BERLIN (AA) – Defense ministers from five major European nations gathered in the German capital Berlin to reinforce military support for Ukraine and address concerns about potential shifts in US foreign policy in Donald Trump’s upcoming second presidency. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who hosted the meeting, told reporters tha...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump vowed Monday to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China via executive orders he plans to sign on his first day in office in retaliation for what he says is their involvement in the entry of deadly fentanyl and migrants into the United States. “On January 20th, as one […]
ANKARA (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pam Bondi for the position of attorney general has raised concerns among legal experts and Justice Department officials on potential shifts in the agency’s priorities under her leadership, according to news reports Sunday. Broadcaster NBC News suggested that the career traj...
ISTANBUL (AA) – John Bolton, who served as national security advisor during Donald Trump’s first term as president, has criticized the president-elect’s decision to pick Sebastian Gorka to lead counterterrorism efforts. Bolton’s remarks to CNN followed Trump’s announcement that Gorka, who briefly served as a deputy advisor during Trump’s...
LONDON (AA) – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will keep following the US in terms of polices on Gaza, but could take a different approach when it comes to the occupied West Bank, says veteran British journalist Peter Oborne. In an interview with Anadolu, Oborne emphasized that Israel’s genocide in Gaza, now in its second […]
ANKARA (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Department of Justice, including by firing attorneys involved in a pair of federal cases against him and by pursuing investigations into alleged fraud during the 2020 election, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Trump’s plans, according to the daily, include...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Scott Bessent, a hedge fund executive and top fundraiser to his campaign, is his pick to lead the Treasury Department. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that Bessent will help him “usher in a new Golden Age for the United States.” “Unlike in past Ad...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has announced his nominees to lead the Labor Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Trump said Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is his pick to serve as the next head of the Department of Labor. “Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will en...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican lawmakers have denounced the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Advisor pledged a strong response in January. Rep. Mike Waltz, the incoming nation...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has announced Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his new pick for attorney general. The announcement came hours after former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was Trump’s first pick, withdrew from consideration for the post. “Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where sh...