26, 2024 05:00 a.m.
House Republicans Celebrate Another One of Their Own Getting Nominated for Trump’s Cabinet

November 25, 2024 06:09 p.m.
Trump’s Sentencing in New York Hush Money Trial Is Delayed Indefinitely

November 22, 2024 11:47 a.m.
Why the Energy Industry Doesn’t Think Trump Will Unravel All of Biden’s Climate Legacy

November 22, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Obamacare Gave HHS a Lot of Power. Democrats Say They Never Expected RFK Jr.

November 22, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Trump Nominates Pam Bondi for Attorney General After Matt Gaetz Withdraws

November 21, 2024 07:37 p.m.
Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is in Trouble. Republican Senators Are Letting the Process Play Out.

November 21, 2024 07:28 p.m.
Matt Gaetz May Have Just Killed the Ethics Report, but Court Filings Paint a Damning Picture

November 21, 2024 02:30 p.m.
Matt Gaetz Might Not Be Allowed to Come Back to Congress Without Another Election, Even If He Wanted To

November 21, 2024 02:15 p.m.
Donald Trump Has Plenty of Other Allies Who Can Wage His Legal Wars for Him

November 21, 2024 01:38 p.m.
Matt Gaetz Ends His Bid to Be Trump’s Attorney General

November 21, 2024 12:36 p.m.
What Will Trump’s Militarized Mass Deportation Look Like? Republicans Don’t Really Care.

November 21, 2024 05:00 a.m.
‘She’s Gone Away’ — Tulsi Gabbard’s Old Friends in the House Are Baffled by Her Nomination

November 21, 2024 05:00 a.m.
RFK Jr. May ‘Prioritize’ Banning Some Infectious Disease Research

November 21, 2024 05:00 a.m.
House Ethics Committee Deadlocked on Releasing the Matt Gaetz Report

November 20, 2024 03:39 p.m.
Senate Democrats Want the Full FBI File on the Matt Gaetz Investigation

November 20, 2024 12:39 p.m.
Trump Is Calling Senators on Behalf of Matt Gaetz. It’s Not Going Well.

November 19, 2024 04:30 p.m.
Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Second Drug-Fueled Party in 2017

November 18, 2024 05:00 p.m.
Lina Khan Is Probably Out at the FTC. She Could Be Replaced by a ‘Khanvert.’

November 18, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Farm-Friendly Republicans Insist Trump’s Tariff Agenda Will Be Just Fine

November 15, 2024 11:35 a.m.
Everybody Loves Elon: GOP Lawmakers Dismiss Musk’s Conflicts of Interest

November 15, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Are Starting to Ask a New Question: Do They Need to Be More Like Trump to Win?

November 15, 2024 05:00 a.m.
The Senate Tried to Trump-Proof NATO. Now They Hope Their Effort Worked.

November 15, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Alabama Republicans Have a Top Priority Now That Trump Is Coming Back: Space Command HQ

November 14, 2024 04:33 p.m.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Trump’s Pick to Run the U.S. Health System

November 14, 2024 04:14 p.m.
Gaetz’s Antitrust Positions Align With Progressives. They Just Don’t Trust Him.

November 14, 2024 02:31 p.m.

Matt Gaetz Will Test the Limits of Senate Republicans’ Fealty to Trump

November 14, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Matt Gaetz Resigns From His House Seat After Trump Attorney General Nomination

November 13, 2024 07:05 p.m.
The Chaotic Scene When Senators Learned Trump Nominated Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

November 13, 2024 06:23 p.m.
Trump’s Pete Hegseth Nomination Has Left Republicans Confused On and Off the Hill

November 13, 2024 05:05 p.m.
‘He Has No Chance’: Matt Gaetz’s Ethics Probe Takes Center Stage After Attorney General Nomination

November 13, 2024 03:33 p.m.
Will a More Diverse Trump Coalition Mean a More Diverse Administration?

November 13, 2024 05:00 a.m.
John Cornyn Is Fighting to Be GOP Leader. He May Also Be Fighting for His Political Life.

November 12, 2024 09:03 p.m.
Democrats Are Not-So-Secretly Thrilled About Marco Rubio’s Potential Nomination

November 12, 2024 08:42 p.m.
New York Judge Delays Decision on Trump Conviction by Another Week

November 12, 2024 11:15 a.m.
Newsletter: #NeverTrump in the Age of ForeverTrump

November 12, 2024 06:00 a.m.
House Democrats Look for a Winning Message After Loss to Trump

November 12, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Joni Ernst Privately Expresses Interest in Becoming Trump’s Next Secretary of Defense

November 11, 2024 03:09 p.m.
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Put a Further Strain on a Shrinking House Majority

November 11, 2024 01:30 p.m.
Heritage Foundation Comes Out of Hiding

November 11, 2024 06:00 a.m.
‘What a Joke’: Heritage Staffers Are Only Laughing About Project 2025 Now That Trump Has Won

November 11, 2024 05:00 a.m.
GOP Lawmakers Hope Trump Can Keep Them From Tearing Each Other Apart Again

November 08, 2024 02:01 p.m.
What GOP Dreams May Come?

November 08, 2024 06:00 a.m.
Mitch McConnell Just Wants to Be a ‘Regular’ Senator Standing Athwart Trump’s Isolationism

November 06, 2024 03:37 p.m.
An Unconstrained Trump Likely Won’t Face Much Pushback From Congress in His Second Term

November 06, 2024 08:44 a.m.

Dr. Oz Celebrated Obamacare for Years Before He Was Against It

December 24, 2024 05:00 a.m.
RFK Jr. Says His Meetings With Senators Are Going Well. But He’s Missing Some Crucial Support.

December 20, 2024 05:39 p.m.
Donald Trump Signed a Law to Improve Presidential Transitions and Is Now Sidestepping It Entirely

December 20, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Trump Pitched a Labor-Friendly GOP. Labor Advocates Want to See His NLRB Picks First.

December 20, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Some Republicans Want Elon Musk to Literally Run the House

December 19, 2024 01:14 p.m.
Trump Is Souring on Mike Johnson and May Not Back Him in January

December 19, 2024 09:50 a.m.
The Feuds Fueling Trump’s Quest for Vengeance Against Jack Smith

December 19, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Josh Hawley Says RFK Jr. Is ‘Open’ to Restricting Abortion Pill Access

December 18, 2024 03:44 p.m.
RFK Jr. Wants to Shake Up Agriculture. Republican Senators Say They’re Not Too Concerned.

December 18, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Is It Even Possible for RFK Jr. to Make Raw Milk Safe?

December 18, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Wave Off the Heritage Foundation’s Pressure Campaign on Trump’s Cabinet

December 18, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Lawmakers Are Flocking to Join the DOGE Caucus but No One Knows What They’ll Do There

December 17, 2024 06:00 a.m.
Trump Wants State Democrats’ Cooperation. State Democrats Are Prepping for a Fight.

December 17, 2024 05:00 a.m.
The Postal Service Says It Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills — For Now

December 16, 2024 01:39 p.m.
Trump’s New Pick for the FTC Will Likely MAGA-fy the Agency

December 16, 2024 05:00 a.m.
Republicans Who Shot Down Biden’s Cabinet Wish Democrats Would Support Trump’s

December 16, 2024 05:00 a.m.