What we know now about the Trump agenda and if it can be slowed down It has delighted supporters and alarmed opposition, but can the Trump agenda overcome Congress and legal challenges? Here is what we know now. The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs at the politically sensitive agency as early as…
Trump order establishes US Bitcoin reserve President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to establish a “strategic Bitcoin reserve” and is hosting a “crypto summit” at the White House. Fox – LA More presidential approval rating polls have been released, showing how President Donald Trump is faring in the court of public opinion. The latest…
President Trump has no influence over Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. He can only continue to humiliate himself, Americans, NATO and the very image of the United States. Anastasiia Marushevska | Opinion contributor President Trump pauses federal aid to Ukraine World leaders are reacting to President Donald Trump’s decision to pause federal aid to Ukraine. During…
Senator Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, said on Friday that he was “disturbed” by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s “rookie mistake” when the Trump administration official said it was “unrealistic” for Ukraine to gain back its pre-war borders in its ongoing war with Russia. Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) via email…
American foreign policy specialists are being pushed to appear more hawkish towards China than they actually are because of professional and social pressures, a new survey has concluded. It said there is “a degree of pluralistic ignorance in the foreign policy community, where people overestimate the level of consensus, inflate the level of threat, and…
A bipartisan effort in the US that was meant to unite both sides of politics against foreign propaganda has backfired, with critics accusing it of censoring Americans, especially those on the right. While the little-known branch of the State Department may shut down next month before president-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, analysts…
Topline President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Thursday, making the pick just hours after former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., withdrew from consideration amid a flurry of sexual misconduct allegations. Bondi was nominated as AG on Thursday evening. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL ……
US Representative John Moolenaar on Thursday introduced a bill that would revoke the normal trade relations Washington has had with Beijing for more than two decades, joining China hawks in the Senate in a bid to decouple the countries’ economies. As proposed, the measure would set minimum 35 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports, allow…
On Tuesday Donald Trump announced Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator who saw active service with the Minnesota National Guard, as his pick for secretary of defense. Hegseth was one of a number of National Guard members ordered to stand down from Joe Biden‘s inauguration, according to CBS News reporter Jim LaPorta. Hegseth served in…
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and self-proclaimed dark gothic MAGA (Make America Great Again), seems to have taken a permanent residence at US President-elect Donald Trump’s Florida estate, where he sits in on call with world leaders, sources told CNN. Mar-a-Lago has become the epicentre of Trump’s presidential transition, with Musk dining with the 78-year-old on…