One of the most important lessons about Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory is that, in foresight, it was predictable long before election day.

Bessent, 62, is a longtime hedge fund manager, Trump donor and adviser. He'll be the point person for Trump on a host of key economic issues.

The new president marked his first hours in office with a flurry of executive orders. One of those executive orders fulfilled a campaign promise as Trump pardoned 1,500 January 6th rioters.

Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.

Senators have had two-and-a-half months to consider Trump’s nominees. Confirmation is part of their constitutional duty.

For those who believe in honesty, truth, justice, the rule of law and caring for the least of our brothers, Trump's return is a dark day.

Donald Trump returns to Washington, and the people he’s bringing with him don’t offer much assurance that, this time, there will be people around to tell him “no.”

Some thought Trump might pivot to a message of unity and reconciliation on the occasion of his victory. That did not happen.

Former presidents, members of Congress, and tech C.E.O.s were among those present to witness Mr. Trump take the oath of office.

Jan. 20, 2017: Then-incoming President Donald Trump talks with his outgoing predecessor, Barack Obama, on Trump’s inauguration day on Washington. Four years later, Trump would boycott the inauguration of his own successor, Joe Biden.

With temperatures reaching a high of 24 degrees in Washington, D.C., Trump's political comeback was cemented inside the Capitol Rotunda, with a reduced audience.

MSNBC contributor Elie Mystal went on a tear against white people for electing President Donald Trump and affecting egg prices.