President-elect Donald Trump has tasked billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy with finding deep cuts in the $6 trillion federal
November 19, 2024
Members of the over 2 million-strong U.S. civilian federal workforce are looking to an unlikely source to protect it from Donald Trump and
November 19, 2024
Joe McCann was sitting in his Miami condo, eyes glued to screens flashing with bitcoin trades as the American election results rolled in.
November 19, 2024
In nominating Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Pete Hegseth to helm the Pentagon, President-elect Donald Trump has picked two pugnacious candidates with a
November 19, 2024
What Donald Trump’s election could mean for the federal death penalty
November 19, 2024
Switzerland said on Tuesday it was concerned by U.S.
November 19, 2024
‘It’s on him’: Democrats look to Hakeem Jeffries to plot a path to revival
November 19, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he and U.S.
November 19, 2024
China is widely expected to leave its benchmark lending rates unchanged on Wednesday, a Reuters poll showed, as rate cuts a month earlier squeeze banks' profitability and the yuan
November 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Signs are positive for European stocks' open, with futures pointing up, and equity indices across most of Asia also in the
November 19, 2024
Donald Trump’s first stint in the White House proved to be a chaotic ride for the nation's capital
November 19, 2024
Global stocks rose in choppy trading on Tuesday as markets waited for President-elect Donald Trump to make more appointments to his
November 19, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump says he wants Sean Duffy to be his transportation secretary
November 19, 2024
Women testified to House panel that they were paid for sexual favors by Gaetz, lawyer says
November 19, 2024
Trump is calling senators directly to lobby for Gaetz AG confirmation as House Republicans weigh burying ethics report on him
November 18, 2024
There was House Speaker Mike Johnson walking behind President-elect Donald Trump’s entourage into Saturday night’s UFC fight at Madison Square Garden
November 18, 2024
A Georgia appeals court has canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against President-elect Donald Trump
November 18, 2024
Trump picks former congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy as next Transportation secretary
November 18, 2024
CNN's Michael Smerconish compares President-elect Donald Trump's current cabinet selection to those he selected during his former presidency and explains why he believes Trump is inviting confrontation with his current picks.
November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump says former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy is his choice to be transportation secretary as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet
November 18, 2024
It was the last thing you might expect if you watched MSNBC's “Morning Joe” a month ago — hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski asking for a meeting and traveling to Mar-a-Lago to talk with President-elect Donald Trump
November 18, 2024
Donald Trump's social media company is in advanced talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt, the Financial Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the talks.
November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX “Starship” rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk’s influence in the Republican’s orbit
November 18, 2024
Nippon Steel will not import steel to the U.S. from its international mills, the Japanese company's Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori said on Monday in a letter to United Steelworkers
November 18, 2024
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November 18, 2024
A former U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq two decades ago has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in riot at the U.S. Capito on Jan. 6, 2021
November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has said it would take about 15 minutes to sort out golf's mess
November 18, 2024
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November 18, 2024
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Monday he is "strongly confident" the South Korea-U.S. alliance will continue to thrive
November 18, 2024
Tesla shares rose more than 5% on Monday after Bloomberg News reported that President-elect Donald Trump's transition team was planning to set up federal regulations for
November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Brendan Carr to be Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. CNN correspondent Tom Foreman breaks down Carr's contribution to Project 2025.
November 18, 2024
Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency
November 18, 2024
Trump’s influence already generating drama among world leaders as G20 gets underway
November 18, 2024
European Central Bank policymaker Gabriel Makhlouf said it would be premature to start making decisions on what a new U.S. administration might do when asked if Donald Trump's
November 18, 2024
New York prosecutors this week are expected to tell a judge how they think President-elect Donald Trump's already decided criminal case should proceed in light of his
November 18, 2024
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump has said he might install his picks for top administration posts without first winning approval in the U.S. Senate.
November 18, 2024
Trump might nix America as a climate tech leader. 5 charts show China winning that race
November 18, 2024
Florida court fight gives insight into the House review of sex allegations against Matt Gaetz
November 18, 2024
European shares kicked off the week on a dour note, weighed down by declines in real estate stocks, while investors studied speeches from European
November 18, 2024
The tariffs promised by U.S.
November 18, 2024
Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies on Monday issued a joint statement highlighting the suffering caused by conflicts in
November 18, 2024
The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro has produced a joint declaration that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group’s members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing: both ongoing major wars, a global pact to fight hunger, taxation of the world’s wealthiest people and changes to global governance
November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has named the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband
November 18, 2024
The Trump dance is becoming a trend around the NFL
November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump added former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh and billionaire Marc Rowan to the list of candidates to become his Treasury secretary, the New York
November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration's telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of
November 18, 2024
Biden makes first presidential visit to the Amazon as incoming Trump administration poses a threat to climate fight
November 17, 2024
Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden aims to finalize a rule on a clean fuel tax credit before leaving office on Jan. 20, a senior White House official said on Sunday.
November 17, 2024
What the next Trump presidency could mean for US education
November 17, 2024
The lawyer for Pete Hegseth says that Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit
November 17, 2024
Republican U.S.
November 17, 2024
Doctors say RFK Jr.’s anti-Ozempic stance perpetuates stigma and misrepresents evidence
November 17, 2024
Jon Jones retains UFC heavyweight title with spinning kick to stop Stipe Miocic, celebrates with President-elect Donald Trump
November 17, 2024
Joe Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, flagging the dangers of global warming often dismissed by
November 17, 2024
Jon Jones sent Stipe Miocic into retirement with a stunning back kick to the ribs and used a series of blows to the head in the third round to retain the UFC heavyweight championship in front of President-elect Donald Trump in the main event of UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night
November 17, 2024
Trump’s defense secretary nominee paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says
November 17, 2024
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the conventional wisdom was that the capital, Kyiv, would soon fall and the rest of the country wouldn’t last long against a much larger enemy
November 17, 2024
Celebrations on Russian state television after President-elect Donald Trump picked Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard for highly sensitive roles in his administration. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports from Moscow.
November 16, 2024
Former US Attorney Harry Litman discusses how officials inside the Department of Justice are reacting to President-elect Trump picking Matt Gaetz to be attorney general.
November 16, 2024
Elon Musk wants Trump to disrupt Wall Street with his Treasury pick
November 16, 2024
Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled on Saturday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate change, taxing the super rich and
November 16, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary after his second administration begins in January
November 16, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his pick to lead the Department
November 16, 2024
Trump made a lot of tax promises. Can he keep them?
November 16, 2024
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday strongly denied a reported meeting between Tehran's United Nations envoy and U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, in an interview with state
November 16, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump attended the UFC heavyweight championship clash at Madison Square Garden
November 16, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump celebrated his election victory on Saturday night by attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship event with
November 16, 2024
Billionaire Elon Musk and Robert F.
November 16, 2024
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election
November 16, 2024
Trump returns to Madison Square Garden for UFC event as he builds out administration
November 16, 2024
Donald Trump made inroads in surprising places this election year in his path to the White House
November 16, 2024
Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal government before Trump takes over
November 16, 2024
Zelensky says Ukraine war will end ‘faster’ under Trump presidency
November 16, 2024
Trump looms over Biden’s final meeting with Xi in Peru
November 16, 2024
Iran ‘categorically denies’ UN envoy met Elon Musk
November 16, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia’s war in Ukraine will end “faster” when Donald Trump takes over as US president. National security analyst Beth Sanner says Zelensky is signaling to the incoming president that he is willing to go to the negotiating table.
November 16, 2024
Mass detention and returning migrants to Mexico: Donald Trump’s plans on immigration are coming into focus
November 16, 2024
Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump’s victory
November 16, 2024
Political leaders in Alaska have welcomed President-elect Donald Trump's pledges to expand oil production
November 16, 2024
A U.S. official says Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk in a step that appeared aimed at easing tensions with President-elect Donald Trump
November 16, 2024
The usual suspects abstained from voting on a seemingly uncontroversial United Nations resolution that denounced violence against women and girls on Thursday — Iran, Russia, North Korea
November 16, 2024
Rudy Giuliani turns over his 1980 Mercedes-Benz convertible, luxury watch collection and a diamond ring to women he defamed
November 16, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has named his campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt to serve as his White House press secretary
November 15, 2024
Trump’s transition team caught off guard by Hegseth allegation
November 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump picked Fox News host and army veteran Pete Hegseth as the U.S. Defense Secretary. CNN’s Alex Marquardt explains why this move is controversial.
November 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump reached into his inner circle on Friday and chose his transition spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, as his White House
November 15, 2024
Bitcoin enthusiasts meeting in El Salvador on Friday said a recent surge in the cryptocurrency's value since Donald Trump's U.S. election
November 15, 2024
Elon Musk's political ascendancy has some Wall Street banks hoping they may soon be able to offload $13 billion of debt that backed the billionaire's
November 15, 2024
Shares of defense companies and government contractors were lower on Friday, extending recent losses amid uncertainty surrounding President-elect Donald Trump's proposed
November 15, 2024
Elon Musk's government efficiency panel wants "high IQ" employees and plans weekly livestreams, according to X posts about President-elect Donald Trump's initiative to
November 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department, will also head a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world
November 15, 2024
Trump names campaign spokespeople to top White House communications roles
November 15, 2024
A group representing major electric vehicle and battery manufacturers on Friday urged President-elect Donald Trump not to kill tax credits for electric
November 15, 2024
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November 15, 2024
National Guard Master Sergeant DeRicko Gaither sent up a warning on the evening of Jan. 14, 2021, about Pete Hegseth, who on Tuesday became
November 15, 2024
A U.S. labor board whose enforcement powers are being challenged in a series of lawsuits is set to defend itself from attacks by Amazon.com and Elon Musk's SpaceX in a
November 15, 2024
Larry Kudlow has no plans to leave his broadcast job, Fox Business said on Friday, after various reports circulated that he might take back his old position as a senior economic adviser in
November 15, 2024
Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after a speaking appearance at a Republican women’s event in Monterey, California
November 15, 2024
With Donald Trump's imminent return to the U.S. presidency looming over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Chinese
November 15, 2024
Trump may end the $7,500 EV tax credit. Elon Musk and Tesla would reap the rewards
November 15, 2024
Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch a tender offer in December to sell existing shares at a price of $135 per share, two sources familiar with the matter
November 15, 2024
Bitcoin broke through the $90,000 level on Wednesday, to an all-time high in a rally showing no signs of easing on expectations that Donald Trump as U.S.
November 15, 2024
How did this lifelong Democrat go full MAGA? A scholar of populism finds some answers in the ‘manosphere’ podcasts credited with helping Trump win, such as those hosted by Theo Von and Joe Rogan.
November 15, 2024
With a history of presidential polls getting it wrong − sometimes very wrong − how did this year’s polling fare? Some US pollsters did better, but a Brazilian pollster did the best.
November 15, 2024
Young voters swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election, but according to AP VoteCast, they’re not the staunchly conservative base that he’s relied on in the past
November 15, 2024
Election victories for Donald Trump and other candidates whose campaigns demeaned transgender people reinforced a widespread backlash against trans rights
November 15, 2024
Cancelling the U.S. electric vehicle tax credit would be counterproductive and cede ground to car-makers in China, U.S.
November 15, 2024
Editor-in-chief of America’s oldest magazine resigns after calling Trump voters fascists
November 15, 2024
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses RFK Jr.'s vaccine beliefs after President-elect Donald Trump picked him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
November 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has selected Robert F.
November 15, 2024
The pound headed for its biggest weekly loss since January on Friday, under pressure from weak UK economic data and a surging dollar that is getting a lift from
November 15, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to purge the U.S.
November 15, 2024
Increased protectionism of U.S. trade policy would be extremely harmful to both the United States and to Europe, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday.
November 15, 2024
Vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic expects the incoming Trump administration to boost biodefence funding despite the nomination of Robert F.
November 15, 2024
Global equity funds saw the largest weekly net purchases in over a decade in the week to Nov. 13, driven by investor optimism that a decisive second-term mandate for Donald Trump would
November 15, 2024
Germany's embattled minority government has named Greens politician Tobias Lindner as its transatlantic coordinator tasked with preparing for the second U.S. presidency of Donald
November 15, 2024
Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks
November 15, 2024
Citigroup analysts anticipate that emerging market stocks will underperform compared to global peers following Donald Trump's recent victory in the U.S. presidential election, despite
November 15, 2024
Big global investors are exiting popular trades that bet on U.S.
November 15, 2024
Russians focus on Musk as they assess incoming Trump administration
November 15, 2024
The biggest remaining unsanctioned Russian bank hit with U.S. sanctions, nearly three years into war
'Predator hunters' plotted to hunt down 'rich dudes'
Snowflake shares surge on rosy forecast, AI deal with Anthropic
Italy crowned Billie Jean King Cup champions for 5th time
Spain and tennis having to cope with the retirement of the great Nadal
Pope warns the Vatican pension fund needs urgent reform as employees demand transparency
Russia's central banker in charge of digital payments system resigns
Shohei Ohtani likely to win his third MVP award and Aaron Judge his second