Politics
China willing to be partners, friends with US, Chinese envoy says
The national flags of the United States and China flutter at the Fairmont Peace Hotel on April 25, 2024 in Shanghai, China. Wang Gang | Visual China Group | Getty Images China is willing to be partners and friends with the United States, China’s ambassador to Washington said, seeking to strengthen dialogue between the world’s […]
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Major Trump Media shareholder ARC Global unloads nearly all DJT stock
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images One of the top shareholders of President-elect Donald Trump’s media company has unloaded nearly his entire stake, a regulatory filing showed. The Thursday night disclosure to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission showed that financial firm ARC Global Investments II and its manager, Patrick Orlando, no longer own […]
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Trump Defense pick Hegseth investigated in 2017 for alleged sex assault; no charges filed
Pete Hegseth, host of Fox & Friends, at the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York City. Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Police in California investigated Fox News host Pete Hegseth — who was picked this week by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Defense Department secretary […]
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Democratic senators call for probe into Musk’s Russia calls: Reuters
Elon Musk wears a black “Make America Great Again” cap while attending a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024 (L), and Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin visits his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, […]
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Germany’s Scholz urges Putin in phone call to open talks with Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD, r) and Russian President Vladimir Putin look up after several hours of one-on-one talks at a joint press conference. Scholz met the Russian president for talks on the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border. Kay Nietfeld | picture alliance | Getty Images German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
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Argentina’s Milei is a VIP at Mar-a-Lago as Trump, Musk embrace his attacks on government spending
President-elect Donald Trump and Argentina’s President Javier Milei at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024 Courtesy presidential office of Argentina Self-described anarcho-capitalist President Javier Milei of Argentina became the first foreign leader to visit President-elect Donald Trump since he won a second term, arriving in Florida Thursday to attend a gala dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, […]
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Bitfinex hacker sentenced to five years in prison for bitcoin money laundering scheme
Booking photos for Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein. Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center. A man whose 2016 hack of Bitfinex drained nearly 120,000 bitcoin from that cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for a money laundering scheme that he and his wife pulled off to hide the swiped crypto. The value […]
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Trump may cede global climate leadership to China
President Donald Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters After a campaign featuring promises to slash landmark climate legislation, and a first term record that included pulling the U.S. out of the Paris […]
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Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz under scrutiny as House Ethics report on sex, drug claims takes focus
Multiple Republican senators gave a chilly reception to President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Matt Gaetz for U.S. attorney general, putting the former Florida congressman’s odds of being confirmed by the Senate in question. The surprise announcement Wednesday, and Gaetz’s swift resignation from Congress, also drew attention to a House Ethics Committee probe into allegations that […]
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Trump’s transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit: Reuters
U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters after driving a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Xe around the White House driveway following remarks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Biden delivered remarks on the administration’s efforts to strengthen American leadership on clean cars and […]
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