Donald Trump won 46% of the Latino vote, according to some exit polls highlighting the complexity and nuance of this demographic, which pundits too often mischaracterize as monolithic, or worse, an aggrieved minority. Against most expectations, a significant portion of moderate to conservative Latinos turned out for Trump, delivering critical ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s congressional delegation all won re-election in November, and though they’ll make legislation under a new yet familiar administration, the six members of Congress said their priorities and bipartisan efforts will remain the same.

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen must re-familiarize themselves with being in...Read more

The apparent death of the PRESS Act in Congress should alarm Americans on two levels.

One, the measure — acronym for Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying— seeks to shield a vibrant free press from coercive government intrusion.

But, two, even those who fail to understand the necessity of an uncowed press to the health of a ...Read more

As should be expected, the Democratic Party and its supporters are casting blame for the results of the 2024 presidential election. Many are looking inside the party and its ideology, policies, candidates and messaging, as they should. But some are trying to blame sexism (even misogyny) and racism for the failure of a woman of color to win the ...Read more

SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California farmers, who are some of the most ardent supporters of Donald Trump, would seem to be on a collision course with one of the president-elect’s most important campaign promises.

Trump has promised to carry out mass deportations of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — During Donald Trump’s first term and throughout this year’s campaign, California leaders and their policies were often the source of the former president’s rage.

Trump has blasted the state’s rising cost of living, denigrated its support for immigrant communities and railed against its high homelessness rates.

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The Biden administration has failed to distinguish itself on the world stage over the past three years. The president is apparently eager to keep that lamentable record intact as he leaves the Oval Office.

From the botched Afghanistan withdrawal to the failed appeasement of Iran’s mullahs, from the tepid support for Israel in its battle ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump has been bypassing FBI background investigations for his cabinet appointees in favor of screening by private companies. The reasons?

The normal process can be slow. And it can reveal embarrassing personal information. Of course, it can! But those are not reasons to scrap an important safeguard to our national ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President elect Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday night that he would nominate Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor of health policy and outspoken critic of the nation’s public health system, to lead the National Institutes of Health.

In a statement on social media, Trump said that “Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is readying an announcement of Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative, according to people familiar with the matter.

Greer’s selection highlights the central role tariffs will play in Trump’s economic agenda with the incoming president vowing to use trade policy to raise ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is tapping Vince Haley to head the White House Domestic Policy Council, an influential post responsible for coordinating his agenda across major federal agencies.

“I am proud to announce that Vince Haley, who served as Director of Policy and Speechwriting on my Winning Campaign, will lead my ...Read more

WASHINGTON — If President-elect Donald Trump’s first-term playbook is any guide, his latest threat to slap tariffs on major U.S. trading partners is the start of negotiations rather than the end.

In a gambit familiar to adversaries and allies alike, Trump said in a social media post Monday evening he would slap 25% tariffs on imports from ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — Bluff? Negotiating tactic? Or existential menace?

World leaders, economists and investors are struggling over how to view President-elect Donald Trump's repeated threats to impose broad tariffs on imports to the United States.

That question took on new urgency this week when Trump announced that he would hit the top three U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a long-awaited agreement with President Joe Biden’s administration to begin the formal process of bringing the president-elect’s nominees into federal government agencies.

But Trump is still rebuffing many of the standard procedures of a transition. He will not use government ...Read more

On and off the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to abolish — or dramatically overhaul — the U.S. Department of Education.

“We will ultimately eliminate the federal Department of Education,” Trump said during a September rally, according to CNN.

In a 2023 campaign video, he said, “Rather than ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed expanding drug coverage under Medicare and Medicaid to include anti-obesity drugs — a move rebuking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s critique of the popular medications.

The proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services seeks to expand when Medicare and Medicaid can cover ...Read more

When President-elect Donald Trump announced he would impose sweeping tariffs on key trading partners on his first day in office, he signaled a return to a favorite strategy: a reverse carrot-and-stick that applies the stick of dire consequences in order to force countries to give him what he wants. In this case, that means a tougher crackdown on...Read more

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to embargo goods from neighboring countries by blaming violence in her nation on guns imported from the U.S. and America’s insatiable demand for drugs.

Trump vowed Monday that when he takes office in January he’ll impose a 25% tariff on Mexican ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of tariff plans sparked criticism Tuesday from Mexico, Canada and China and raised questions about whether the moves would violate international trade agreements — including one he renegotiated in his first term.

Trump posted on social media Monday that as “one of my many first ...Read more

Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s selection draws attention to the incoming administration’s housing policies.

Those policies, evident in both ...Read more