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Donald Trump is planning to put one of his most reliably right-wing goons in charge of any eventual investigation into his botched renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The 80-year-old ...

As 2025 comes to a close, Project 2025 stands vindicated as the defining policy plan of Donald Trump’s second presidency. A detailed governing blueprint written largely by veterans of his first ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Right-winger chosen to make sure Reflecting Pool fiasco doesn’t reflect badly on the president. Kylie Cooper/REUTERS Donald Trump is planning to put one of ...