President-elect Donald Trump declared a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico on Wednesday after talking with that country’s leader. But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Mexico was already doing its part and had no interest in closing its borders. The two spoke just days after Trump threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Canada
Descrease article font size Increase article font size At least three Michigan deer hunters have died of heart attacks during the current 16-day season, including two men who were trying to haul away the heavy animals, authorities said. “I’ve never seen three people die in 48 hours from heart attacks while deer hunting before,” said
By Staff The Associated Press Posted November 21, 2024 6:49 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name. Bondi is
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