Elections
Trump to be sentenced in New York for hush money case conviction
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced Friday morning in his New York criminal hush money case, more than eight years after events […]
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Supreme Court rejects Trump hush money sentencing delay bid
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Via Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request […]
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Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ students
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 9, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s […]
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Elon Musk promotes far-right Alternative for Germany candidate, hosts discussion on X
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, arrives to speak to the media with AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla shortly after the AfD leadership confirmed Weidel as the party’s candidate for chancellor on December 07, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Maryam Majd | Getty Images Elon Musk used his social network X […]
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Watch live: Biden to deliver eulogy at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral
[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy Thursday morning at the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. The speech at the Washington National Cathedral will serve as one of […]
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Google donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, joining other tech giants
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, becoming the latest major tech company to try and curry some goodwill with the incoming administration. “Google is pleased to […]
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Janet Yellen: Covid stimulus may have contributed ‘a little bit’ to inflation
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the stimulus spending signed into law by President Joe Biden to aid the U.S. recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic may have contributed “a little bit” to the country’s subsequent inflation woes. But the widespread rise in prices that marred the Democrat’s administration was mostly “a supply-side phenomenon” caused […]
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Virginia Democrats maintain narrow legislative majorities after special election wins
The Virginia State flag and the American flag fly near the Virginia State Capitol. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Democrats won a pair of special legislative elections in Northern Virginia on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, allowing the party to maintain its narrow majorities in both chambers. The special elections, both in districts in […]
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Trump won’t rule out using U.S. military to control Panama Canal or Greenland
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday declined to rule out using the U.S. military to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, expanding on a spate of recent remarks he has made about acquiring more […]
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Trump announces $20 billion foreign investment to build new U.S. data centers
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $20 billion foreign investment to build new data centers across the United States. Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC […]
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