Putin Says Russia Is Open to Talks With Trump Team on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country was open to dialogue with the new Trump administration on the conflict in ...
Marco Rubio, a China hawk & Israel backer, becomes Trump’s first nominee to get senate confirmation
Republican Senator Marco Rubio became the first Cabinet nominees of Donald Trump to be confirmed by the Senate, just hours ...
Trump pardons January 6 rioters: ‘These are the hostages’
The pardons fulfill Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.
Ukrainians, Russians Split Between Fear And Hope On Trump
As Donald Trump was sworn into office in the US, residents of Kyiv and Moscow who spoke to AFP Monday were divided between mistrust of his intentions and hope for a favourable outcome to the war in ...
U.S. Senate confirms Marco Rubio as Secretary of State
The U.S. Senate on Monday (January 20, 2025) unanimously confirmed Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a China hawk and staunch ...
From Pete Hegseth to Marco Rubio - meet Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ahead of inauguration
Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for his second term are slated for Senate confirmations this week, after a series of ...
Fact-checking President Trump’s 2025 inaugural address
The west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Friday Jan, 17, 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump announced that ...
Rubio confirmed as Hegseth, Ratcliffe pass key thresholds
The Senate voted to confirm Trump’s choice for secretary of State, and key committees advanced his nominations for defense ...
A wave of Trump-demanded departures hits senior leadership at the State Department
A number of senior career diplomats who served in leadership at the State Department have left their posts at the demand of the incoming Trump administration.