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Donald Trump has chosen former WWE chief executive Linda McMahon to be his secretary of state for education – a department he has vowed to abolish. Mrs McMahon, 76, swapped her and her husband’s wrestling empire for a career in politics in the early 2000s – twice running for the Senate before focusing her efforts

Donald Trump has chosen TV host Dr Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Celebrity heart surgeon Dr Mehmet Oz rose to prominence working on Oprah Winfrey’s leading daytime television show before getting his own long-running series. But how has he gone from TV personality to Donald Trump’s choice for overseeing

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully performed another launch of its Starship rocket in front of President-elect Donald Trump, but the test flight did not go perfectly. The 400ft (122m) high rocket system, designed to land astronauts on the moon and ferry crews to Mars, lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas. The first stage, called Super

Police in the US have arrested two teenagers after a high-speed chase ended with a stolen vehicle crashing and catching fire. The car hit a kerb and struck a tree before bursting into flames in Colorado, after officers from Larimer County in the US state performed what is known as a precision immobilisation technique (PIT)

As the two most powerful countries in the world, the relationship between the United States and China is the most consequential of all bilateral ties. Any change in interactions and behaviour by either side does not just impact security, economic activity and trade in Washington and Beijing, but also affects the rest of the planet.

“Super high-IQ revolutionaries” who are willing to work 80+ hours a week are being urged to join Elon Musk’s new cost-cutting department in Donald Trump’s incoming US government. The X and Tesla owner will co-lead the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. And in a post on X, the

First came Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host as defence secretary. Then Tulsi Gabbard, an apparent Vladimir Putin and Bashar al Assad sympathiser as intelligence chief. Then came Matt Gaetz, under active investigation for allegedly sex trafficking a 17-year-old, as attorney general, the most powerful lawyer in the United States. Thursday afternoon brought the nomination

Donald Trump has chosen vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as his new health secretary and said he will do “unbelievable things”. The news was announced by Donald Trump Jr on X, before the president-elect confirmed the appointment just moments later. Former Democrat RFK Jr, the nephew of former president John F Kennedy, had been

Donald Trump has picked fiery Florida congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general – a man who was under investigation over sex trafficking just days ago. Democrats have described the MAGA loyalist as “a gonzo agent of chaos” and his appointment a “red alert moment for our democracy”, while some Republican senators have also

At the White House on Wednesday, a hugely anticipated moment – the beginning of the transfer of power between two such fierce foes. It was a moment of history, a moment of symbolism. It could have stoked bitterness and glee, but there was no sign of either. However, it was not the biggest moment of

Donald Trump has confirmed Elon Musk will co-lead a government department within his cabinet. The president-elect said on Tuesday that the Tesla and X owner – who is also the world’s richest man – will work with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the department of government efficiency. He said the pair “will

Donald Trump is expected to name Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, according to US media reports. Mr Trump, who will be inaugurated on 20 January 2025, could still change his mind about the appointment, three sources familiar with the selection process have told Sky News’ US partner network NBC News. The

The fight against climate change is “bigger than one election”, US envoy John Podesta has said. Mr Podesta was speaking at the UN COP29 climate talks after his party lost the White House to Republican and climate sceptic Donald Trump. The re-election of Mr Trump, who is expected to again pull the United States out

Lake Worth Beach in Florida is 1,000 miles from Washington DC but it feels like a million. The sea is turquoise blue, the breeze whipping up the waves, dozens of people basking in the sunshine. There’s a whiff of coconut from the beach bars, all of them packed on a warm Saturday morning. US election

Google searches for moving abroad increased by more than 1,000% for certain countries after the US election result became clear, data shows. US searches for “move to Canada” increased by 1,270% in the 24 hours after the polls closed on the East Coast on Tuesday, according to Google data. Similar queries about emigrating to Australia

After a year of ever more extreme weather and continually rising global temperatures, it’s no wonder this year’s UN climate summit has been called – once again – the “last-chance saloon”. Yet swaggering out through its swing doors goes president-elect Donald Trump. The timing of his election win, with its promise to withdraw the US

From Detroit to Dearborn, the Harris campaign of hope has settled into a historic hangover. Trump supporters are ecstatic, Harris hopefuls are deflated and the clear-eyed independents are basking in the accuracy of their BS barometers. “I think a lot of it has to do with when you have a political process of identity politics.

“The future is gonna be fantastic,” America’s unlikely kingmaker posted on X, above a photograph of his Starship rocket blasting into space. It was, after all, Elon Musk who strapped boosters to Donald Trump’s campaign and helped propel him to a decisive victory. The world’s richest man bombarded his 200m+ followers on the platform he

Two women have now lost elections to Donald Trump. That fact alone is unbelievable and enraging to Democrats across America. Was it sexism? Misogyny? Bad candidates? Bad policies? Bad campaigning? Those are just some of the myriad questions running wild in the Democratic Party apparatus right now, as they search for answers after the most

They call it ‘Agenda 47’ – an eyebrow-raising blueprint for the 47th presidency. It could be entitled ‘Back to the Future’. Donald Trump’s base yearn for “the golden era”, an America they believe has been lost. He’s on a mission to find it for them. The New York tycoon stands on the precipice of power beyond