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Trump taps election denier to head Voice of America

Kari Lake is a hardline conservative who ran in 2022 as governor of the southwestern state of Arizona and for US Senate in 2024, losing both times

Trump unlikely to keep US aid to Ukraine at current volumes — NYT

The report says that Kiev depends on foreign aid to keep its economy afloat NEW YORK, December 11. /TASS/. The United States is likely to reduce its military aid...

Trump taps his attorney Alina Habba to serve as counselor to the president

Habba has Iraqi ancestry and is Chaldean, which is Iraq’s largest Christian denomination and one of the Catholic Church’s Eastern rites FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida :...

South Korea ruling party vows to block impeachment motion against Yoon

SEOUL - The chief of South Korea's ruling People Power Party said Thursday it will do its utmost to prevent the passage of an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol following...

US Republicans eye two-step Trump legislative agenda

WASHINGTON : Republicans in the US Congress are discussing a two-step plan to push ahead on President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda when they take control of both chambers next year, potentially starting with...

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

In June, as his son Hunter was facing trial in the gun case in Delaware, Biden ruled out a pardon or clemency for his son in an interview with ABC...

Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Gaetz withdraws amid fallout over...

"It is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” Gaetz said Bondi is a longtime Trump ally...

Sri Lanka reappoints Amarasuriya as prime minister

Dissanayake, whose leftist coalition won 159 seats in the 225-member parliament in general election, also reappointed veteran legislator Vijitha Herath COLOMBO : Sri Lankan President...

US House urged to share ethics report on sexual misconduct case of Trump nominee...

Justice Department investigated Matt Gaetz for sexual misconduct but brought no charges The former House member is a frequent defender of President-elect Trump on cable news

Spy world vexed by Trump choice of Gabbard as US intelligence chief

Intelligence officials worry about Gabbard’s views on Syria, Russia Western security source warns of slower intelligence sharing WASHINGTON : President-elect Donald Trump’s...