Trump’s pick for attorney general could be bad news for Silicon Valley President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general probably wouldn’t have been the tech industry’s first choice. Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, is on the opposite side of several issues that are close to Silicon Valley’s heart […]
North Carolina governor alleges voter fraud in bid to hang on North Carolina GOP Gov. Pat McCrory, who signed a 2013 voter-ID law which a federal court rolled back this year for illegally suppressing African-American votes, is now claiming that massive voter fraud in his state swung the 2016 election […]
Donald Trump outlines policy plan for first 100 days Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump unveiled plans Monday for his first 100 days in office, including proposals related to immigration, trade deals and defense policy, using a video published online to briefly outline his proposals. Trump promised to withdraw from negotiations on […]
San Antonio police announce arrest in officer’s killing (CNN)San Antonio Police announced Monday the arrest of a man suspected of targeting and killing a 50-year-old police officer. Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. while riding with a woman and a 2-year-old child in a car on Interstate […]
Bus driver arrested in fatal crash that killed 6 children in Tennessee Woodmore Elementary School bus driver Johnthony Walker has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving, according to Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher. The school bus Walker was driving slammed into […]
Why the electoral college matters Donald Trump is not yet president-elect of the US. He still has to win 270 votes in the electoral college on 19 December, and, failing that, a vote in the House of Representatives. In most years, this constitutionally defined process is a non-event. The electors, […]
President-elect Donald Trump says Nigel Farage would make a ‘great’ ambassador to US US Presidential-elect Donald Trump Monday said UKIP leader, Nigel Farage “would do a great job” as Great Britain’s ambassador to The United States. “Many people would like to see Nigel Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador […]
Donald Trump vows to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership ‘on day one’ WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Monday announced the United States would signal its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first day in the White House, as one of six immediate steps aimed at “putting America first.” […]
Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif, a known India-baiter, on way out ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Ending weeks of suspense, Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif, who saw his legacy besmirched by surgical strikes+ by India’s special forces across the Line of Control in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, began his farewell visits a […]
Human Rights Watch asks Afghan Govt for plan protecting Shia minority Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that the Afghan government should develop a security plan to better protect minority Shia during high-profile public events. At least 32 worshippers, including children were killed and 50 others injured by a suicide bomber […]
