If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles could soon be reversed. He would eliminate tax credits for electric-vehicle purchases, federal grants for chargers, and subsidies and loans to help rebuild assembly lines and build battery factories. The executive orders issued by Mr. Trump on Inauguration Day are similar to … Read more
Just hours before President Biden leaves office on Monday, President-elect Donald J. Moved to protect against the promised campaign of “retaliation” by issuing pre-emptive pardons to some of Trump’s most high-profile opponents to avoid politically motivated prosecutions. Those receiving clemency included General Mark A. Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Anthony … Read more
After winning election and moving into the White House, many presidents at some point eventually break their campaign promises. Donald J. Trump won’t even wait that long. He will break an important election promise as soon as he takes the oath of office. As he bid for a return to power in the autumn, Mr … Read more
More than 30 miles of anti-scale fencing is being installed throughout the nation’s capital. Concrete barriers are being installed at key locations. Some roads have already been closed to traffic. Surveillance drones will flood the skies. But if Washington looks like a war zone again, it doesn’t necessarily feel like it. The last time President-elect … Read more
President Biden will spend his final full day as president in Charleston, S.C., where he revived his weak campaign five years ago and secured South Carolina’s crucial primary, which was widely expected to put him on the path to the White House. Was given credit. Mr Biden will begin his day by worshiping at the … Read more
Migrants gathered by the hundreds in camps in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, waiting for the opportunity to enter the United States. But as President-elect Donald J. As Trump prepares to take office on Monday, few people could be found on the packed embankments at times last week. All that … Read more
Many Americans, who would otherwise support President-elect Donald J. Dislike Trump, share his gloomy assessments of the country’s problems and support some of his most controversial prescriptions for fixing them. A new survey from The New York Times and Ipsos, More than half of the country expresses a desire to see Mr. Trump follow through … Read more
When newly elected President Donald J. The U.S. Border Patrol is set to play a central role in the immigration crackdown as Trump promised when he takes office on Monday. On Thursday, Californians got a preview of the tensions as undocumented immigrants are being housed in places that depend on their labor. On one hand, … Read more
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York sat in the foyer of President Biden’s Rehoboth Beach house, tired and tense. He had not slept the night before, and on the four-hour drive from Brooklyn to Delaware, he had rehearsed out loud what he planned to say, reviewing notecards as he prepared for what he thought might … Read more
President Biden ran for the White House promising to be a transitional figure, then once he got there began thinking of himself as a transformational one. But after a tumultuous four years in office, it turns out he was really neither. Instead, Mr. Biden will end up in the history books as an interregnum between … Read more