Welcome to The Hill's Changemakers: 24 of 2024. For the second year in a row, we're highlighting both the household names and lesser-known players who are making an impact at the Capitol and around the world. Whether you agree or disagree with them, these two dozen pathfinders are setting the pace and shaking things up in Washington.

White House and Administration

Donald Trump

Donald Trump this year dominated the Republican primary, was convicted on 34 felony counts in a hush money trial, survived an assassination attempt and essentially faced two opponents after Vice President Harris replaced President Biden atop the Democratic ticket.

Trump capped it off with a decisive victory in November’s election, becoming the second president ever to lose the White House and then come back to win it again, following Grover Cleveland.

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Susie Wiles

Since the position of White House chief of staff was created under then-President Harry Truman, a woman has never filled the role.

Until now.

Susie Wiles, who co-led President-elect Trump’s successful campaign to return to the White House, is set to take on the job of chief of staff in the upcoming administration, cementing her status as a major power player not just in Florida politics, but in Washington.

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Elise Stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), nominee to represent the U.S. at the United Nations and the outgoing chair of the House Republican Conference, made waves a year ago that reverberated into 2024 when she grilled the presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania on their policies on free speech and antisemitism amid anti-Israel protests on campus.

The presidents would not directly answer Stefanik’s question on whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” violated their policies on harassment, and two of them resigned within weeks.

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Lina Khan

If you’re not making someone angry, as the saying goes, you probably aren’t doing anything important. 

And Lina Khan, who chairs the country’s antitrust agency, has angered a lot of people. 

Since her confirmation as the youngest-ever chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2021, Khan has gone head-to-head with some of America’s most powerful companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin and Kroger. 

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Dara Lindenbaum

When Dara Lindenbaum became the newest Democratic commissioner on the Federal Election Commission (FEC), she knew she wanted to make a change. 

The FEC for years faced accusations of partisan gridlock and dysfunction that hamstrung its ability to administer,........

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