WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump threatened the BRIC group of emerging-market nations on Saturday, warning that he would impose 100% tariffs if they make any moves to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump’s comment, made on his Truth Social platform, is in apparent response to efforts to challenge or replace the U.S. dollar as the primary…
Meet Peach and Blossom, two lucky birds expected to get a mealtime reprieve Monday from President Joe Biden during the White House’s annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon. The Minnesota-born turkeys weigh 40 and 41 pounds. They were hatched on July 18 in Northfield, Minnesota, and raised on a farm by John Zimmerman, chairman of the National Turkey…
WASHINGTON — Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined a plan Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump to oversee a massive reduction in the federal workforce, arguing the employees won’t be needed after Trump eliminates “thousands of regulations” in his next administration. Musk and Ramaswamy, who Trump last week named co-heads of a new Department…
President-elect Donald Trump named his new secretary of education, tapping former Small Business Administration head and former wrestling executive Linda McMahon for the position. The Education Department provides some funding for public schools, administers federal student aid programs and collects data on US education. Trump has vowed to close the department and redistribute most services…
A Florida lawyer who represented two women in the House Ethics Committee investigation into former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said the women alleged Gaetz paid them for sex, according to multiple media reports. One of the women also said she saw Gaetz having sex with a 17-year-old, according to reports from the Washington Post and ABC…
RIO DE JANEIRO – World leaders moved on without President Joe Biden. Literally. The outgoing U.S. president missed a photo with Group of 20 leaders on Monday in Brazil after summit organizers proceeded without him. Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived at the waterside location just as their fellow world leaders were dispersing….
President-elect Donald Trump placed a key campaign figure in the coming cabinet Thursday, nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy spent the majority of the 2024 campaign as an independent candidate but dropped out and endorsed Trump. He became a de-facto advisor on public health after…
WASHINGTON − Four years after leaving the White House in fury as he refused to accept his 2020 election defeat, President-elect Donald Trump returned to his old and future home Wednesday. Trump met with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office for nearly two hours as the outgoing president did what Trump wouldn’t four years…
President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden gathered in the White House’s Oval Office on Wednesday for a brief meeting. Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election last week, winning his second term as president. He will be sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2025. With just two months left to go…
He’s not moving in just yet, but President-elect Donald Trump is returning briefly to the White House on Wednesday. Trump will meet with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office just one week after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris to win a second term as president. The meeting between the outgoing president and his successor…