At their first meeting in Washington in March 2017 after Trump was elected to his first term in the White House, the US leader “asked me a series of questions”, Merkel said. Trump wanted to know about “my East German background and my relationship with Putin. He was very fascinated by the Russian president,” she […]
China has no plan to surpass or replace the United States, Xie Feng said in a speech in Hong Kong on Friday, addressing Chinese officials and the U.S. ambassador to China. Beijing is seeking to reset relations with Washington ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the presidency in January. Trump has pledged to impose tariffs […]
The greenback climbed above 156 yen for the first time since July. The euro slumped to its weakest since Nov. 2023 at $1.0546 and sterling hit its lowest on the dollar in three months at $1.2683. Higher trade tariffs and tighter immigration under the incoming Trump administration are projected to fuel inflation, potentially slowing the […]
Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will co-lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency, an entity Trump indicated will operate outside the confines of government. Donald Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy “will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful […]
Rubio was arguably the most hawkish option on Trump’s shortlist for secretary of state, and he has in past years advocated for a muscular foreign policy concerning America’s geopolitical foes, including China, Iran, and Cuba. Over the last several years he has softened some of his stances to align more closely with Trump’s views. The […]
Trump who has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Kyiv and said he will end the war quickly, had spoken to Putin in recent days. The source said they were familiar with the conversation, first reported by The Washington Post, opens a new tab, which cited unidentified sources as saying Trump […]
The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020 in a US strike ordered by then-president Trump, the Justice Department said. Farhad Shakeri, 51, an Afghan national who is believed to be in Iran, was […]
The appointment was the first of what is expected to be a flurry of staffing announcements as Trump girds for a return to the White House on Jan. 20. As gatekeeper to the president, the chief of staff typically wields great influence. The person manages White House staff, organizes the president’s time and schedule, and […]
The PTI leader said that the former prime minister was hopeful that the bilateral relations between Pakistan and the US would improve under the upcoming Trump administration. “While he [Imran Khan] did not discuss his release from prison, he said that the negativity which prevailed under the [Joe] Biden administration, will end now. Khan said […]
The 19-page legal complaint submitted on Thursday claims that the network engaged in “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference” by selectively editing several of Harris’s answers to interview questions. Along with the substantial financial demand, Trump’s legal team is seeking a court order for CBS to make the unedited interview available in […]
