Category: White House News
Analysis, News from The Election Post
Trump Taps Fintech CEO Frank Bisignano to Lead Social Security Administration
During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. | Jenny Kane/AP
President-elect Donald T [...]
Trump’s Annexation Joke Leaves Canada Laughing — Nervously
Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau in June 2019. The president-elect and Canada's prime minister recently dined together at Mar-a-Lago. | Alex Brandon/A [...]
Hunter Biden Pardon Sparks Debate Over Presidential Clemency Powers
Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter for any federal crimes he "may have committed" over a nearly 11-year span. | Susan Walsh/AP
President Joe Biden’ [...]
Hunter Biden’s Pardon Draws Parallels to Nixon, Sparks Political Debate
President Joe Biden is accompanied by his son, Hunter Biden, and his grandson, Beau, in departing a book store in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Nov. 2 [...]
President Joe Biden Pardons Hunter Biden, Faces GOP Backlash
President Joe Biden, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in [...]
RFK Jr. Faces Skepticism as Trump’s Pick for HHS Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has touted his experience as an environmental advocate and litigator as qualification for the role, but he has never run such a [...]
Trump Taps Kash Patel for FBI Director Amid Controversy
Kash Patel, former chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks at an Oct. 8, 2022 rally in Minden, Nevada. | José Luis V [...]
Trump Taps Charles Kushner as U.S. Ambassador to France
In 2005, Charles Kushner was convicted by a federal jury of making illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tampering. | John Minchill [...]
Donald Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on BRICS Nations Over Dollar Abandonment
Officials from the BRICS countries have discussed moving away from the U.S. dollar in recent years. The concept gained steam in 2022 when the U.S. im [...]
Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardon Pledge Sparks Anxiety Among Supporters
Federal prosecutors have brought a handful of new Jan. 6 felony cases since Election Day. | Jose Luis Magana/AP
Donald Trump’s campaign promise to [...]
