Appeals court denies ex-president immunity

Appeals court denies ex-president immunity

Former President Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity from prosecution on criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, a federal appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday. “We cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter,” a three-judge panel wrote in … Read more

United Ireland in focus with Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill

United Ireland in focus with Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND – FEBRUARY 3: First Minister Michelle O’Neill speaks during proceedings of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont on February 3, 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  Handout | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — A referendum on Irish reunification could be in the cards within a decade, according to Northern Ireland’s … Read more

Nikki Haley requests Secret Service protection, citing rise in threats

Nikki Haley requests Secret Service protection, citing rise in threats

Nikki Haley, the candidate of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential elections in the US, delivers remarks during a Town Hall campaign event in the Lowcountry in Bluffton SC, United States on November 27, 2023. Peter Zay | Anadolu | Getty Images Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley has requested a U.S. Secret Service … Read more

Trump calls to debate Biden, president shrugs him off

Trump calls to debate Biden, president shrugs him off

Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22, 2020. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump on Monday said he wants to debate President Joe Biden “immediately” — but the Democratic incumbent quickly brushed off that idea. “I’d like to … Read more

Indonesia’s presidential hopefuls on TikTok to woo Gen Zs, millennials

Indonesia’s presidential hopefuls on TikTok to woo Gen Zs, millennials

Indonesia’s presidential election is due 14 February and candidates are going all out to win over voters in this country of 274 million. With millennials and Gen Z voters making up 56.5% of the electorate campaigning is often done on social media. One platform in particular has emerged as key, TikTok. Sopa Images | Lightrocket … Read more

Senate releases $118 billion aid proposal for Israel, Ukraine

Senate releases 8 billion aid proposal for Israel, Ukraine

From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senators on Sunday released the details of a $118.2 billion aid proposal for Ukraine, Israel and the southern U.S. border, after months of painstaking, closed-door negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, … Read more

Haley uses her appearance on ‘SNL’ to poke fun at her Civil War gaffe and jab at a stand-in Trump

Haley uses her appearance on ‘SNL’ to poke fun at her Civil War gaffe and jab at a stand-in Trump

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley poked fun at herself over a campaign misstep, but her primary target during a “Saturday Night Live” appearance was Donald Trump, joining in a skit that mocked a stand-in for the former president over his refusal to debate her and questioned his mental fitness. “Had a blast tonight … Read more

Trump floats ‘more than’ 60% tariffs on Chinese imports

Trump floats ‘more than’ 60% tariffs on Chinese imports

US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping attend a business leaders event inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. Nicolas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump plans to escalate the U.S-China trade war he launched during his first term as president if he … Read more

Biden nets landslide victory in South Carolina Democratic primary, over 95% of votes

Biden nets landslide victory in South Carolina Democratic primary, over 95% of votes

U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he attends the opening of the Biden for President campaign office in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., February 3, 2024.  Joshua Roberts | Reuters President Joe Biden won a landslide victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary Saturday, where voters sent a clear message that they are ready for Biden to pivot … Read more

Nikki Haley in surprise ‘Saturday Night Live’ cameo

Nikki Haley in surprise ‘Saturday Night Live’ cameo

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary night rally at the Grappone Conference Center on January 23, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images Nikki Haley made a surprise — and funny — appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” where she asked a cast member playing her … Read more