A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison 30 years after she killed her sons by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats. It was the first parole hearing for Smith, 53, who is serving a life sentence after a jury
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans and selected Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department. “Dr. Oz will be a leader in
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential debts, enticing would-be donors instead
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he is nominating anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid. “For too
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris urged Americans to not despair and “keep fighting” for the promise of a brighter future as she conceded her loss to president-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. election on Wednesday. Speaking to her supporters outside her alma mater of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Harris said she called Trump to congratulate
After entering the race just four months ago, Vice-President Kamala Harris has lost the U.S. presidential election against former president Donald Trump, now the president-elect. The Republican nominee will return to the White House this January for a second non-consecutive term after having cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to become president in the early
Former U.S. president Donald Trump has claimed victory in the U.S. presidential election over Vice-President Kamala Harris. The Associated Press projected Trump to win a second term in the White House Wednesday morning, having cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to become president.Here is the transcript of Trump’s remarks in which he claimed victory.Donald Trump: “Thank you
Last updated at 3:40 a.m. Eastern on Nov. 6, 2024. Former U.S. president Donald Trump was poised to win a second term in the White House after gaining decisive victories over U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election.Trump was projected to win the critical battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, according
Donald Trump will be the winner of the U.S. presidential election, according to the Associated Press, meaning he will return for a second non-consecutive term in the White House. The AP called the race for Trump over Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris in one of the most remarkable and contentious campaigns in modern American history.This follows
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has received multiple briefings on the possibility of prolonged unrest or even violence in the wake of Tuesday’s U.S. election, a senior government source told Motorcycle accident toronto today. It’s the “third scenario” that has been discussed by senior officials, cabinet ministers and the prime minister in the event neither Donald Trump nor