DossierPoliticsUnited StatesUpdated October 20, 2026
President Trump
Donald John Trump is the 47th President of the United States, having previously served as the 45th President from 2017 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. Born in Queens, New York, on June 14, 1946, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and followed his father into real-estate development. He secured the Republican nomination in 2016 and defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in that year's presidential election. During his first term he signed a major tax-reform bill, renegotiated trade agreements, moved the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and brokered normalisation agreements between Israel and several countries. After a 2024 election victory he returned to the White House for a second term beginning in 2025.
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Controversy · October 1, 2026
California lawsuits against the federal government
California's attorney general filed the state's 100th lawsuit against the federal government since Trump began his second term in 2025, with the challenges concerning immigration-enforcement policies. [1]
Controversy
Blocked federal job-application loyalty question
A federal court blocked the Trump-Vance administration from using a 'loyalty question' on federal civil-service job applications that required applicants to write essays on executive orders or policy priorities. [2]
Controversy
Changes to federal civil-service protections
Immediately after his second inauguration, Trump signed an executive order establishing 'Schedule Policy/Career', which promised to strip roughly 50,000 employees of tenure protections. [3]
Controversy · May 1, 2026
IRS lawsuit and compensation fund
Trump was expected to drop a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies. [4]
Affiliations
Republican Party
The Republican Party is one of the two major US political parties; Trump is a member and was its presidential nominee in 2016. [5]
Trump Organization
The Trump Organization is the family real-estate business; Trump followed his father into real-estate development and is associated with the organisation. [5]
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