Iran’s already ailing national currency cratered after Donald Trump’s election victory, heralding tough times for Tehran’s economy as the former president prepares for another term in the White House. The Iranian rial traded at 703,000 to 1 American dollar early Wednesday, an all-time low, before settling at 696,150 to a single dollar, according to the
Vice President Kamala Harris called President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday afternoon to concede the presidential race, Trump’s campaign confirmed. “President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory,” Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement. “President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris
Cartwright, who was first elected in 2013, is a progressive Democrat in what is a slightly Republican district. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) lost reelection on Nov. 5 in Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District as the GOP looks to expand its majority in the House of Representatives, while the Democrats look to take it back. Republican businessman
All constitutional amendments on the matter that were presented to voters won approval, projections show. Voters in eight states on Nov. 5 approved constitutional amendments that say only citizens can vote, according to projections from The Associated Press. Voters in Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin approved the measures, which
‘They’re not protecting our kids,’ the former presidential candidate and Big Pharma critic says. Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who backed President-elect Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bureaucracy should be winnowed down. Before the election, Trump had floated Kennedy as having a role in his administration, namely
Special counsel Jack Smith is prosecuting a federal election case against Trump and appealing the Florida documents case that was dismissed. WASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith’s office said the Department of Justice (DOJ) has a longstanding policy not to prosecute a sitting president, in response to a query about whether it will drop its criminal cases
Though the lower chamber will take time to call, a narrow GOP majority is most likely outcome Mike Johnson, Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Less than 24 hours after the first polls closed in what was teased as one of the closest elections in U.S. history, the only thing standing in the way of a