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Second Trump Term Archive

Trump becomes first president to be a sentenced felon but avoids jail time or fines

Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel

Pope’s pick for Washington archbishop sets stage for conflict with Trump, experts say

Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil

‘Why pick a battle over this?’: Trump’s threats over Panama Canal reopen wounds over 1989 US invasion

US supreme court rejects Trump bid to call off sentencing in hush-money case

Robert F Kennedy Jr accused of voter fraud over New York ballot

Congress is ready to certify Trump’s election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day

Trump complains that flags will be half-staff to honor Jimmy Carter on Inauguration Day

Donald Trump loses appeal against E Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict

Judge sets date for Trump hush-money sentencing but rules out prison term

Trump confidant Elon Musk’s China ties pose security risk, ex-general warn

US business leaders set to break record on donations to Trump inaugural fund

Matt Gaetz Trump’s first pick for attorney general, ethics report finds evidence he paid for sex with minor House report finds ‘substantial evidence’ ex-congressman engaged in sex trafficking among other violations


Reporter allegedly attacked by man saying ‘This is Trump’s America now’- Colorado man arrested on suspicion of bias-motivated crimes and assault as hostility to journalists rises

Trump’s threat to defund all US public media has NPR and PBS on the back foot

US business leaders set to break record on donations to Trump inaugural fund

 Trump’s cabinet and White House picks – so far-A look at the people who have been and still could be offered key positions when Trump takes office

Trump cabinet criticized as hodgepodge team unified only by ‘absolute fealty’ to him
 
 Project 2025 and other far-right groups have outlined a blueprint for Trump’s second term
 
 In the Time interview, Trump even boasted, "Somebody had 129 years in terms of the overall mandate." Trump indeed handily won in the Electoral College, but his 312 electoral votes and 49.7% in the popular vote are nowhere near the most in 129 years. His electoral vote tally is the highest since 2012 when former President Barack Obama won 332.

And while Trump is the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote, it's hard to claim a "mandate" when a president gets less than 50%, as Trump did in this election. In fact, Trump's popular-vote margin was the second-narrowest in the last 60 years.

Trump’s ‘stunningly unqualified’ diplomatic team shapes up at breakneck speed Trump is hardly the first US president to introduce miscast nominees, but he has nominated ambassadors at a rate not recalled in recent memory

 Musk’s conflicts of interest as Trump adviser could benefit him, experts warn As co-chair of ‘government efficiency’ panel, Musk would influence policy that could help SpaceX, Tesla and X 
 
Major international crisis ‘much more likely’ in Trump’s second term, says his ex-national security adviser
 
‘Bad things can happen’: how will the world adjust to the Trump presidency?
 
Trump and allies are waging campaign against media to stifle dissent
 
 
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Trump’s ‘golden age of America’ could be an unrestrained imperial presidency
This article is more than 1 month old-Emboldened by a strong mandate, the Republican will bring his dark Maga vision to the US with little resistance
 
 Trump Does Not Have a Mandate-He didn’t win a majority of the popular vote, and the idea that America has gone full MAGA is outlandish.
 
Trump has claimed his victory was a mandate. Washington’s realities are already challenging that
 
Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender. Do not give them what they want
This article is more than 1 month old by Rebecca Solnit
 
 
 
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