Articles filed under Political Figures
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Bitcoin has surpassed the $100,000 mark as the post-election rally continues. What's next?Dec 05, 2024 7:36 am - Bitcoin topped $100,000 for the first time this week as a massive rally in the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, largely accelerated by the election of Donald Trump, rolls on.
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Trump is bringing back Peter Navarro as a White House adviser as he builds out his administrationDec 04, 2024 12:22 pm - Former White House adviser Peter Navarro, who served prison time related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will return to serve in Donald Trump’s second administration, the president-elect announced Wednesday.
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Trump threatens tariffs to protect dollar against threat few see as realDec 04, 2024 8:47 am - President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to protect the U.S. dollar from the rise of an alternative new currency that does not yet exist and that few independent analysts take seriously.
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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major US-backed rail project in AfricaDec 04, 2024 8:18 am - Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains.
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Sources: Trump considers DeSantis for the Pentagon with Hegseth under pressure over allegationsDec 04, 2024 8:15 am - Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's Pentagon pick, was fighting to hold on to his Cabinet nomination amid growing questions Wednesday about his personal conduct as the president-elect's team considers alternatives, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola visit meant to counter ChinaDec 03, 2024 7:56 am - Joe Biden on Tuesday used the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote billions of dollars of investments in the sub-Saharan African nation and speak at a slavery museum, where he'll acknowledge the trafficking of humans that once linked the nations' economies.
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Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to doDec 03, 2024 7:48 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump's orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect's skepticism of the FBI and int...
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Trump says he’ll attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening celebration in Paris this weekendDec 03, 2024 7:43 am - President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election.
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‘More we can do’: Widow asks for guardrails at tollway ramp in Rosemont where husband diedDec 02, 2024 7:10 pm - The widow of a Wisconsin man who died in a crash last month in Rosemont is now pushing Illinois state and federal officials to install guardrails on the tollway ramp where the accident occurred.
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Some Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son HunterDec 02, 2024 2:02 pm - Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law.