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James Carville, the long-time Democratic advisor who had headed Bill Clinton's winning 1992 presidential bid, has now claimed that the Trump administration is already in ruins, much more quickly than he initially expected, as per a report.

Renault Monday said it will acquire alliance partner Nissan’s stake to fully control manufacturing operations in India run by JV Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Limited (RNAIPL). Renault will acquire the 51% stake in the manufacturing operations currently held by Nissan, post which RNAIPL will become its wholly-owned subsidiary. Nissan will continue to utilise the manufacturing infrastructure, even after it exits the JV company. Renault will contract manufacture existing and new models scheduled to be launched in the country by Nissan over the next two years, both for domestic and exports markets, till the end of life of these vehicles.

Investors have pulled money from so-calledESG funds in recent years, amid political backlash, high interest rates and other headwinds.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, two NASA stuck astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024 finally arrived back on Earth earlier this month. The astronauts were stranded in space for more than nine months after the failure of Boeing’s pioneering Starliner capsule scuppered their originally scheduled week-long mission. Now, after coming back to Earth, the astronauts have revealed their first reactions after learning their week-long test flight was about to turn into a nine-month space odyssey.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As speculation swirled last month about how auto tariffs would hammer foreign carmakers, Mercedes-Benz Chief Executive Ola Källenius had a ready answer. “We’re also an American company," he said, highlighting the carmaker’s 11,000 U.S.-based workers and that two of his three children were born in the country.

Global High Wealth unit, has seen a significant 38% loss in its workforce this year. This dramatic reduction follows the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce, according to recent data from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Before these cuts, the office employed 353 people, but now it is down to just 220 employees. This decrease in staff is substantially higher than the overall loss rate at the IRS, which has impacted the unit’s ability to effectively audit the wealthiest Americans.

independent investigation into a Signal group chat where top Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, shared sensitive military details about planned strikes in Yemen. The chat, which inadvertently included *The Atlantic*’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, has sparked bipartisan alarm over national security protocols. While Democrats demand resignations, Republicans like Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) argue an inquiry is “entirely appropriate” but stop short of calling for dismissals, calling such demands “overkill.”

Barron Trump is making headlines yet again for his fashion choices. He made a stylish statement while visiting Trump Tower in New York City with his mother, Melania. His life at NYU may not be typical, but it has not prevented him from garnering attention. He is tall and handsome and appears to be quite attractive in the eyes of many people, including liberals, as per a report by Page Six. The 19-year-old NYU student drew attention with a Rolex Daytona worth nearly $50,000. According to a report by Page Six, the first lady and the 19-year-old college student were spotted arriving at the 58-story skyscraper, which was built by President Trump, on Sunday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON : Many Trump administration officials work on national security or artificial intelligence. Michael Kratsios is thinking about how they collide.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Wall Street’s visions of a deal bonanza under President Trump haven’t materialized. That doesn’t mean companies have been sitting around idle.

American economy really is exceptional. It is richer, more innovative, and continues to expand at a high rate compared to most of the developed world. It has been extra special the last 15 years, with its equity market outperforming any other country as growth prospects for China and Europe dimmed. But it seems exceptionalism might be ephemeral. Uncertainty around trade and the future strength of the dollar has led some big European investors to retreat from American stocks. And the problem may go deeper. Less than 100 days into a second Trump administration, commentators are already discussing the coming end of American exceptionalism. Many things make the American economy exceptional. For one, it houses the deepest and most liquid capital markets, which help channel money to its more productive uses. But what makes it truly extraordinary is its dynamism, which underpins innovation and productivity, attracting talent from around the world. To figure out if our best days are behind us, it is necessary to separate short-term exceptionalism based on current financial conditions and longer-term structural exceptionalism that has been a feature of the American economy for the last century. The short-term boom may indeed be fading, but exceptionalism should endure over the longer term because it is more durable than whatever damage any one president can do in a few months.

World Liberty Financial raised more than half a billion dollars, President Donald Trump's family took control of the crypto venture and grabbed the lion's share of those funds, aided by governance terms that industry experts say favor insiders. Launched last fall, World Liberty's goal is to allow people to access financial services using cryptocurrencies and without intermediaries like banks in what is called decentralized finance, or DeFi.

political significance of Ram Navami celebrations in the state this year. What has traditionally been a religious occasion has morphed into a political battleground, as the ruling TMC and opposition BJP have engaged in a fierce contest over polarisation and counter-polarisation. The BJP, looking to consolidate Hindu votes ahead of next year's polls, has made Ram Navami a focal point of its campaign. Hindutva groups, including the VHP and the RSS, have set a target of mobilising over three crore people and taking out rallies in every block in West Bengal during the week-long celebrations starting on April 6. According to BJP leaders, these processions will serve as a symbolic protest against the alleged attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and what they described as the TMC's «appeasement politics.» «The attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh are an eye-opener for those on this side of the border. If we don't resist now, Hindus in West Bengal may face a similar fate due to the TMC's appeasement policies,» state BJP president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar told PTI.

Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday of misappropriating EU funds and the sentencing expected shortly could see her barred from the 2027 presidential race, upending politics in France. Le Pen, head of the far-right National Rally (RN), is the front-runner in opinion polls ahead of the 2027 vote. Prosecutors had asked that Le Pen face an immediate five-year ban from public office if found guilty, regardless of any appeal process, using a so-called «provisional execution» measure. Judges can adopt, modify or ignore the prosecutors' request. An automatic five-year ban would hammer Le Pen, 56, a three-time presidential contender who has said 2027 will be her final run for top office. She would retain her parliamentary seat until the end of her mandate. Le Pen, who did not speak to reporters as she arrived in court, has accused prosecutors of seeking her «political death», alleging a plot to keep the RN from power that echoes claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump about his legal woes.

Russia and the United States have started talks on joint rare earth metals and other projects in Russia, and some companies have already expressed an interest in them, President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy said in remarks published on Monday. Amid efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine, minerals cooperation has been floated by both Kyiv and Moscow, though Trump said on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to back out of a proposed deal. Putin in February suggested that the United States might be interested in exploring joint exploration for rare earth metals deposits in Russia, which has the world's fifth-largest reserves of the metals used in lasers and military equipment. Kirill Dmitriev, Kremlin special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation, told the Izvestia newspaper in remarks published on Monday that talks had already begun. «Rare earth metals are an important area for cooperation, and, of course, we have begun discussions on various rare earth metals and (other) projects in Russia,» said Kirill Dmitriev, who is also the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

Elon Musk did not miss the opportunity to take aim at billionaire George Soros after being interrupted by a heckler at a Wisconsin rally on Sunday. While speaking at a town hall event in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, Musk's speech was disrupted by an audience member. The Tesla CEO responded by linking the disruption to George Soros and said, “It was inevitable that at least a few Soros operatives would be in the audience… give my regards to George! Say Hi to George Soros for me.”

Donald Trump knows how to dominate the news headlines. On Sunday, the President reiterated that he could pursue a third term as US President, even though such a move could challenge the constitutional two-term limit established by the 22nd Amendment. President Trump, in an interview to NBC News, said that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In his two months in office, US President Donald Trump has given a new meaning to the term ‘disruption.’ Before he took his second presidential avatar, the term was discussed mostly in hypothetical terms in seminar rooms and conference circuits. But eight weeks plus of Trump 2.0 have made disruption the operational reality for the global order.

Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group. Musk's move came ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Donald Trump's agenda and “the future of civilization.” Musk was the star of a 2,000-person rally Sunday night in Wisconsin and he stunned attendees at the town hall wearing a cheese hat — an ode to the state's cheese industry and also its Green Bay Packers football team. «BREAKING: Elon Musk takes the stage in Wisconsin and throws a signed Cheesehead hat into the crowd,» the tech mogul's America PAC wrote on his platform, X, on Sunday evening, adding a cheese emoji and an American flag emoji. ALSO READ: 'I am almost done...': Elon Musk to quit DOGE and leave Washington DC after $1 trillion in US govt cuts

Elon Musk acknowledged that his job as head of President Donald Trump’s effort to cut the size of government is “costing me a lot” when it comes to his other big job, as CEO of Tesla Inc. Political backlash from Musk’s recent political forays in the US and around the world have weighed on Tesla at home and abroad. “It’s costing me a lot to be in this job,” Musk said at a town hall event in Wisconsin, noting some of his political opponents have highlighted the stock’s retreat. “What they’re trying to do is put massive pressure on me, and Tesla I guess, to you know, I don’t know, stop doing this,” Musk said. “My Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone, went roughly in half. I mean it’s a big deal.” Tesla shares rose to a record high in the month after Trump was elected, but have dropped 45% since their Dec. 17 peak. While he remains the world’s richest man, Musk’s own personal wealth has declined by more than $100 billion this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. “Long term I think Tesla stock’s going to do fine, so maybe it’s a buying opportunity,” Musk said.