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Former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

President Donald Trump 2.0: What's next for the U.S.?

Updated: January 09, 2025

Republican Donald Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20 with his party holding a majority in the U.S. Senate and narrow edge in the House of Representatives.

Our experienced correspondents around the United States and further afield will examine how a Trump presidency will affect climate change, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ communities, immigration, socio-economic inclusion, and debates around Big Tech and AI.

Here’s a round-up of our election coverage so far.

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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he holds hands with his wife Melania during his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Socioeconomic InclusionWhat does a Donald Trump presidency mean for LGBTQ+ rights?
Guatemalan migrants walk after arriving at La Aurora Air Force Base on a deportation flight from the U.S., in Guatemala City, Guatemala, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin
Socioeconomic InclusionIn Data - Trump 2.0: Mass deportation plan. What's his record?

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A man sits on a street in Skid Row, Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
Socioeconomic InclusionWhat are Trump's plans to tackle rising homelessness?
Dr. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, poses for a picture in April 2024. Catt Harper/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rethinking the EconomyQ&A: The pastor pushing back on anti-DEI in Trump's America
A resident enters a FEMA's improvised station to attend claims by local residents affected by floods following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Marion, North Carolina, U.S., October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Climate RisksFEMA handles floods and fires: Can it weather Trump?
Guatemalan migrants walk after arriving at La Aurora Air Force Base on a deportation flight from the U.S., in Guatemala City, Guatemala, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin
Rethinking the EconomyIn Data: The economic cost of Trump's mass deportation plan
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts on the day he signs documents as he issues executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Socioeconomic InclusionWhy Trump has Ghana's LGBTQ+ community on high alert
A Mexican man is arrested by federal law enforcement agents led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Rex, south of Atlanta, Georgia, February 5, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
AIHow AI is aiding Trump's immigration crackdown
Security cameras monitor during a pro-Palestinian protest outside Columbia University, in New York City, U.S., September 03, 2024. REUTERS/Adam Gray
SurveillanceQ&A: 'It's bleak, it's creepy' - U.S. tech expert
A worker unloads logs at the Murray Brothers Lumber Company in Madawaska, Ontario, Canada, July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
NatureTrump logging order sparks fears for US Southeast forests
Riot police and prison guards on alert inside the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador, April 4, 2025. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nelson Renteria
Money, Power & PeopleInside Trump's $6mn deportee deal with El Salvador mega-prison
A trailer park flooded due to record rainfall in Sonoma County, Forestville, California, U.S., November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Garcia
Digital RightsVolunteers on 'right side of history' fight Trump data purge
Scientist works in the research lab at the University of Cape Town's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, in South Africa. February 17, 2025. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
Money, Power & PeopleHIV workers race to plug funding gaps after Trump USAID cuts
An Afghan refugee woman sits with her daughter as Pakistan warns undocumented immigrants to leave in Azakhel town in Nowshera, Pakistan October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Socioeconomic Inclusion"No place to call home": First Taliban, then Trump denies Afghans

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A demonstrator holds a sign at a Rise Up for Trans Youth! event in New York City, U.S., February 8, 2025. REUTERS/Christian Monterrosa
Pride in backlash? LGBTQ+ rights at a crossroads

Updated: June 06, 2025