WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Weil wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 6th Congressional District special primary election.
Just months ago, Trump was crowing about being named the magazine’s 2024 Person of the Year
"We didn't vote for my husband to lose his government career and benefits."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries by Monday or Tuesday of next week, a major escalation of his offensive to tear up and reshape global trade relationships in the U.S.' favor. Trump did not identify which countries would be hit but suggested it would be a broad effort that could also help solve U.S. budget problems. "I'll be announcing that, next week, reciprocal trade, so that we're treated evenly with other countries," Trump said.
Former presidents do not have security clearances because elected officials — including presidents, vice presidents and members of the House and Senate — do not need them
Thailand's prime minister, seeking to allay security concerns among Chinese tourists visiting Thailand, said she had "Chinese blood in her" and that she had personally looked into security protocols in place to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens. Security in Thailand has become a trending topic of conversation among Chinese nationals, by far the largest group of foreign tourists to Thailand, since a minor Chinese actor was rescued from a scam centre in Myanmar after being abducted in Thailand last month.
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said.
President Donald Trump says he is firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman. Trump's announcement Friday came as the Republican president has bulldozed his way across official Washington during the first weeks of his second term, trying to shutter federal agencies, freeze spending and ending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the government. In a statement later on its website, the Kennedy Center said it was aware of Trump's post.
The Trump administration’s aggressive push to cut government jobs is reverberating in the early stages of this year's race for governor in Virginia. The fast-moving effort by Republican President Donald Trump to overhaul the federal workforce could have a sweeping impact in the state, home to some 145,000 federal employees and many more government contractors. Virginia, which along with New Jersey is picking a new governor in 2025, is already regarded as something of an early indicator of voter attitudes between presidential elections and seems certain to attract closer attention as the contest takes shape.
US officials kept around 100 deported Indian migrants in shackles for their 40-hour flight home, including during bathroom breaks, in the latest incident to spark anger overseas at President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown.
Trump also shut down all South African aid, much of which is used to battle AIDS and HIV
STORY: :: Zelenskiy offers Trump Ukraine's mineraldeposits for a security deal with the U.S. :: February 7, 2025:: Kyiv, Ukraine"These deposits are priceless, it is huge amounts of money, huge. That is why we need to protect it. So if we are talking about a deal, that’s what the Americans want, then let's do a deal, we are only for it, let's do the deal." :: Trump has said he wants Ukraine to supply the U.S. with rare earths and other minerals:: in return for financially supporting its war efforts"This is what I told President Trump when we were together, I told him "This is the Victory Plan". Why Victory? Victory for all. We will protect those trillions. We will prevent Russia from mining the minerals which will later be used to produce technologies for the three countries of the axis of evil." // "The Americans helped the most, and therefore the Americans should earn the most. And in rebuilding Ukraine they should have this priority, and they will. I would also like to talk about this with President Trump."Ukraine floated the idea of opening its critical minerals to investment by allies last autumn, as it presented a "victory plan" that sought to put it in the strongest position for talks and force Moscow to the table.
Although some people might say Trump was joking, he's been squawking about getting a third term in office since at least 2020.
Indonesia has begun talks with Britain to repatriate the most prolific rapist in British history, a senior minister said, following its move to also seek the return of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being one of the Bali bomb plotters. Reynhard Sinaga, 41, was found guilty in Manchester in 2020 of assaulting 48 men, whom he drugged after taking them back to his apartment from bars and clubs in the British city. A Manchester court ruled that Sinaga must serve at least 30 years in prison for a total of 159 offences committed from January 2015 to May 2017.
Consumers are getting ahead of price spikes and buying now as tariff concerns raise inflations expectations.
It "deserves to die in Congress," said the newspaper’s conservative editorial boxard.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio formally seized a plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government on behalf of the United States on Thursday.
Russian military bloggers say new Kursk attack came 'like a bolt from the blue’
‘Taxi Driver’ actor has been a fierce longtime critic of the president
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service confirms reports that Kim Jong-un’s battered forces have been off the frontline since mid-January
Ukraine’s Air Force got a boost in its fight against Russia on Thursday with the arrival of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets from France, along with F-16s from the Netherlands.
