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I’m the boss: Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk has become President-elect Donald Trump’s apparent right-hand man.

Elon Musk ‘not taking the presidency’, says Donald Trump

The prospect of the Tesla billionaire taking over is “not happening”, Donald Trump tells supporters, and says the US could seek to retake control of the Panama Canal.

  • Bill Barrow, Will Weissert, Josh Wingrove and Gergory Korte

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President-elect Donald Trump takes the stage before receiving the FOX Nation Patriot Award, in Greenvale, NY.

Trump claims ‘historic’ mandate but Americans have mixed feelings

Broadly speaking, polls show most Americans do want change in many of the areas where Trump has promised sweeping reform. But that’s not the whole story.

  • Kaleigh Rogers
President Joe Biden accompanied by his son Hunter Biden in Nantucket over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Joe Biden’s pardon for Hunter defies historical comparison

Experts say there is little to no precedent for a pardon covering such a wide range of activity over such a long period.

  • Aaron Blake
Ex-president - and President-elect Donald Trump hugs Donald Trump Jr at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh in November.

Loyal and feisty, Donald Trump Jr emerges as enforcer for his father

An important purity test for nominees is whether would-be nominees support the lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

  • Katie Rogers
Kamala Harris speaks of her election loss.

‘Really awful’: Kamala Harris’ election post-mortem video widely mocked

The video went viral on social media, but was pilloried by critics noting the vice-president’s tired and somewhat rattled appearance.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Former Florida attorney-general Pam Bondi speaks about a court order granting Donald Trump’s campaign more access to vote counting operations in Philadelphia in 2020.

Loyalist, lobbyist, Fox talent: Who is Pam Bondi, Trump’s new A-G pick?

The former Democrat was attorney-general in Florida, where her path has crossed Trump’s more than once.

  • Glenn Thrush
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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks before then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a campaign rally in November.

Trump names Pam Bondi as attorney-general nominee after Matt Gaetz withdraws

In announcing Bondi, a prosecutor of 20 years, Trump posted: “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponised against me.”

  • Farrah Tomazin
Melania Trump and Elon Musk.

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

With Melania conspicuously absent, Elon Musk is now the one in every Trump photo. But the moment may come when Musk, too, swats away Trump’s hand.

  • Maureen Dowd
Brent fell below $US78 and WTI was under $US74 on Tuesday.

‘Drill, baby, drill’: What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?

Donald Trump wants America to dominate the global oil market. But his plans to boost production come as demand for the fossil fuel has weakened.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
President-elect Donald Trump poses for a photo with Dana White, Kid Rock and “first buddy” Elon Musk at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Trump panders to the ‘manosphere’ in rare public sighting since election win

Trump and his team believe the sport played a major role in boosting his image with the male voters key to his White House comeback.

  • Cat Zakrzewski

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