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As Trump returns to White House, his family circle has a different look

When Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday, his family circle will look a little different than it did when he first arrived eight years ago. His youngest son, Barron, was in fifth grade back then. He's now a college freshman who towers over his 6-foot-plus dad. Granddaughter Kai, who was 9 in 2017, is now an aspiring social media influencer and impressive golfer. Grandson Joseph, who posed in Trump's lap with a Lego model of the White House last time, is 11 now. The most prominent relatives in Trump's political sphere, daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared, are in Florida this time around after working in his first administration. Family members can provide presidents with a ready source of moral and sounding-board support, companionship and even relief from the world's problems. Not to mention creating headaches for the president at times, too. "Family can do things that other people can't, and they can be trusted in a way that other people also can't," Tevi Troy, a

Trump's swearing-in ceremony likely to be moved indoors due to cold weather

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather, according to a person familiar with the matter. Inaugural planners are discussing the possibility of moving Trump's swearing-in inside due to the extreme temperatures and icy winds, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the planning before a final announcement was made. The Rotunda is prepared as the inclement weather alternative for each inauguration, and a final decision would be up to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in consultation with the Trump, the person said.

Biden bids farewell from Oval Office as Trump looms over his legacy

Biden ran for president in 2020 as a transition figure, but opted at the unprecedented age of 80 to run for reelection, convinced he was the only Democrat who could beat Trump

Trump 2.0 to see aggressive trade policies, deportations, climate rollbacks

From launching large-scale deportation operations to imposing significant taxes on goods from Mexico and Canada, Trump aims to reshape US governance on several fronts in his second term in Oval Office

Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal 'closer than ever' as Trump pressures Netanyahu

Trump's Mideast envoy reportedly had a 'tense' meeting with Netanyahu, pressuring the Israeli PM to accept key compromises to secure a hostage deal ahead of the January 20 US presidential inauguration

Prez-elect Trump asks SC to halt sentencing in New York hush money case

The Supreme Court ordered prosecutors to respond to the request by Thursday morning, signaling that the justices may act quickly on the matter

Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on investigations into Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge to the disclosure of a much-anticipated document just days before the president-elect reclaims office. The ruling from US District Judge Aileen Cannon may represent a short-lived victory for Trump but it's nonetheless the latest instance of the Trump-appointed jurist taking action in the Republican's favour. The halt came in response to an emergency request Monday night by defense lawyers to block the release of a report that they said would be one-sided and prejudicial. Smith's team is expected to respond later Tuesday. Trump responded to Cannon's order by complaining anew about Smith's investigation and saying, It was a fake case against a political opponent. It was not clear what the Justice Department, which has its own guidelines governing special counsels, intended to do following Cannon's order, whi

Trump's foreign policy focus to be on China challenge: Lisa Curtis

A major focus of President-elect Donald Trumps foreign policy will likely be on the China challenge; and will likely involve building stronger strategic ties with India, an influential American expert has said, adding that Quad will also likely remain an important forum for engagement for the incoming administration. Trump, 78, will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, making him the second president in American history after Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to a non-consecutive second term. Trump served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017-2021. A major focus of the Trump Two foreign policy will likely be on the China challenge, whether in the form of economic and military competition, the technology race, or countering China's strategy to dominate the Indo-Pacific, Lisa Curtis, who was deputy assistant to the president and NSC senior director for South and Central Asia from 2017 to 2021, told PTI in an interview. We can expect

Trump announces Ortagus as dy special Prez envoy for peace in West Asia

Ortagus worked at the Department of the Treasury as a financial intelligence analyst and, from 2010-2011, was the Deputy US Treasury Attache to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

NSA Sullivan to visit India to finalise important initiatives: White House

Outgoing US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to India January 5 and 6 to meet his counterpart Ajit K Doval and other top government officials for a final round of talks with them on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues and to finalise some ongoing initiatives that were important priorities for them to wrap up, the White House said on Friday. Sullivan, 48, the youngest national security advisor when President Joe Bident appointed him on January 20, 2021, would also deliver a major India-centric foreign policy speech at IIT, New Delhi during his last trip to India before leaving office. He would be succeeded by Congressman Michael Waltz on January 20, when Donald J Trump would be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. While there, the main purpose will be a capstone engagement and dialogue with his counterpart, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, a senior administration official told reporters during a conference call Friday ...

Appeals court upholds $5 mn award in sexual abuse verdict against Trump

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the USD 5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse. The longtime magazine columnist had testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store's dressing room. Trump skipped the trial after repeatedly denying the attack ever happened. But he briefly testified at a followup trial earlier this year that resulted in an USD 83.3 million award. The second trial resulted from comments then-President Trump made in 2019 after Carroll first made the accusations publicly in a memoir.

Trump's deportation plans spark debate over immigration enforcement

The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-storey building. A New York subway line rumbled overhead, then an officer's voice crackled over the radio. After watching for about two hours, he said, I think that's Tango, using a term for target. Gray hoodie. Backpack. Walking quickly. The immigration officers surrounded and handcuffed a 23-year-old man from Ecuador who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. Kenneth Genalo, head of Enforcement and Removal Operations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York, said a popular misconception is that officers can sweep into a community and pick up a wide swath of people who are in the United States illegally and send them to their home countries. It's called targeted enforcement, Genalo said. We don't grab people and then take them to JFK and put them on a plane." With Donald Trump returning to the White House, there is intense interest in how the Republican will carry out his immigration agen

Government shutdown at risk as Trump's demands put Speaker Johnson in bind

A government shutdown at risk, House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting to figure out how to meet President-elect Donald Trump's sudden demands and keep his own job while federal offices are being told to prepare to shutter operations ahead of Friday's midnight deadline. Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will easily remain speaker for the next Congress if he acts decisively and tough in coming up with a new plan to also increase the debt limit, a stunning request just before the Christmas holidays that has put the beleaguered speaker in a bind. And if not, the president-elect warned of trouble ahead for Johnson and Republicans in Congress. Anybody that supports a bill that doesn't take care of the Democrat quicksand known as the debt ceiling should be primaried and disposed of as quickly as possible, Trump told Fox News Digital. The chaotic turn of events, coming days before Friday's midnight deadline to fund the government and as lawmakers were preparing to head home for the

Georgia court disqualifies district Attorney Willis from Trump 2020 case

The Georgia Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision Thursday is a major setback for state prosecutors in one of the two remaining criminal cases pending against Trump

Prez-elect Trump to 'use best efforts' to abolish daylight saving time

President-elect Donald Trump has said his Republican Party will "use its best efforts" to eliminate daylight saving time in the US as it is inconvenient and costly to the nation. In the United States, daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The time changes take place at 2:00 am local time. In a post on his social media site Truth Social on Friday, Trump said, "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation." The Republican Party will gain control over the two Chambers of the US Congress -- the House of Representatives and the Senate in January. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the US on January 20. Senator Marco Rubio, whom Trump has nominated as his secretary of state, has been a strong advocate of abolishing daylight savings. He had introduced a

Gold prices up 30% in 2024; set for best calendar year show in 10 yrs: WGC

Goldman Sachs expects gold prices to reach $3,150 per ounce (bull-case scenario; base case: $3,000/oz) by December 2025, an upside of around 17 per cent from the current levels

Won't do business with countries that don't accept back migrants: Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump outlines aggressive immigration policy, promises mass deportation using military force, trade sanctions on uncooperative nations

Donald Trump to discuss ending childhood vaccination programs with RFK Jr

Robert F. Kennedy Jr is US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services

President-elect Trump seeks to end Birthright Citizenship: What is it?

Trump also plans to deport all individuals who entered the US illegally, aiming to achieve this over his four-year term. However, undocumented immigrants who arrived as children may be allowed to stay

Political donation record: Musk spent $270 million on Trump's campaign

Elon Musk's contribution in the 2024 election cycle eclipsed the previous record set by Tim Mellon, the top Republican donor in recent years, who contributed close to $200 million