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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years

NEW YORK — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday he isn't worried that President-elect Donald Trump will try to politicize the central bank once he takes office in January.

The District of Columbia is alleging in a lawsuit that Amazon secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents who live in two predominantly Black neighborhoods in the city

Amazon, saying the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents who live in two predominantly Black Washington neighborhoods but is still charging residents millions of dollars for a service that provides speedy deliveries. The complaint, filed Wednesday in District of Columbia Superior Court, revolves around Amazon's Prime membership service, which charges consumers $139 per year or $14.99 per month for fast deliveries — including one-day, two-day and same-day shipments — as well as other benefits. In mid-2022, the lawsuit says, the Seattle-based online retailer imposed what it called a delivery «exclusion» on two zip codes in the district — 20019 and 20020 — and began relying exclusively on third-party delivery services such as UPS and the US Postal Service, rather than its own delivery systems.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Several of President Biden’s close confidants for months said privately that they expected him to pardon his son Hunter, even as he publicly insisted he wouldn’t. But a number of recent events clinched his decision to act despite the likely public backlash, people familiar with the matter said.

China has announced a ban on exports to the United States of gallium, germanium and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications

The Washington Commanders have hired Mark Clouse as their new team president

The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 3 1/2 year low in September, a sign that businesses are still seeking workers even though hiring has cooled

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—Joe Biden made the central purpose of his presidency clear in his Inauguration Day address: “We have learned again that democracy is precious. Democracy is fragile," he said at the U.S.

A top Federal Reserve official says he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could cause him to change that view

The U.S. Commerce Department has expanded the list of Chinese technology companies subject to export controls to include many that make equipment used to make computer chips

Artificial intelligence is changing the way industries do business

US President- elect Donald Trump's victory, numerous women have decided to undergo sterilization procedures while fearing potential restrictions on reproductive rights under his administration, reported Newsweek. According to Newsweek, Lydia Echols from Texas plans to have her fallopian tubes removed while stating that she feels compelled to protect her reproductive autonomy in light of Donald Trump's policies. Other women echoed similar sentiments while expressing anxiety about losing access to abortion and birth control. Also Read: Playing Nice: Baby swap drama’s trailer, plot and production team

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Indian-origin Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Patel is one of the Trump's most loyal enforcers and a conspiracy theorist — a 2020 election denier who wants to purge the so-called «deep state». He recently publicly pledged to investigate and prosecute Trump’s enemies in the media and government, according to The Rolling Stone. “I am proud to announce that Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday evening.

President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa this week to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project that goes across three countries

The Supreme Court will hear a vaping case on Monday, weighing federal regulators’ decisions blocking sweet vaping products after e-cigarette use spiked among kids

Canada’s ambassador to the United States says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and some key cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into t...

Republicans swept to power on Election Day and now control the House, the Senate and the White House, with plans for an ambitious 100-day agenda come January

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te was feted with a red carpet, garlands of flowers and «alohas» as he kicked off his two-day stopover in Hawaii on Saturday, part of a Pacific tour that has sparked fiery rhetoric from Beijing. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has responded to Lai's first overseas trip as president with threats to «resolutely crush» any attempt for independence. Looking relaxed in a Hawaiian shirt, Lai flitted around the US island state, visiting a Pacific island history museum, an emergency management centre and the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbour.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President-elect Donald Trump is known for grandiose statements, a larger-than-life persona and a fondness for unpredictability. His counterpart on the other side of the Atlantic couldn’t be more different in political style.

Zelenskyy's remarks on Friday signaled a possible way forward to the difficult path Ukraine faces to future NATO membership. At their summit in Washington in July, the 32 members declared Ukraine on an «irreversible» path to membership. However, one obstacle to moving forward has been the view that Ukraine's borders would need to be clearly demarcated before it could join so that there can be no mistaking where the alliance's pact of mutual defense would come into effect. «You can't give an invitation to just one part of a country,» the Ukrainian president said in an excerpt of the interview with Sky News, dubbed by the UK broadcaster. «Why? Because thus you would recognize that Ukraine is only that territory of Ukraine and the other one is Russia.»