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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 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?
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
Migrant siblings from Ecuador hold hands with their mother outside of The Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan in New York City, U.S., February 24, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray
Socioeconomic InclusionDeath of American Dream after Trump axes refugee funds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain a man after conducting a raid at the Cedar Run apartment complex in Denver, Colorado, U.S., February 5, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Socioeconomic InclusionAmid Trump deportation threats, U.S. communities prepare
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?

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Rohingya children eat from jars with the USAID logo on them, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ro Yassin Abdumonab
USAID freeze: Millions in need and global aid system in turmoil

Updated: April 28, 2025

Protesters hold a banner reading 'abortion is a basic right' during a rally in support of abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, in Paris, France, July 2, 2022
Abortion restrictions around the world

Updated: April 23, 2025

A man wearing a protective face mask walks near a mural promoting awareness of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Five years on from pandemic, what is COVID's legacy?

Updated: March 11, 2025

Women prepare for their weekly bath at Golakdhi settlement in Jharia coalfield, India, on November 10, 2022. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Tanmoy Bhaduri
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