Jackson hopes that Trump will make good in his second term on expanding these criminal justice reform initiatives—by passing the Safer Supervision Act and implementing other measures, such as second-chance hiring.

Chavez-DeRemer is one of only a few Republican lawmakers to back legislation that would strengthen labor unions.

President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing for his May criminal conviction has once again been delayed, a judge ruled Friday. It's the third time sentencing has been pushed back since Trump was found guilty for his role in a coverup of a "hush money" payment, so Trump has yet to learn his fate after his historic conviction in May.

The US president-elect has emphasised the scale of his win – but data shows that most voters picked someone else.

Trump announced a slew of cabinet announcement on Friday as he begins to shape his Cabinet for his second term.

Trump has moved at record-setting speed to announce his key picks, and Senate GOP leaders say they plan to launch confirmation hearings as soon as the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3 — potentially allowing them to begin voting on nominees as soon as Inauguration Day.

Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, a post with wide oversight of tax policy, public debt, international finance and sanctions. The selection ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team for a second term.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, ending days of twists that saw high profile candidates pitted against each other for the cabinet position with vast influence over economic,

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump.

The startling revelation this week that MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s journeyed to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump prompted a question that many members of the media are quietly asking: just how worried should journalists be?