Where Trump has gotten aggressive is around dismantling the many diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that Democrats like Joe Biden have long supported. Trump will eliminate DEI from the Pentagon and has empowered his acolytes in the federal government to ferret out anything that has the scent of social justice.

Musk makes his first federal political contribution in 2003, the same year he becomes chairman of Tesla. According to Federal Election Commission records, he gave the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign $2,000 that year, and the same amount to Democratic nominee John Kerry’s presidential campaign the following year.

This would only be surprising to someone who time-traveled in a DeLorean from 1955 to 2025 and discovered Biff had been elected president.

No 1970s-era disco group came out in the marbled halls of the Capitol. But it would scarcely have been a surprise.

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While the president achieved significant successes, especially early in his tenure, his presidency will be remembered as one that did not suit the times.

CBP One was used by the Biden administration to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants into the country to pursue asylum claims.

While Trump made his triumphant return to the White House, viewership was down compared to Joe Biden’s ceremony in 2021, which drew nearly 40 million. Fox News, meanwhile, drew almost half of the entire television viewing audience for the ceremony across seven cable and broadcast news networks.

open image in gallery Joe Biden announced a series of preemptive presidential pardons ... Valentina Gomez, a controversial MAGA zealot and congressional hopeful, added: “Fauci, Liz Cheney & Miley deserve prison, not pardons. These so called ...

Donald Trump said the quiet part out loud during an interview with Sean Hannity admitting he's all about retribution and not the economy.

LibsofTiktok, a prominent MAGA handle wrote ... (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) President Joe Biden’s decision to issue a preemptive pardon for Dr Anthony Fauci in the final hours of his ...

Kash Patel, Donald Trump's nominee for FBI Director, sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday for his confirmation hearing. It was tense.