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“We’re going to have to get it changed,” Trump said, suggesting the need for legislative or constitutional amendments. Birthright citizenship currently guarantees that anyone born in the U.S. is granted citizenship, regardless of their parents’ status.

Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday that he was optimistic about the second term of US President-elect Donald Trump. “I’m really very optimistic this…

Pete Hegseth will soon head the Pentagon. But doubts about the TV presenter’s suitability are growing louder. Now Donald Trump may have found an alternative…

“Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full-time. I am thrilled that he will now have that opportunity as the top diplomat, representing the USA to one of America’s most cherished and beloved allies,” Trump posted on his Truth Social social media platform. 

“Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social announcing the nomination.

US President-elect Donald Trump named retired general Keith Kellogg as Ukraine envoy, tasked with ending Russia’s invasion. Trump, pledging a swift resolution to the war, aims to mediate a ceasefire between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, including Elise Stefanik and Lee Zeldin, faced bomb threats and “swatting” this week, the transition team said Wednesday. Threats…

Trump said that on the first day of his presidency, he will charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all products coming into the U.S. He added in a separate social-media post that he would impose an additional 10% tariff on all products that come into the U.S. from China.

Trump Considers Defense Financiers for a Top Spot at Pentagon Two financiers are in the running to be the deputy secretary of defense, a competition…

Richard “Ric” Grenell, the former acting director of National Intelligence in President-elect Trump’s first administration, is reportedly under consideration to be special envoy for the…

US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is nominating Scott Bessent to serve as his next treasury secretary. The role is a key…

Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP, during an interview in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 7, 2024.…

President-Elect Donald Trump announced former Florida attorney general and fervent ally Pam Bondi as his pick for US attorney general on Thursday after Matt Gaetz…

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon, co-founder of WWE and a long-time ally, as his nominee for education secretary. McMahon previously served as head of the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first presidency and is known for her significant financial support of his campaigns.

Incoming US President Donald Trump has picked RFK Jr as his health secretary calling him a great mind in his first speech since election night. Trump said RFK Jr, a known vaccine sceptic, will “help make America healthy again” by protecting them from “harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives”.

America Weekly US Politics Weekly The United States political scene has been busy since the presidential election early in the month. Since Donald Trump’s landslide…

Pentagon stunned after Trump picks Pete Hegseth for defence secretary The Pentagon has been stunned by Donald Trump’s pick for defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, a…

Republicans have officially won control of the US House of Representatives, securing the 218 seats needed for a majority. Alongside victories in the Senate and Donald Trump’s return to the White House as president-elect, the GOP now holds full control of the federal government.  

Billionaire Elon Musk has been tapped by Donald Trump to co-lead a new body aimed at overhauling government operations. The body aims to streamline bureaucracy and cut federal spending. Trump described the organisation as an external advisory body working alongside the White House and the Office of Management and Budget.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is reportedly in talks to become secretary of state whilst Florida congressman Michael Waltz is being lined up as national security advisor, according to sources, and other Trump loyalists have been put in key positions.

President-elect Donald Trump is projected to have won Arizona – meaning he has taken all seven swing states in the 2024 presidential election. Four days…

David Lammy breaks silence on past criticism calling Trump ‘neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath’ for first time David Lammy has moved to dampen down speculation of a rift…

China, after decades of mostly export-based growth, must now deal with massive problems of industrial overcapacity. The country is now trying to encourage more domestic consumption and to diversify its trading partners.

In very traditional Republican terms, he’s talking about tax breaks and reduced regulation. In terms of some of his specific pledges on the economy, he’s talking about getting rid of income taxation on tips and overtime. These things combined have the potential to be quite domestically inflationary, I would say.