Throughout his campaign for president, President-elect Trump promised to dismantle the Education Department. In Texas, the Board of Education is offering financial incentives for school districts to teach a religious curriculum in elementary schools.
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president, attention has turned to his highest-profile campaign promise: the mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
New York University law school Professor Ryan Goodman said the president-elect's reported plan "smacks of political retribution."
As the President-elect prepares for a second term in the White House, will his agenda include an all-out battle with the House of Mouse?
If confirmed, Vought will be in charge of overseeing the White House budget and putting Trump’s policies into action across executive divisions.
Asian American communities saw significant rightward shifts — in the Northeast and West, average margins shifted 6.4 and 6 points, respectively. Trump made inroads in the Northeast, growing his vote total by 7%. But the shift owes largely to Harris’ underperformance in both regions.
The team that President-elect Donald Trump has selected to lead federal health agencies in his second administration includes a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host. All could play pivotal roles in fulfilling a political agenda that could change how the government goes about safeguarding Americans' health — from health care and medicines to food safety and science research.
RFK Jr. would also have the power, along with the FDA commissioner, to slow down or hamper the process by which new vaccines are evaluated, approved, and recommended. That could discourage pharmaceutical companies from developing new or reformulated vaccines.
"If you have four arguments and you lead with the worst one, you're sabotaging your own cause," Elie Honig wrote on Friday.