Donald Trump has been in office for less than 24 hours, but his administration is already working overtime to strip personnel from the executive branch who “are not aligned” with Trump’s “vision to Make America Great Again.
Trump said Tuesday his administration is in the process of “identifying and removing” more than 1,000 Biden appointees.
President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen.
The decision comes after Trump warned of an enemies list of those who have crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.
President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."
With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.
It follows threats by Trump to levy import taxes of 25% on Mexico and Canada, accusing them of allowing undocumented migrants and drugs into the US.
On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon.
President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump and members of his own family, using extraordinary executive prerogative as a shield against revenge by his incoming successor.
President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by Donald J. Trump, including five members of his family as well as Liz Cheney, Anthony S. Fauci and Mark A. Milley.
We noticed Monday morning a number of social media posts blasting President Joe Biden for preemptively granting pardons to certain individuals. President Donald Trump had indicated during his run for the White House that he would investigate Dr.