Musk, the owner of car manufacturer Tesla and social media platform X, has been tapped by Trump to lead the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, after vocally supporting and financially backing his campaign for president.

The Pennsylvania politician who won a Senate seat after a hard-fought race against Trump-backed Dr. Mehmet Oz, is calling for a calmer approach as the country transitions into another Trump presidency. Sen. John Fetterman has urged Democrats to “chill out” ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.

President-elect Donald Trump’s tough talk about Greenland and the Panama Canal shows that he’s most comfortable playing offense, even if nothing much comes of it.

"Here we go again," said Malte Humpert of the Arctic Institute. "This idea remains as ludicrous as it was in 2019."

In the final months of his first term, President-elect Donald Trump oversaw the execution of 13 death row inmates.

With just weeks left in office, US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates - potentially thwarting President-elect Donald Trump's plans to expand federal executions during his upcoming administration.