Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency

Trump Expected to Tap Jones Day Lawyer to Lead Civil Division

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Brett Shumate to lead the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division, choosing a veteran litigator to run an office that will defend the incoming administration’s agenda in court, according to people familiar with the situation.

The Vatican braces for a second Trump presidency

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Donald Trump might not be president yet, but world leaders have been preparing for his second term, including the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, Pope Francis. On the notoriously significant date of Jan. 6, the Vatican announced Cardinal Robert McElroy, 70, the current bishop of San Diego and a critic of Trump, would be taking on the role of archbishop of the Diocese of Washington, D.C., replacing Cardinal Wilton …

Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency

Government workers worry they may not know where the perils lie as they do their jobs. z_wei/iStock / Getty Images PlusOn the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States, some people who work for the federal government are concerned. Trump and his allies have repeatedly promised to dismantle the administrative state and fire those they perceive as disloyal. Trump’s former – and likely future – director of the Of…

What A Second Trump Presidency will mean for the Deep State that defied him

(The article was originally published in Indian Express on January 18, 2025 as a part of Dr Madhav’s column titled ‘Ram Rajya’. Views expressed are personal.) Donald Trump’s inauguration will take place on January 20, formally setting the stage for Trump 2.0. Unlike his election in 2016, which was seen more as an accident and […] The post What A Second Trump Presidency will mean for the Deep State that defied him appeared first on Ram Madhav.

Trump's presidency during the war in Ukraine is an equation with two unknowns for the European Union. The first step belongs to the Polish presidency.

Donald Trump, in his campaign leading up to his re-election, focused on economic hardship and immigration issues and re-mobilized his base.