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US election live updates: Donald Trump administration taking shape with key appointments underway
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US election live updates: Donald Trump administration taking shape with key appointments underway

What does complete control of Washington mean?Released on November 11 at 00:50 Greenwich Mean Time

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Washington DC

The Capitol Building, a large, white-domed structure, is visible in daylight, with trees in front and an American flag waving across the front lawn.image source, EPA

The US government consists of three branches of government.

When Donald Trump won the White House last week, it gave him control. executive branch US government.

Republicans have won the majority in the Senate, and as we just noted, protect the majority in the House of Representatives. The two houses together make up the U.S. Congress or legislature government.

Trump’s first term also helped his party solidify a six-to-three conservative majority on the Supreme Court, the top decision-maker in the third and final piece of government: judicial branch.

Trump’s a ambitious agenda That could lead him to potentially restructure the federal administration, repeal or reverse policies of the outgoing Biden administration and make major moves on everything from energy and the economy to immigration and health care.

With Republicans controlling the executive branch and potentially the entire legislature, they can push his ideas through every chamber and send those bills to his desk. Once you sign them, they become law.

Critics and opponents can still file legal challenges to these laws, but courts can stop them. And if that appeal fails, Republican supporters can appeal many of those decisions and escalate them. Supreme Court, This could provide the green light to move forward.