Mainstream conservative lawmakers and politicians from Europe are planning to attend President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration. But the European contingent is also expected to include leaders of some parties that are on the right-wing fringes in their own countries or have only recently begun to gain greater acceptance at home. Many of the European politicians … Read more
On Monday, America will observe both the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose vision of pluralism, democracy and racial justice made him the most revered civil rights leader of the last century, and the return to office of President-elect Donald J. Trump. The convergence of Martin Luther King Day and Mr. … Read more
After they win elections and move into the White House, plenty of presidents at some point eventually break a campaign promise. Donald J. Trump will not even wait that long. He will break an important campaign promise the moment he takes the oath of office. While stumping for a return to power in the fall, … Read more
It was Saturday afternoon and two men who voted for Donald J. Trump were wandering the frosty streets of downtown Washington, not quite sure where to go or what to do. They had traveled far — one from Arkansas, the other from Louisiana — to watch Mr. Trump’s inauguration. Now it was being moved inside, … Read more
Donald J. Trump sat in the middle of a U-shaped table, surrounded by his hard-right allies. It was a Friday night, 10 days before his inauguration, and Mr. Trump was hosting a couple of dozen members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus in the white and gold ballroom at Mar-a-Lago and explaining how he views … Read more
Three of the richest men in the world, foreign dignitaries, tech and business executives, former presidents and an assortment of performers and other celebrities are on the guest list for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on Monday, even as much of the midday ceremony has been moved indoors amid forecasts of extreme cold. It is … Read more
Inauguration Day is nearly here. President Biden on Monday will be handing over power to President-elect Donald J. Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. After the day’s ceremonial events, shifted indoors because of cold weather, Mr. Trump is expected to sign a series of executive orders. The night will end with inaugural balls. We’ll … Read more
The week after Election Day in 2016, Shirley Morganelli, a women’s health nurse and lifelong Democrat, invited a dozen friends over to the living room of her rowhouse in Bethlehem, Pa., for a glass of wine. Actually, many glasses. “Misery loves company,” she said. Ms. Morganelli’s friends, mostly women then in their 50s and 60s, … Read more
More than 30 miles of anti-scale fencing are being erected all over the nation’s capital. Concrete barriers are being placed at key junctures. Certain roads have already been closed to traffic. Surveillance drones will flood the skies. But if Washington looks like a war zone again, it does not necessarily feel that way. Unlike the … Read more