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The FCC’s Brendan Carr testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee oversight hearing in March 2022. The FCC is funded by, and responsible to Congress. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty …

With controversial nominations and threats to push their appointments through, Donald Trump is already pushing Constitutional norms. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Last week, this weekend and more to come this week …

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks after being elected Senate Majority Leader for the 119th Congress following the Senate Republican leadership elections on Nov. 13. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle …

President Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 16, 2024. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP hide caption …

The Department of Energy building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. Trump picked Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as his energy secretary. Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images …

We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President-elect Donald Trump has announced …

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event on Nov. 6 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images …

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Tressie McMillan Cottom about Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat in the presidential election. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic candidacy ended in defeat …

Karoline Leavitt, former President Donald Trump’s campaign press secretary, speaks to reporters across the street from Trump’s criminal trial in New York on May 28. Leavitt will be the youngest …

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign spokesman Steven Cheung speaks to reporters across the street from Trump’s criminal trial in New York, on May 28. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption …