The decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 people signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dangerous countries.

James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against New York City’s mayor.

The New York City tolling program began on Jan. 5 after defying obstacles for decades. A move to stop it would likely touch off a legal battle between the state and federal government.

President Trump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully censored by them. Meta also reported revenue and profit growth for the fourth quarter.

Senators Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton said that the former Trump aides faced continuing threats from Iran and that the decision could affect how current officials do their jobs.

The White House defied a law that requires giving Congress 30 days’ notice and detailed reasons before removing the watchdog officials.

The officials had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during President Trump’s first term.

The world’s richest man had been expected to be situated in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, but a West Wing office would give him closer access to President Trump.

Christopher A. Wray, the former director, stepped down Sunday. Brian Driscoll, who recently took charge of the F.B.I.’s Newark field office, will be acting director, according to a White House statement.

The incoming deputy chief of staff told lawmakers that early action would include directives to give President-elect Donald J. Trump more control over federal workers, as well as on energy and immigration.

The relationship between President-elect Trump and his former vice president, Mike Pence, was irreparably broken when Mr. Pence refused Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.

The change, a rare break with tradition, will deny Mr. Trump the pomp and large audience he hoped for at his second swearing-in.

“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.

The move is under discussion as the Chinese-owned app faces a Sunday deadline to find a new buyer or shut down in the United States.

The agreement removed one of the most vexing international conflicts that hovered over the start of his second term.

Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.

The president-elect is set to arrive in the Washington area on Saturday and begin a series of events that includes a party at Trump National Golf Club and a rally at Capital One Arena.

The president-elect has raised more than $170 million for his swearing-in, an inaugural record, as wealthy Americans flock to curry favor with him and some give money even without the prospect of V.I.P. access.

The president-elect’s suggestion that he plans to replace the head of the agency comes after her predecessor raised alarms about his handling of presidential records.

The president-elect spent the weekend at his golf club and estate, continuing to push the debunked idea that his loss in the 2020 election could have been legally overturned.

Donald Trump may not face a penalty for his conviction in the hush-money case, but he could still be the first felon to be president — and civil proceedings against him continue.

The president-elect has boasted about the donations for his inauguration, library and political activities from those seeking favor or perhaps in some cases, atonement.

The president-elect said on social media that he was right about fearing criminals on the other side of the border. Officials later identified the suspect as a U.S.-born citizen and Army veteran.

For much of the period since Election Day, the billionaire has been staying at a $2,000-a-night cottage at Mar-a-Lago, giving him easy access to the president-elect.

The question of whether the president-elect would back the speaker for another term has hung over Republicans, especially after recent tensions. But the endorsement does not lock up the job for Mr. Johnson.

The Florida Republican resigned from the House and withdrew as Donald J. Trump’s attorney general pick in the weeks before the report’s release.

The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times