President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen.
Feeling burned by the holdover of Obama administration appointees during his first go-around, Trump swiftly exiled Biden holdovers and moved to test new hires for their fealty to his agenda.
A right-wing activist has “exposed” a shady network of secret plots to “derail” Donald Trump just days before he is set to return to the Oval Office. Knewz.com can reveal an advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon disclosed to an undercover journalist his plans to utilize strategies to undermine the President-elect.
Joe Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons for several high-profile figures whom Donald Trump has publicly spoken out against ahead of his Inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20
Two high-profile prisoners have been released after Trump issued nearly 1,600 pardons and commutations in connection with the attack.
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's candidate for Secretary of Defense, said he would fire "every general who carried water for Obama and Biden." This is the first such operation in U.S. history. Until now,
In his 29-minute Inaugural Address, Trump promised to defeat inflation and to “end the chronic disease epidemic.” He promised national power so great that it could “stop all wars,” and expand the nation’s territory. He even promised to “restore American promise.”
Biden also issued pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.
US President Donald Trump has issued "full, complete and unconditional" pardons or commutations to almost 1,600 people convicted or charged in connection with the 2021 US Capitol riots. Trump also signed an order directing the Department of Justice to drop all pending cases against suspects accused of involvement in the riot.
With temperatures reaching a high of 24 degrees in Washington, D.C., Trump's political comeback was cemented inside the Capitol Rotunda, with a reduced audience.
It follows threats by Trump to levy import taxes of 25% on Mexico and Canada, accusing them of allowing undocumented migrants and drugs into the US.
Among those who received pardons were Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical advisor to the president who served during the COVID pandemic, as well as Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who was appointed by Trump in 2019 during his first administration.