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Who is Trump's intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard?

Having sided with Bashar al-Assad while a member of the Democratic Party, the former congresswoman's hard-right turn and sympathy for the Kremlin have the intelligence community deeply concerned.

Green News

What is the Paris Agreement? Trump has pulled US out of the deal

Most of the world's superpowers are members of the legally binding international treaty.

Health news

Trump will pull the US out of the World Health Organization

Here’s what the US withdrawal means for global health and what may happen next.

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Six takeaways from Trump's inauguration speech

Trump hinted at several executive orders in his first speech after being sworn in.

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Who is Han Zheng, China's representative at Trump's inauguration?

Vice President Han Zheng will represent China at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, signalling a potential thaw in Washington-Beijing relations.

Tech News

French movement asks X users to leave platform on US inauguration day

The French Human Rights League (LDH) is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X, formerly Twitter, on January 20.

Tech News

Joe Biden signs executive order to boost buidling of AI data centres

The outgoing US president, Joe Biden, signed an executive order that promotes the growth of artificial intelligence infrastructure.

USA

Report concludes Trump would have been convicted in 6 January case

Jack Smith's efforts to bring the once and future president to account for his actions were thwarted by tactical delays and Trump's re-election.

USA

Donald Trump to serve no jail time after hush money sentencing

The president-elect will still be inaugurated on 20 January, when he will become the US's first commander-in-chief to carry a felony conviction.

Canada

Trump says Canadians want the country to become the '51st state'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's political survival looks fragile as his finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned — citing irreconcilable differences on how best to deal with Trump's incoming tariff threats.

USA

Divided US voters hold on to their seats for a second Trump presidency

On a 27-hour train from Florida a month after Donald Trump was voted back into the White House, passengers discussed their hopes and fears for the future.

USA

United Healthcare CEO shooting: Luigi Mangione to plead not guilty

Suspect for the murder of United Healthcare CEO, Luigi Mangione, has said he will fight his extradition to New York where he faces murder charges.

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US dictionary Merriam-Webster picks topical Word of the Year 2024

Whether it's politically or culturally, “polarization means that we are tending toward the extremes rather than toward the center.”

Money

Who is David Sacks, Trump's pick for crypto and AI czar?

President-elect Donald Trump tapped David Sacks to be his new man on artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto. Here’s what we know.

Tech News

What will Trump's second administration have in store for AI?

From repealing Biden’s executive order to appointing people with varying views on AI, Euronews Next takes a look at what Trump 2.0 could mean for the emerging technology.

USA

Trump cites Biden's pardoning of son in bid to quash hush money case

Borrowing from the language the incumbent US president used to pardon his son Hunter, the president-elect’s lawyers have argued that their client is the victim of "political theatre".

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Euroviews. Paranoid style of American politics should be Europe's wake-up call

Democratic principles cannot rely solely on enlightened leaders but must be upheld by a broad, inclusive consensus, Graziella Romeo writes.

Health news

Trump taps professor and lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH

Bhattacharya said he wants to reform the US medical research agency and restore public trust in scientific institutions.

USA

Judge further delays Trump hush money sentencing

The president elect's 34 criminal convictions were handed down in the summer, but they did not derail his campaign for re-election.

USA

Pennsylvania Democrat concedes final US Senate race in Pennsylvania

David McCormick's razor-thin victory over Bob Casey gives the Republicans a 53rd seat in the upper chamber of Congress.