WASHINGTON (AA) – The top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital said Monday that he will step down before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “Serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has been the honor of a lifetime,” Matthew Graves said in a statement. “I am deeply thankful to Congresswoman ...
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, has died at the age of 100. He was President from 1977 to 1981. Carter was the oldest living former president. It was during his presidency that former USSR invaded Afghanistan. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his post-presidency humanitarian work. Carter spent his last […]
ISTANBUL (AA) — Donald Trump’s proposal to automatically grant green cards to foreign nationals who graduate from a US college has sparked controversy. “What I want to do, and what I will do, is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Canadian ministers met with top US President-elect Donald Trump nominees in Florida to discuss the threat of 25% tariff over migration and fentanyl issues. Canadian Finance Minister Dominic Leblanc and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly were engaged in high-stakes talks with Trump’s nominees for Commerce and Interior secretary, Howa...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that Chinese soldiers are controlling the Panama Canal, calling the claim “nonsense.” “There are no Chinese soldiers in the canal. You are free, the whole world is free to visit the canal if you please,” Mulino said at a news [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President-elect Donald Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to delay the sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban, according to officials. “In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s top border adviser said Thursday that the new administration will reintroduce family detention for migrants with children. “You knew you were in the country illegally and chose to have a child. So you put your family in that position,” Tom Homan told The Washington Post. ...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to reinstate federal executions. He criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences of 37 federal inmates. Trump made the pledge on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying he will direct the Justice Department to pursue the death penalty to protect American families a...
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, has praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Waltz credited Netanyahu for key regional achievements, including weakening Hezbollah and exposing Iran’s air defenses. He said Iran now is vulnerable, with its finances and proxy networks disrupted. Waltz also...
Michael Anton, named by President-elect Donald Trump as director of policy planning at the State Department, faces backlash for past writings. Anton has been espousing white nationalist and Islamophobic views. In a 2016 essay, using the pseudonym Publius Decius Mus, Anton wrote the U.S. Constitution serves Americans alone, not immigrants or fo...
