With a new leader in the White House bent on disrupting the status quo, could it also be time for a fresh approach to Middle East peace? The United States this week encouraged a “regional” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, backing a proposal for the Jewish state to unite with Sunni Arab powers against Shiite … Read more
After a rollercoaster first month in the White House Donald Trump jaunted south on Friday, holding a campaign-style event with Boeing to cast himself as a defender of US jobs. The photo op-ripe rally came one day after a tumultuous press conference in which the US president unleashed his at times vitriolic frustrations with political … Read more
A crisis over the relationship between President Donald Trump’s aides and Russia deepened on Wednesday as a growing number of Trump’s fellow Republicans demanded expanded congressional inquiries into the matter. Trump sought to focus attention on what he called criminal intelligence leaks about his ousted national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Trump forced Flynn out on … Read more
NBC News announced Tuesday it was taking a stake in Europe-based media group Euronews, allowing the US group to compete on a global scale in the TV news business. “For as long as I can remember, at NBC News we’ve wanted to establish a global reach for our news organization that matches our impact and … Read more
European-based media and telecom group Altice is launching its i24news channel next week in the United States, underscoring its ambitions as a global television news operation. The i24news channel is set to debut Monday on Altice-operated cable systems, which are available in 20 US states. The move expands the footprint of the company led by … Read more
The standards chief of the US Congress says a senior Trump aide was “wrong, wrong, wrong” to promote Ivanka Trump products on live television. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who heads the oversight committee in Congress, said the promotion was “clearly over the line, unacceptable”. Trump aide Kellyanne Conway had said on Fox News: “Go buy … Read more
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This article originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly. Madonna joined the ranks of powerful speeches at the Women’s March Saturday, but a few of her candid moments caused controversy. Taking the stage at the Washington rally after powerful speeches from America Ferrera, Ashley Judd, and Scarlett Johansson, among other, the Material Girl delivered a rousing message … Read more
Donald Trump responded with derision on Friday to news of an investigation into the FBI decision to make public an inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails days before the Nov. 8 presidential election, a decision that Clinton said was a factor in her defeat. The Justice Department said on Thursday it would investigate the FBI actions. … Read more
Five people have been shot dead by a gunman at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida, say officials. It happened at the baggage claim area in Terminal 2, just before 1300 local time (1800 GMT), the airport confirmed. Five people were killed and one person was in custody, said police. A second man appeared to be … Read more
President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: “Don’t rescue” Republicans on Obamacare. Less than three weeks out from leaving the White House, Obama visited Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill with a mission to save his signature healthcare reform law as Republicans are moving quickly to unroll the Affordable Care Act. In the … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to appoint another Goldman Sachs executive to his administration. Despite vilifying the Wall Street bank while campaigning, he is tipped to pick Goldman president Gary Cohn to lead the White House National Economic Council. He would join former colleagues Steven Mnuchin – the incoming Treasury Secretary – and Steve … Read more
The recent election in the United States showed how the media is bias towards the conservative Republican party. They are so brazen in their partiality they scarcely hide their contempt for conservatism. Currently, common sense political analyst in the United States, who see through their agenda, have written off all the major media houses including … Read more
The recent election in the United states showed how the media is bias towards the conservative Republican party. They are so brazen in their partiality they scarcely hide their contempt for conservatism. Currently, common sense political analyst in the United States, who see through their agenda, have written off all the major media houses including … Read more
By Philip Kobina Baidoo Jnr The recent election in the United states showed how the media is bias towards the conservative Republican party. They are so brazen in their partiality they scarcely hide their contempt for conservatism. Currently, common sense political analyst in the United States, who see through their agenda, have written off all … Read more
U. S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will not further probe into his former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton over her private email server use, a top aide to Trump said Tuesday. The new administration will also not open any investigation into foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation when Clinton was secretary of state in the Barak … Read more
Donald Trump has cancelled a meeting with the New York Times, a day after berating media chiefs at his headquarters for “unfair” coverage. Without elaborating, the US president-elect accused the newspaper of changing the terms of the meeting. He tweeted: “They continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!” Mr Trump has had … Read more
Neither Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson nor the Green Party’s Jill Stein managed to make a dent in the Electoral College, but they did post a significant enough showing in several states arguably to help elect Donald Trump. Trump won 290 Electoral College votes to 232 for Hillary Clinton, as of Wednesday evening, with Clinton … Read more
Republican Donald Trump has won victory in the presidential race. What are his policies and beliefs? 1. Arab-Americans cheered the attacks on 9/11. Trump repeatedly claimed that on 11 September, 2001, there were thousands of Arab-Americans celebrating in New Jersey after two planes flew into the Twin Towers. He says such public demonstrations “tell you … Read more
Just over a week after FBI Director James Comey rolled a grenade into the presidential race by announcing the arrival of new evidence in the Hillary Clinton email probe, he offered what amounted to a “never mind” Sunday, notifying Congress that the newly discovered messages wouldn’t change the bureau’s conclusion that no prosecution of Clinton … Read more