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President-elect Donald Trump‘s incoming “border czar” issued a stark warning to criminal gangs on Friday. “As far as Tren de Aragua and MS-13 … my gang’s bigger than your gang, and we’re going to take you out, too,” said Tom Homan, who led U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first term and will now […]
There are few circumstances under which inflation can be comforting. But in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election, one of them appears to be when it serves as an alibi for an electorate’s sharp turn toward meanness, selfishness, and a hard-edged type of identity-centered nationalism. […]
Some of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to serve in top national security jobs in his next administration have received a mixed reception among the restraint wing of the Republican Party, who see them as foreign-policy hawks whose views fly in the face of the isolationist currents that have gained ground in the party in […]
Is U.S. President-elect Donald Trump the accomplished dealmaker he boasts to be, with the Russia-Ukraine war about to come to a peaceful end? We should take him on his word when he says he’s not keen on starting any new wars—but that’s not at all the same as crafting a settlement in an ongoing conflict. […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a call for continued global economic cooperation. His message comes at a time of increasing uncertainty in international relations. Xi’s statement was delivered by China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao at the APEC CEO Summit in Lima, Peru. Xi warned against attempts to reverse globalization. He emphasized the importance of […]
Top Senate Democrat said nominees show Trump will ‘weaponize the Justice Department to seek vengeance’ The outgoing Democratic chair of the Senate judiciary committee Dick Durbin warned that Donald Trump’s appointees to top Justice Department posts are a sign that he will direct prosecutors and law enforcement to retaliate against his political opponents. Durbin singled […]
Since winning the US election, President-elect Donald Trump has named a slew of hardliners and China hawks to key cabinet positions. Many appointments look like a victory of loyalty over competence. The most egregious perhaps is his selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the […]
Donald Trump’s cabinet picks started off Trumpian but not manifestly ridiculous. South Dakota governor and dog-killer Kristi Noem for homeland security, a position she has no background for but at least she has several years of executive experience. Fox talk show host Pete Hegseth has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on his CV for his […]
The Iranian mission to the United Nations declined to comment on a New York Times report that Trump ally Elon Musk met with Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. Source link
WASHINGTON — Since he began taking over the Republican Party nearly a decade ago, President-elect Donald Trump has demanded increasing levels of loyalty from lawmakers who serve in Congress. With few exceptions, they have gone along, refusing to convict him in two impeachment trials and, even after he was convicted of 34 felonies, helping him […]