For Donald Trump, every defeat is just the catalyst for his next battle. No sooner had the president-elect suffered his first big reversal since winning reelection – when his scandal-tainted pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, withdrew Thursday after days of steadily worsening scrutiny over alleged sexual misconduct – Trump doubled down.

Political experts tell Newsweek Lara Trump might fancy a prominent political future, but replacing the family's patriarch may be difficult.

The billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin is one of the biggest donors to the Republican Party but has some worries about the effect of policies the Trump administration has promised. Speaking on Thursday at the Economic Club of New York,

Both choices were among multiple picks for Trump Cabinet-in-waiting who are beset with allegations of sexual misconduct and then some, as well as backgrounds that, in the pre-Trump era, would have made their nominations dead-on-arrival.

The president-elect said he will focus on deporting undocumented immigrants with a criminal past. But experts expect the administration to target others as well.

President-elect Donald Trump is considering shaking up the leadership at the FBI by firing the director and installing an experienced former agent and MAGA loyalist in the top two roles.

Kennedy reportedly once suggested that Trump was worse than Hitler because the Nazi leader "was interested in policy."