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Donald Trump sworn in as 45th President of the United States. So help us God…
Mr Trump, the most divisive political figures in modern history, is named President as protesters around the world express concern about his attitude to women, climate change, minorities, Russia and nuclear weapons. Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Washington DC to attend the inauguration ceremony, a number...
Who will lose in the looming US-China trade war?
HONG KONG — With Donald Trump set to take office on Jan. 20, all eyes are on whether the new U.S. president will "walk his talk" by triggering a trade war with China that could result in a no-win situation, according to trade experts. During his election campaign, Trump pledged to label China as a currency...
Barack’s final goodbye: President Obama’s emotional farewell speech
Barack Obama made an emotional farewell speech to comfort and encourage a country faced with economic changes, persistent security threats and, of course, the election of Donald Trump. Obama’s valedictory speech, delivered in his home city of Chicago, was a public meditation on the trials and triumphs, promises kept and...
Top Trump adviser says Russia failed to sway US election results
Russia "did not succeed" in disrupting the American election according to Kellyanne Conway, one of President-elect Donald Trump's key advisers, in an interview on Meet the Press on Sunday (8 January). "They did not succeed to embarrassing this country on the world stage," Conway argued. She was...
Former soldier charged with murder following Fort Lauderdale shooting
The former soldier arrested after a shooting spree inside a Florida airport killed five and injured six has been charged with murder. Esteban Santiago, 26, is alleged to have opened fire in baggage collection at Terminal 2 in Fort Lauderdale International Airport (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December...
US kicks 35 Russian diplomats out of country over election hacking
US president Barack Obama has ordered sanctions against Russian officials and intelligence services in response to election hacking. In total 35 Russian diplomats have been told to leave the country within the next 72 hours. Intruder left looking worse for wear after getting caught Two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland...
Fellow passenger is glad JetBlue booted ‘agitated’ Ivanka heckler
The JetBlue passenger who harassed Ivanka Trump on board a plane about to take off from JFK Airport for San Francisco was “agitated,” and the airline did the right thing in kicking him off, a passenger who witnessed the incident wrote on Facebook. “When he got on and saw her, sitting behind me, he said,...
Michelle Obama: Hope is dead
Her husband campaigned on a promise to restore “hope,” but now that he’s turning over the White House to Donald Trump that’s evaporated, according to Michelle Obama. “We feel the difference now. See, now, we are feeling what not having hope feels like,” the first lady told Oprah Winfrey in an...
Who Is Evan McMullin? Trump Calls Former Presidential Rival ‘McMuffin’ In Florida Rally Speech
President-elect Donald Trump mocked one of his formal presidential rivals at his Friday night rally in Orlando, Florida, calling Evan McMullin “McMuffin.” While recalling watching the polls close on election night, Trump referred to the investment banker as a “character that nobody ever saw before, nobody ever...
China seizes US Navy underwater drone in international waters of South China Sea
The Pentagon says a Chinese warship has seized a US Navy underwater drone collecting unclassified data in international waters in the South China Sea. The incident has prompted a formal démarche from the United States and a demand for its return. It is the first such seizure in recent memory and took took place on 15...
Rex Tillerson set to be secretary of state
US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead the State Department. That's according to two people close to Trump's transition team. The decision caps a lengthy process that often played out In public and exposed rifts within Trump's transition team. But Tillerson's close...
Just In: LeBron James comments on latest anti-Trump move
LeBron James told the media that he refuses to stay in any Trump-branded establishment. Now he comments on that decision, stating it was just a personal choice. LeBron James: "Not trying to make a statement" by declining to stay in Trump hotel, "just my personal preference." https://t.co/dg3oXERVdX...