The change of power in the US

Trump's first term

Top prosecutors take action against Trump after grant decision

A number of top prosecutors from several US states are planning to take legal action to put a stop to Donald Trump's plans to pause grants, loans and other government support.

The coalition is led by New York Attorney General Letitia James and top prosecutors from states such as California, Illinois, New Jersey and Massachusetts are on board.

"We will not just watch as this administration harms our families," James writes on X.

According to a document that several American media have seen, the stop will take effect later tonight Swedish time.

Professor: Trump's purpose is to retaliate and deter

Donald Trump's decision to fire employees at the Justice Department who investigated him for crimes is aimed at scaring prosecutors and FBI employees from reviewing and investigating the new administration. This is what five former employees of the Justice Department and the FBI tell NBC News.

– Imagine if someone in the new administration abuses their power. Is anyone in the Justice Department or the FBI really going to investigate it now? says a former FBI employee.

Law professor Stephen Gillers is on the same track. Trump’s motives are “revenge” and “deterrence,” he says.

Trump's team

Analysis: "Elon Musk is trying to rule and control – and it's not popular"

The American public's attitude towards Elon Musk is getting worse, according to several new surveys. In the AP-NORC survey, which the news agency conducts together with researchers from the University of Chicago, 52 percent of respondents state that they have a negative opinion of the tech billionaire.

The same tendency is noticeable in recent surveys published in the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, among others.

The Washington Post's Aaron Blake notes in an analysis that Musk has not yet become a pariah, but that skepticism towards him has increased:

"Americans don't like the idea of ​​the world's richest man trying to rule and control."

Forbes' Brad Templeton writes that Musk's suspected Hitler salute will most likely hurt Tesla's upcoming robotaxi service, since it is primarily aimed at a metropolitan audience:

"If Tesla - justified or not - gets a Nazi reputation among metropolitan residents, it will be a major obstacle," he writes.

The "Ice Lady" puts her foot down - Musk denies the White House

One of the brains behind Donald Trump's election campaign, the so-called "Ice Lady" Susie Wiles, puts her foot down against tech billionaire Elon Musk. The Times reports.

He has been denied an office in the "heart" of the White House. According to the newspaper, she has told Trump's staff that those who cannot be cooperative or focused on a common goal "will not work in the West Wing."

In addition, she does not welcome people who "want to work solo or be stars." According to The Times, Wiles wants to create distance between Musk and the president.

Elon Musk will be based in the Eisenhower Building, which is part of the White House grounds.