US President Donald Trump was sworn in for a historic second term, pledging a blitz of immediate orders on immigration and the US culture wars as he caps his extraordinary comeback. “Welcome home,” Biden said to Trump as he and First Lady Jill Biden greeted their successors at the front door to the presidential residence….
Outgoing US President Joe Biden warned of a “dangerous” oligarchy taking shape in America, as he delivered his farewell address and brought a decades-long career in politics to an end. “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that really threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedom,”…
By BBC Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to work with incoming President Donald Trump in his final meeting with current US leader Joe Biden. The two met on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru where they acknowledged “ups and downs” in relations over Biden’s four years…
By AFP US President elect Donald Trump made a triumphant return to the White House on Wednesday, where outgoing president Joe Biden offered a show of civility to the bitter rival who denied him the same courtesy four years ago. Trump’s visit came as Republicans were declared the majority party in the House of Representatives…
By BBC A week after Donald Trump won a second-term in the White House, the contours of his new presidency have started taking shape. The president-elect has announced nearly a dozen appointees, the first steps toward filling out his White House staff and key government departments. He also made comments to the media and on…
By AFP Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, media said on Wednesday defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that will send shock waves across the world. The polarizing Republican’s victory, following one of the most hostile campaigns in modern US history, was all the more remarkable given an unprecedented criminal conviction,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.cpo.ke Huldah Hiltsley Momanyi becomes the first Kenyan-born politician to hold office in the United States under the Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party. In the election, she won with 64.78 percent of the vote to represent Minnesota’s District 38A, which includes the southwestern parts of Brooklyn Park and Osseo. Momanyi was born in Nyamira…
Polls have closed in all seven key battlegrounds of this US election. The result of two swing states have already been projected, and there are signs to suggest how others are leaning. But it could still be some time before we find out whether Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris has won. Results are…
US Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said he would be prepared to concede defeat after Tuesday’s vote “if it’s a fair election”, while again raising concerns about the use of electronic voting machines. “If I lose an election, if it’s a fair election, I would be the first one to acknowledge it… So far I think it’s…
