The US has expelled 35 Russian diplomats as punishment for alleged interference into last month’s presidential elections, giving them 72 hours to leave the country. It will also close two compounds used for Russian intelligence-gathering. President Barack Obama had vowed action against Russia amid US accusations it directed hacks against the Democratic Party and Hillary … Read more
The year-end stocks rally on the heels of the election of Donald Trump as U. S. president was built on expectations of reduced regulations, big tax cuts and a large fiscal stimulus. Now signs are emerging from the Trump camp that harsher trade policies that could jeopardize the honeymoon are likely in the offing, and … Read more
Senior Republicans in Congress have said they will support further investigation of findings that Russian hackers meddled in the US election. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said any foreign intervention in the polls was unacceptable. President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly poured scorn on the claims, made by US intelligence. The … Read more
In my previous column I observed here how the 2016 race reflects American conditions in the late 1970s — also stagnant — and how the political elites are echoing President Jimmy Carter’s feckless reaction in his notorious July 15, 1979 address to the nation in which he said, in part: The threat is nearly invisible … Read more
Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday. “I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development,” President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement. “Ben Carson has a … Read more
Republicans in the U. S. Congress hope to convince President-elect Donald Trump to support an untested strategy of using the tax code to promote exports while slashing corporate taxes, framing it as a way to fulfill his campaign promises to restore blue-collar jobs. The plan would be one way to help Republican lawmakers reconcile their … Read more
Donald Trump has repudiated the fringe “alt-right” group that celebrated his election win with Nazi salutes. In a far-ranging interview with the New York Times, the US president-elect was quoted as saying: “I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn.” He said he did not want to “energise” the group, which includes neo-Nazis, white nationalists … Read more
U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday praised President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus for his White House chief of staff as the best choice for getting things done in Congress. “It’s a very, very, very good sign of things to come,” Ryan said in an interview with … Read more
Reince Priebus (L) said Stephen Bannon was “a force for good” US President-elect Donald Trump’s new chief of staff has defended the choice of right-wing media man Stephen Bannon as chief strategist, calling him a “force for good”. A number of critics have denounced Mr Bannon as supporting white supremacism. But Reince Priebus said this … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has awarded key roles in his incoming team to a top Republican party official and a right-wing media chief. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff. In this role, he will set the tone for the new White House and act as a … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has awarded key roles in his incoming team to a top Republican party official and a right-wing media chief. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff. In this role, he will set the tone for the new White House and act as a … Read more
US president-elect Donald Trump said he planned to immediately deport or jail as many as three million undocumented immigrants, as he set out his priorities in the first television interview since his election. The interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” is to be broadcast on Sunday with millions expected to tune in for clues on how … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has awarded key roles in his incoming team to a top Republican party official and a conservative media chief. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff. In this role, he will set the tone for the new White House and act as a … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has awarded key roles in his incoming team to a top Republican party official and a conservative media chief. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff. In this role, he will set the tone for the new White House and act as a … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), as his future chief of staff. He is said to have good ties with both Mr Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, who opposed many of Mr Trump’s policies during the campaign. As chief of staff, he will set the … Read more
Donald Trump has vowed to immediately deport 3million illegal immigrants with criminal records in one of his first acts as President of the United States. The President-elect said that “we’re getting them out of our country” as he renewed his pledge to build a wall on the border with Mexico. His comments opened a clear … Read more
Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the running mate of Donald Trump, on Tuesday became the U. S. vice president-elect. Pence, 57, was a Republican lawmaker for 12 years before becoming the governor of Indiana in 2013. Pence served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee for a long time, a credential which could make up for Trump’s … Read more
Since the presidential election, pundits have struggled to explain Donald Trump’s upset win. Liberal columnists are united in shock that so many people voted for a man who inflamed racial, ethnic and religious tensions, insulted and mistreated women, and was deemed temperamentally unfit to be president, even by many of his supporters. Conservatives are divided. … Read more
To shape his administration, President-elect Donald Trump is drawing squarely from the “swamp” he has pledged to drain. Trump’s transition team is staffed with long-time Washington experts and lobbyists from K Street, think tanks and political offices. It’s a far cry from Trump’s campaign, which ended only Tuesday night, and message that he would “drain … Read more
Overnight protests against the election of Donald Trump as US president turned violent in Portland, Oregon. About 4,000 demonstrators gathered in the centre of the western city. Some smashed shop and car windows, threw firecrackers and set rubbish alight. Police declared a riot and made 26 arrests. Oregon voted in favour of Hillary Clinton in … Read more