Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York criminal case on Friday closes out a series of prosecutions that he largely beat by retaking the U.S. presidency, though he is still fighting to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars for losses in civil lawsuits.

Trump himself has pledged several first-day plans, including hitting Mexico, Canada and China with import tariffs and pardoning Jan. 6 rioters.

The Justice Department said Garland plans to release Jack Smith's report on Trump's 2020 election interference efforts.

After Trump vowed to put 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico when he returns to the White House in less than two weeks, Sheinbaum said Mexico will retaliate in kind.

President-elect Donald Trump has told residents of Greenland that “we’re going to treat you well” as his oldest son visited the mineral-rich Danish territory that’s home to a large U.S. military base.

“The federal courts must do their part to preserve the public’s confidence in our institutions.” — Chief Justice John Roberts, Dec. 31, 2024.

Mr. Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges stem from a $130,000 hush-money payment that Mr. Trump’s fixer, Michael D. Cohen, made to the porn star Stormy Daniels in the days leading up to the 2016 election, suppressing a story of a sexual liaison that she said she had with Mr. Trump.

Wildfires are burning in Los Angeles for a fourth day, with at least 10 people killed in the blazes. The latest fire is being investigated as arson after an individual was detained in the West Valley area.

Trudeau felt that Trump's controversial remarks were meant to merely distract everyone from the "negative impacts" of his proposed 25% hike in tariffs for all Canadian imports.