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US Moves Closer to Budget Paralysis After New Bill Fails

This is Beirut, 20/12 04:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On Thursday, the US House of Representatives largely rejected a new Republican budget proposal aimed at avoiding a paralysis of the federal government, in a stinging defeat that increases the uncertainty before the fateful midnight hour on Friday. The Republicans, despite having a majority in the lower house, had put this new proposal to the vote ...

Trump Taps Truth Social CEO to Lead Intelligence Advisory Board

This is Beirut, 15/12 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named loyalist Devin Nunes, who heads his social media platform Truth Social, to serve as chairman of a White House intelligence advisory board. Nunes is a Republican ex-congressman from California who led the US House intelligence committee during the start of Trump's first presidential term. He has ...

RFK Jr. Revives JFK Conspiracy Debates in the Trump Era

This is Beirut, 14/12 17:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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More than 60 years later, the assassination of U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy continues to fuel conspiracy theories. The arrival of his nephew, Robert Kennedy Jr, as a minister under Donald Trump could now bring these theories as far as the White House. For a time, he was a candidate in November’s presidential election, but “RFK ...

Local Responses on the Announcement of the Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 27/11 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hours after US President Joe Biden announced a proposal to end the “devastating” conflict, which has killed thousands of people over the course of nearly 14 months of cross-border fighting, the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect. Many local positions were issued after the truce, which started at 4 AM on ...

"Keep Calm and Gobble On": Biden Bids Farewell at Final Turkey Pardon

This is Beirut, 26/11 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lame-duck President Joe Biden had a message for Americans at his final Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony on Monday before Donald Trump returns to the White House – "keep calm and gobble on." Biden, 82, spared birds Peach and Blossom from ending up on the dinner table in a quirky and time-honored tradition marking the upcoming US holiday. In ...

US Court Delays Indefinitely Trump Sentence in Criminal Case

This is Beirut, 23/11 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money case on Friday delayed his sentencing indefinitely, in what the president-elect's team called a "decisive win" as he prepares to return to the White House. Trump, who was to have been sentenced on November 26, fought to block that proceeding before he succeeds Joe Biden in ...

Bitcoin Nears $100K: Will Trump Boost Crypto?

Maurice Matta, 22/11 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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On Thursday, Bitcoin surged past $98,000, raising its market capitalization to $1.9 trillion. This rally reflects expectations of robust legislative and executive support for the crypto sector, bolstered by Republican victories in the White House and Congress. The cryptocurrency market, including “meme coins” like Dogecoin, continues to surge ...

Most Asian Markets Track Wall St Gains, Bitcoin Closes on $100,000

This is Beirut, 22/11 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Most Asian markets gained Friday after a bounce on Wall Street, while bitcoin continued its march higher to move within touching distance of the $100,000 mark. Rising geopolitical tensions tempered the atmosphere and pushed oil higher after Russia hit Ukraine with a new-generation intermediate-range missile and sent a warning to the West. The ...

Russia Pounds Ukraine With ‘Massive’ Attack in ‘Hellish’ Night

This is Beirut, 17/11 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia on Sunday pummelled Ukraine with a "massive" aerial barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least nine people across the country in the largest attack in months that Kyiv called "hellish." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow launched 120 missiles and almost 100 drones, targeting Kyiv as well as ...

Trump Picks Karoline Leavitt as New White House Press Secretary

This is Beirut, 16/11 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump's 27-year-old pick for White House press secretary, has had a meteoric rise since getting her break as a student assistant for Fox News during Trump’s 2016 campaign for the White House. After serving as an assistant press secretary during Trump's first stint as president, she is set to return as ...

Loyalists and Powerhouses: Key Figures of the Trump Administration

Soumia Benmerzoug, 15/11 12:49 - Reading : 8 minute(s)

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RFK Jr., Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a longtime health and environmental campaigner, who at 70 proudly shows off his muscular body. But the scion of the famous US political dynasty is also a leading anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who has promoted the disproven idea that childhood vaccines cause autism and claimed ...

Trump, Biden Vow Smooth Power Transfer at White House Meeting

This is Beirut, 13/11 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden met on Wednesday for the first time since Trump won the US Presidential election last week, with both leaders promising a smooth transfer of power in January. The meeting concluded after approximately two hours, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre reported. "It was a substantive ...

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