Republicans complete power takeover with House majority

The Republican Party has won a majority in the US House of Representatives, media projected Wednesday, completing their clean sweep of Congress, which will hand President-elect Donald Trump vast legislative power
13 November 2024, 19:41 PM

‘Welcome back’

Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House yesterday, in a show of civility to a bitter rival who failed to extend him the same courtesy four years ago.
13 November 2024, 18:45 PM

Trump 2.0 Administration: Musk, Fox News host picked for key posts

Donald Trump has announced that the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, will lead a new US government efficiency group tasked with cutting federal waste, as the Republican president-elect added a series of seasoned figures and hardliners to his incoming administration.
13 November 2024, 18:19 PM

Trump’s criminal conviction: a few ways it could go

Donald Trump’s election victory created a profound conundrum for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York. Can he go ahead and sentence the president-elect, or would doing so potentially get in the way of Trump's constitutional responsibility to lead the nation?.Court documents m
13 November 2024, 12:59 PM

Biden, Trump to meet at White House for transition talks after Harris defeat

Biden and Trump have sharply criticized each other for years, and their respective teams hold vastly different positions on policies from climate change to Russia to trade
13 November 2024, 10:02 AM

Trump's cabinet: who's been picked, who's in the running?

Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defense, intelligence, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking
13 November 2024, 03:39 AM

Trump names Musk to 'efficiency' post as team takes shape

Trump said Musk and another stalwart ally, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, would lead a "Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE')" a tongue-in-cheek reference to an internet meme and cryptocurrency
13 November 2024, 02:28 AM

Trump picks China hawks for top posts

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state and Congressman Michael Waltz as National Security Advisor (NSA), reports said yesterday.
12 November 2024, 18:35 PM

Judge pauses proceedings in Trump hush money case

A New York state judge has paused proceedings in President-elect Donald Trump’s already decided criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a document made public yesterday showed.
12 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Boeing reaches settlement to avert civil trial in MAX crash

Beleaguered aviation giant Boeing reached a last-minute settlement Monday with the family of a woman killed in the crash of a 737 MAX jetliner in 2019, averting a federal civil trial
12 November 2024, 02:16 AM

Trump must stop genocide in Gaza

Iran said yesterday that the US president-elect Donald Trump must end the offensive in Gaza, where the Islamic republic’s arch-foe Israel has been battling Hamas for more than a year.
11 November 2024, 19:00 PM

Trump names Elise Stefanik US ambassador to UN

President-elect Donald Trump said he has offered Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik the job of US ambassador to the United Nations, in comments to US media late Sunday
11 November 2024, 06:31 AM

What Trump's re-election could mean for Africa

During his first term as US president, Donald Trump sparked outrage over his remarks about African nations, but Africa leaders have been quick to congratulate him since his re-election
11 November 2024, 06:21 AM

Trump looms over Saudi-hosted meeting on Mideast wars

Arab and Muslim leaders gather in Saudi Arabia Monday for a summit addressing the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, a chance to send a message to US President-elect Donald Trump
11 November 2024, 03:33 AM

Trump, Scholz agree to work towards 'return to peace in Europe'

Scholz -- mired in a political crisis and facing snap elections sometime in early 2025 -- congratulated Trump a second time on his election victory
11 November 2024, 03:18 AM

US warplanes attack Houthi targets

US warplanes staged multiple strikes Saturday night on Iran-backed Houthi advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen, the Pentagon said.
10 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump wins all 7 swing states

Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week’s US presidential election, US TV networks projected, completing the Republican’s sweep of all seven swing states.
10 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump wins Arizona, completing sweep of swing states: US media

.Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week's US presidential election, US TV networks projected on Saturday, completing the Republican's sweep of all seven swing states..After four days of counting in the southwestern state, which has a large Hispanic population, CNN and NBC
10 November 2024, 02:58 AM

Trump prepares to withdraw: NYT

US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, the New York Times reported on Friday.
9 November 2024, 19:00 PM

Over 130 homes lost in California wildfire as winds drop

Firefighters grappling with a blaze that has destroyed at least 130 homes in California said Friday they had made progress in their fight as a turn in the weather offered a break.
9 November 2024, 18:00 PM