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Though a second term for Donald Trump as US president is generally regarded as bad news for China’s export-heavy economy, there is one part of the country where some merchants are finding reason to celebrate – the eastern manufacturing hub of Yiwu, where orders for Trump merchandise have gone through the roof. Over 1,000 products […]
Sonia Sotomayor (Picture credit: Oyez website) US supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor has no plans to resign from her position, despite some urging President Biden to appoint a successor before the conclusion of his term and the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.“She’s in great health, and the court needs her now more than ever,” said […]
President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell takes to the podium during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Talk about an eventful week. Normally, when the Fed cuts interest […]
Joe Biden will meet with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday after the US leader pledged an orderly transfer of power following the Republican’s decisive election victory. Biden and Trump will meet at the Oval Office at 11:00 am (1600 GMT), the White House said Saturday, with the clock ticking down to […]
Chinese and US military officials have held fresh talks on air and maritime safety, to prevent “unintended escalation” amid mounting tensions in the region including the South China Sea. The talks, held in the coastal Chinese city of Qingdao from Wednesday to Friday, involved officials from US military services including the Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Fleet […]
Nancy Pelosi blames Joe Biden for election defeat as Democrats turn on each other – US politics live
Nancy Pelosi says Biden’s delay in exiting race blew Democrats’ chances Martin Pengelly Joe Biden’s slowness in exiting the 2024 presidential election cost the Democrats dearly, the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said, days after Kamala Harris was beaten by Donald Trump. “We live with what happened,” Pelosi said. Pelosi was speaking to The Interview, […]
Military officials discussing how to respond to illegal orders under Trump – report Officials at the Pentagon are having informal discussions about what to do if Donald Trump were to give an illegal order, such as deploying the military domestically, CNN reports. They are also preparing for the possibility that he may change rules to […]
President-elect Donald Trump won the US election partly on campaign pledges to tame inflation – a sore spot for voters over the past three years – but some analysts point to the trade war that he launched on China in his first term as one cause for the higher prices. Trump had vowed throughout his […]
NOW US President Joe Biden will make a painful address to the nation Thursday, vowing a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump after his political nemesis scored a crushing election win over Kamala Harris. In what promises to be an agonizing moment for Biden, he will speak in the Rose Garden of the White […]
Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States will be even more chaotic than the 2016-2020 version. Dr Marty Hirst has some sobering reflections on Trump’s triumph and the grim future it foreshadows. DONALD TRUMP’S SECOND TERM will be a Devil’s symphony of chaos, violence and organised hate. There will be no peace […]