‘America’s competitors and adversaries are weaker and under greater pressure than they have been,’ Sullivan said. WASHINGTON—White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Dec. 22 praised President Joe Biden’s foreign policies, stating that the incoming administration will inherit a stronger America globally, vis-à-vis its adversaries. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Sullivan said
President-elect Trump announced that he is nominating Callista Gingrich, Mauricio Claver-Carone and Ken Howery for various U.S. ambassador roles in his new administration.
A U.S. Navy crew was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S. military said Sunday. The two-person crew — a pilot and a weapons officer — were recovered alive, with one suffering minor injuries in the incident. The incident came as the U.S. military conducted airstrikes targeting Yemen’s
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to issue a day-one executive order to restore federal approvals for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, similar to his January 2017 directive overturning the Obama administration’s 2015 rejection of the same project. Trump’s first-term Keystone restoration was reversed by President Joe Biden in a January 2021 executive order, again halting
President-elect Donald Trump is filling out his National Security Council with several officials who served in his first administration. Brian McCormack, a longtime energy consultant, and Andrew Peek, a seasoned Middle East adviser, will take senior roles on Trump’s White House National Security Council, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling a focus on
Some of the prominent names in economic policymaking have held the position, which advises the president on U.S. and global economic policy. President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 22 nominated Stephen Miran to chair the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Miran, who has a PhD in economics from Harvard University, served as a senior adviser for
The president-elect said he would also revert the names of multiple U.S. military bases. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said he would revert the name of Denali, the tallest mountain in the United States, back to Mount McKinley after he takes office. President Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the Alaska mountain as Denali, ending