Washington — Republicans have celebrated holding onto their narrow majority in the House, adding to their flip of the Senate and the White House for a trifecta in Washington next year. But President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of a number of House Republicans to fill top posts in his administration is pulling from an already shallow
President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 30 threatened to slap a 100% tariff on a group of nine nations — the so-called BRICS — if they try to replace the U.S. dollar with another currency. The BRICS countries include Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Trump said he’ll
It’s unusual for a new social media service to get a foothold in a marketplace entrenched by the likes of X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and TikTok which, dominate people’s phones. But Bluesky, a nearly 2-year-old app, is now grabbing attention amid a recent surge of new users, which the company says is likely due to
‘Everybody is talking about the hostages … but it’s all talk, and no action,’ president-elect writes in Truth Social post Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump has a message for Hamas and its benefactors in Tehran: Release the hostages before Inauguration Day, or else. In a Monday afternoon Truth Social post, Trump said
President-elect Trump took a hard stance Monday on the release of hostages being held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza for more than one year.
Around 100 hostages remain in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip after being taken from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. President-elect Donald Trump threatened severe consequences if hostages held in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, are not released by the time he takes office on Jan. 20 next year. “Everybody is talking about
A December 2024 report from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, led by Rep. James Clyburn, exposes widespread fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), facilitated by financial technology companies (fintechs). The investigation targeted firms like Kabbage, Blueacorn, and Womply, and their partner banks, revealing systemic failures to prevent fraud while profiting from taxpayer-funded