Jack Smith requested the dismissal, stating that he didn’t think the constitution required dismissal with prejudice. District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed the election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, bringing an end to a highly contentious prosecution and raising questions about whether the charges could once again surface. Chutkan’s dismissal
It will be challenging for the new Trump administration to counter China and Russia’s influence on Africa, which has grown in the past 4 years, experts say. JOHANNESBURG—The influence of the United States in Africa, a continent that’s grown in geopolitical importance in recent years, declined during President Joe Biden’s term in office, say analysts
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to fulfill his pledge to carry out the mass illegal immigrant deportations he promised, all eyes are on the man tasked with implementing that mission: incoming “border czar” Thomas Homan, a more than 30-year law enforcement veteran who led Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the first Trump administration. Standing in
ST. PAUL, Minn. —As feathers flew, Tim Walz accepted the symbolic presentation of a turkey Tuesday as he eases back into his duties as Minnesota’s governor following the Harris-Walz ticket’s defeat in the presidential election. Unlike the Minnesota-grown turkeys that President Joe Biden pardoned at the White House on Monday, Walz didn’t pardon this turkey,
Tom Homan serves Thanksgiving meals and expresses gratitude to state troopers and Guard members near the border. The incoming border czar visited south Texas on Nov. 26 to serve Thanksgiving meals and a message to the troops. Tom Homan, along with Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott, served state troopers and members of the National Guard at
Trump praised Phelan’s private sector experience being invaluable to overseeing the Navy with its $255 billion annual budget. President-elect Donald Trump announced businessman John Phelan as his choice for U.S. Navy secretary on Tuesday. “John will be a tremendous force for our Naval Service members, and a steadfast leader in advancing my America First vision.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. Trump, in a statement Tuesday evening, said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with