WASHINGTON (AA) – Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees were targeted in “violent” threats late Tuesday and early Wednesday, said a spokesperson for the president-elect. Karoline Leavitt said the attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting. “In response, law enforcement and other a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday named General Keith Kellogg his special envoy for the Ukraine and Russia conflict. “I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg to serve as Assistant to the President and Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He said Keith, a retire...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that Mexico will stop the flow of migrants, after speaking with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo following his tariff threats earlier this week. “Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She has agreed to stop ...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he called an urgent meeting later this week with provincial premiers on how to deal with Donald Trump’s threat to impose crippling tariffs on Canadian products. Speaking to reporters one day after the US president-elect promised to slam Canada with a 25% tariff across the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has chosen pandemic lockdown critic Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s leading medical research agency. “Dr. Bhattacharya will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct the Nation’s Medical Research, and to make important discove...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the US will make “another push” with Türkiye, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and others to achieve a cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal in Gaza. “Just as the Lebanese people deserve a future of security and prosperity, so do the people of Gaza. They too deserve an en...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah brokered with US and French diplomatic efforts came into effect Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time (0200GMT). Under the agreement, the Lebanese Armed Forces will be deployed in southern Lebanon within 60 days, during which time Israel will gradually withd...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US defended its differing stances on the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Russian and Israeli officials, asserting that the two cases are fundamentally distinct. “I don’t think there is any equivalence between the case that the ICC has brought against Russia and the case tha...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House has confirmed that President Joe Biden will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, restoring a key democratic practice broken by the incoming president. “The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whomever won the election. He and the First Lady are g...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has directed his top advisers to investigate allegations of impropriety involving his legal adviser Boris Epshteyn, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. ABC News reported on Tuesday that the claims, made by individuals close to Trump’s transition team, accused Epshteyn of leveraging...
