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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President-elect Donald Trump has styled himself a master dealmaker who can leverage his warm relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, cool tensions between the world’s biggest nuclear powers and realign global politics. But that can-do image is at odds with the two leaders’ records and the new geopolitical reality.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration intends to bolster its military support to Ukraine

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. After more than a week of vote counting, CNN and NBC projected that the Republicans had reached the 218 seats needed to retain their majority in the 435-seat lower chamber, having already secured control over the Senate. «It is a beautiful morning in Washington. It is a new day in America,» said House Speaker Mike Johnson, who held a press conference to celebrate victory Tuesday before the result was official.

President-elect Donald Trump says Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency.”

Inflation in the United States ticked up in October, driven by costlier rents, used cars, and air fares, a sign that price increases might be leveling off after having slowed in September to their lowest pace since 2021

Donald Trump is making a victor's return to Washington. The president-elect touched down Wednesday, arriving near the Capitol with billionaire Elon Musk in tow, for a meeting with House Republicans and then an Oval Office session with Democratic President Joe Biden as Trump prepares for a potentially unified Republican government and sweep of power. Back in Washington for the first time since his election victory, Trump told the GOP lawmakers, «It's nice to win.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump’s election victory has triggered a renewed push by some in Israel’s right-wing government to annex the occupied West Bank, an idea that is seen as illegal by most of the international community and could threaten Israel’s relations with its Arab allies. On Wednesday, Trump’s nominee for U.S.

If things had gone differently last week, U.S. President Joe Biden could have arrived at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru on Thursday projecting confidence and pledging his successor’s cooperation with eager Latin American partners

African leaders may have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his election, professing a desire for mutually beneficial partnerships

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US won the Cold War when the Soviet Union fell in 1991. The history of ideological conflict also ended, according to the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama.

Donald Trump has announced that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will head the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump revealed the appointment on Tuesday, saying, “I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).” Ramaswamy will make history as the first Indian-American to join Trump’s administration, starting January 20 next year. In his statement, Trump explained that Musk and Ramaswamy would help his administration tackle government bureaucracy by cutting unnecessary regulations, reducing wasteful spending, and restructuring federal agencies. This, Trump said, is crucial for the «Save America» movement.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Washington Sundar was preferred over Kuldeep Yadav in the test match India recently played against New Zealand at Pune. The social media erupted: Who is the better spinner? Why is India playing Washington ahead of Kuldeep? Are they so worried about their batting already? (Washington is a much better batter than Kuldeep and India had been bowled out for 46 in an innings in the test match before this match.) Even the legendary Sunil Gavaskar was critical of this decision while commentating on the test match.

First Lady following the victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential Elections 2024. According to DailyBeast, John Rogers who is the Executive Vice President at Goldman Sachs and is a former adviser too during the first term of Melania Trump will be eventually assisting her during the transition period. DailyBeast reported that John Rogers holds several prestigious positions which even include the Chairman of the Board of the White House Historical Association and the Atlantic Council. Also Read: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy: All we know about release date, cast, trailer, where to watch and plot

abortion medication in greater than usual numbers. One of the biggest providers of abortion pills, Aid Access, said it received 10,000 requests for the drug in the 24 hours following the Republican nominee's election call early Wednesday. That's about 17 times the 600 requests the organization normally receives in a day, as quoted in a report by The Washington Post. According to Just the Pill, a nonprofit that uses telemedicine to prescribe abortion drugs, 22 out of 125 orders it received between Wednesday and Friday came from non-pregnant individuals. Julie Amaon, the group's interim executive director, stated that soliciting such an advance provision is typically rare.

After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe

Oprah Winfrey speaks out about allegations that she received $1 million for her unsuccessful Kamala Harris campaign. Oprah Winfrey claimed she was never paid a personal fee and refuted claims that she received $1 million for a Kamala Harris campaign event. When questioned about whether she received payment for her endorsement by a TMZ reporter on Monday, the TV personality responded that she was paid nothing, ever. Last week, the Washington Examiner revealed that Harris's campaign had paid Winfrey's media company, Harpo Productions, for a live, star-studded interview in October, as quoted in a report by The Independent.

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro says he doesn't expect U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration will demand the Philippines pay more for military protection because both allies face the shared threat of China

The nominee for the European Union's next top diplomat says the bloc must commit to Ukraine for the long-haul even as the war's costs mount

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump is stocking his cabinet and White House staff with loyalists with deep congressional experience who back his agenda on immigration and foreign policy—mostly shunning establishment Republicans whom he blames for thwarting his first-term goals. In the clearest example yet, Trump has asked Rep.

Asian shares are trading mostly lower, despite a rally on Wall Street in stocks seen as benefiting the most from Donald Trump’s reelection as president