news2shortsThe Senate voted Monday to pass a bill to crack down on immigration, the first piece of legislation congressional Republicans hope to send newly sworn-in President Donald Trump for a signature. The vote for final passage of the Laken Riley Act was 64-35, with 12 Democrats joining Republicans to approve it.
US dollar hits five-year highs against Canadian currency as Japan’s Nikkei index swings between losses and gains Business live – latest updates Financial markets swayed after Donald Trump took office and did not immediately impose new trade tariffs in his executive orders, but later signalled punitive tariffs on Mexico and Canada. The new US president … Read more
The Senate confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.
President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address was a policy-oriented message “of hope and unity,” experts said. Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, called Trump’s address “substantive” when it came to outlining the president’s agenda for the next four years. “Trump was policy-specific from beginning to end,” Roberts said. “And I … Read more
President Trump, immediately upon taking office, flexed his presidential powers as he followed through on some of the major pledges he made on the campaign trail. “Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of commonsense,” the nation’s 47th … Read more
President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, despite his promise on the campaign trail to free him on “day one.” Ulbricht was convicted because his website, which was founded in 2011 and used cryptocurrency for payments, was used to sell … Read more
President Donald Trump arrived at the Commander-in-Chief Ball shortly after 10 PM ET on Monday, and shared his First Dance with first lady Melania Trump – his first of three ball appearances that night. Shortly after the band played “Americans, We,” Trump was introduced by an emcee at the Walter Washington Convention Center in Mount Vernon … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border, recruitment and an “erosion of trust,” a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News. Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, 61, has been terminated by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman, the official said. Fagan has demonstrated leadership deficiencies, … Read more
President Donald Trump pulled the security clearances of more than 50 national security officials who said Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” A total of 51 former national security officials released a public letter in 2020 claiming that even though the laptop did not have “any evidence of … Read more
Planet-sparing Paris agreement goes out the window, along with punishment for January 6 insurrectionists, as Donald Trump glories in his return to power Trump inauguration – live updates When the obituary of planet Earth is written, there may be a prominent slot for what took place in a basketball and ice hockey arena in downtown … Read more
