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A Texas native, Ms. Rollins worked in the first Trump White House and has also led two influential conservative think tanks.

Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.

Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017.

The hedge fund investor predicted last year that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political fortunes were on the rise.

The city tolerated Donald J. Trump, and then it loathed him. Now, some New Yorkers have begun to embrace him. The Kid from Queens couldn’t be happier.

The country’s new leaders are trying to undo changes, like abortion restrictions and politicized courts, made by their hard-right predecessors. It “takes longer than you expect,” one minister said.

Russell Vought, who would lead the Office of Management and Budget, has spent years building plans to rework the American structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.

The Senate majority leader is staying out of Republican turmoil over the more contentious picks for strategic reasons.

The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”