Trump's sudden love of TikTok shows he needs disinfo more than he hates China  —  Not too long ago, Donald Trump was a big fan of banning TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media app that went offline in the U.S. early Sunday under a controversial ban.  On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the law …

Donald Trump, crypto billionaire … - After another massive overnight rally, as of Sunday morning Trump's crypto holdings were worth as much as $58 billion on paper, enough — with his other assets — to make him one of the world's 25 richest people.

A president's final days  —  As Biden leaves office, his term is ending where it began: Trump.  —  On a recent Tuesday morning, in a dim underground parking garage in west Los Angeles, President Joe Biden sat idly in his car, seemingly paralyzed by events.

Statement from President Joe Biden on Clemency Actions  —  America is a country built on the promise of second chances.  As President, I have used my clemency power to make that promise a reality by issuing more individual pardons and commutations than any other President in U.S. history.

Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows  —  Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies …

Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast.  —  Nineteen ... and counting.  —  That's the number of former Fox News hosts …

Bannon: Billionaire CEOs have surrendered to Trump  —  Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon said he sees the presence of billionaire CEOs and tech moguls at President-elect Trump's inaugural events as a white flag of surrender from “the oligarchs.” … - “I will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day …

A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses  —  Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.  —  President Biden warned in his farewell address to the nation …

Trump officials haven't decided on post-inauguration Chicago raids, Homan says  —  “Border czar” Tom Homan said the incoming administration is reconsidering plans for an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago next week after preliminary details leaked.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's handpicked …

National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations  —  “I don't want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said.  —  National Guard members fear landing in the center of a political tussle between red state governors and blue state attorneys general …

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Executive Order to Help Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback  —  When I took office, too many American communities had been left behind.  Decades of trickle-down economics offshored manufacturing jobs, slashed public investment …

A List of Those Who Could Be in Line for Trump's ‘Retribution’ … Supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump outside Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Fla., in December.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised at times to use the vast powers …

Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom  —  The Supreme Court of Texas just heard oral argument in a case challenging a remarkably punitive and malicious attack on religious liberty by the state of Texas.  That attack isn't just dangerous on its own terms, it's also a potential preview …

'We'd Have Been Better Off if Trump Won in 2020': Three Columnists Brace for the First 100 Days  —  Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists David Brooks, Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg about Donald Trump's presidential inauguration …