Politics

Donald Trump took office eight years ago, pledging to “drain the swamp” and end the domination of Washington influence peddlers.

Former President Joe Biden has continued a tradition started by President Ronald Reagan, who left behind a letter in the White House for his successor, George H.W. Bush.

The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to drastically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it a top priority, according to a memo sent to staff by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.

Here’s what we know so far about President Trump’s executive order on requiring federal employees to return to work in person full-time.

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon virtually every person charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was made at the last minute as the inauguration approached — and it surprised some of his supporters and aides. 

Waves of people imprisoned for crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were released from D.C.’s jail to cheers late Tuesday after President Donald Trump pardoned them on his first day back in office.

California and other states are suing President Donald Trump over his executive order to end birthright citizenship.

Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, his administration took down the Spanish version of the official White House website.

The memo follows an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs.

Trump issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon” to people punished for their involvement in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including those who assaulted law enforcement officers.

Trump followed through on several of his Day 1 promises with a flurry of executive orders, but he left some on the table.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the pardons and commutations of roughly 1,500 defendants charged in crimes connected to the Jan. 6 attack, including some convicted of assaulting police officers.