Investors savour ‘red sweep’ possibilities as Trump looks to implement a raft of tax cuts seen as growth-friendly
Expectations that such policies will be pushed through under Trump to some degree have helped lift corners of the stock market higher, boost the dollar and weigh on Treasuries, as investors recalibrated their portfolios for stronger growth, looser regulations and the possibility that inflation worries could keep the Federal Reserve from cutting rates too deeply next year.
Republicans on brink of clinching US House control after taking Senate, advance his agenda upon return to White House
Republican senators will decide next week who will serve as the party’s leader in the Senate in 2025 with John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott vying for the job. On Saturday, Senators Bill Hagerty and Rand Paul endorsed Scott over the more senior Thune and Cornyn, who have been viewed as favourites.
To some Kenyans, Raila has already lost AUC chairmanship before a vote is cast but numbers tell a different story
Early indications are Raila is going to have roller-coaster. I would not be surprised if the Djiboutian pulled out of the race and supported Raila. The odds are against him and he is aware of the sheer force of numbers the Kenyan candidate commands.
Iranian official assured would-be Trump assassin that if the plot failed, it I’d be postponed to after election
Attorney General Merrick Garland explained the severity of the threat posed by Iran to US national security, highlighting ongoing efforts to target American officials on US soil. This plot follows previous charges against a Pakistani man with ties to Iran in a similar murder-for-hire scheme targeting US officials.
Suspect in president-elect assassination ‘confesses’ he was task with ‘providing a plan to kill’ Trump
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said in a statement carried by Iranian media on Saturday that the claim was a “repulsive” plot by Israel and Iranian opposition outside the country to “complicate matters between America and Iran.”
Racist texts to Black Americans: ‘Now that Trump is president, you have been selected to pick cotton at nearest plantation’
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, a Republican, said on Friday that her office is among those investigating the text messages, adding that some targets – herself included – also received emails.
Sudan’s paramilitary generals face UN sanctions for roles in war against military, rights abuse
The rights group said the RSF and its militias targeted the ethnic Masalit and other non-Arab groups in El Geneina, the capital city of West Darfur state. Masalit who were captured were tortured, women and girls were raped and entire neighbourhoods were looted and destroyed, Human Rights Watch said.
Pakistani insurgents kill 24 as 40 others wounded in powerful bombing at Quetta rail station
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounced the bombing in a statement, saying those who orchestrated the attack “will pay a very heavy price for it,” adding that security forces were determined to eliminate “the menace of terrorism.”
In wake of Trump election Blacks in US sent racist texts telling them to ‘board a bus to plantation’ to work as slaves
While the texts varied somewhat, they all instructed recipients to “board a bus” that would transport them to a “plantation” to work as slaves, officials said. They said the messages were sent to school-aged children and college students, causing significant distress.
Man retained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, charged
Two New York residents whom Shakeri had met in prison, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt, have also been charged for helping Shakeri plot to kill a US citizen of Iranian origin in New York, described as an outspoken critic of Iran’s government who had previously been targeted for murde
