Joe Biden’s first foreign trip as president in 2021 was a celebratory mission to reassure democratic allies that America was back. As he leaves for his final overseas summits, that promise is in shambles with the emphatic victory of Donald Trump.
Both Trump and Biden have thrown sharp verbal barbs at each other over the years. But it was soft voices and smiles in the Oval Office.
Firms in legal tangles with regulatory agencies are cautiously optimistic that Trump's admin picks will be more free-market friendly.
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
President Biden begins his six-day visit to Peru and Brazil for the final major international summits of his presidency.
On Tuesday Donald Trump announced Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator who saw active service with the Minnesota National Guard, as his pick for secretary of defense. Hegseth was one of a number of National Guard members ordered to stand down from Joe Biden 's inauguration, according to CBS News reporter Jim LaPorta.
President Joe Biden heads to South America on Thursday for a curtain call with global leaders after over 50 years in U.S. politics, but the man he tried and failed to keep from returning to power is likely to be the focus of many meetings: incoming U.
Trump didn't extend the same invitation to Biden when he was defeated in 2020 as he refused to concede the election results.
President-elect Donald Trump and President Biden are meeting at the White House on Wednesday as part of the transition process, a formality that Trump skipped in 2020. Melania Trump will not meet first lady Jill Biden, although the first ladies do traditionally meet. Melania Trump met with Michelle Obama in 2016.
The Republican president-elect's victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of the chamber.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, longtime political rivals, discussed Ukraine and the Middle East on Wednesday in a cordial meeting designed to demonstrate a smooth transfer of power despite deep disagreements over policy.