There is a minimum skills set that is required of the Commander-in-Chief and it involves making decisions of life and death in real and often hurried time, decisions about protecting America and its troops. Long before the Afghanistan debacle many doubted President Biden’s ability to correctly make those decisions, including former Secretary of Defense Gates. Vice President Harris never gave ...
Donald Trump’s second victory is even more remarkable than his first. The first was unexpected. He captured magic in a bottle. But magic comes once in a lifetime. The second time, he had to fight for it, sometimes fight what seemed like the whole world, especially the media. Fight and win. Love him or hate him, Trump is America’s real-life ...
Marks & Spencer has cautioned that it cannot rule out raising prices after absorbing an additional £120 million in costs resulting from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s national insurance (NI) changes and forthcoming wage increases. Chief executive Stuart Machin stated that the retailer would “do everything we can” to avoid passing these costs onto customers but acknowledged the company is confronting “pretty ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has downplayed fears of escalating protectionism under Donald Trump’s anticipated new trade tariffs, reaffirming Britain’s commitment to a robust economic relationship with the United States. In her first comments following Mr Trump’s re-election, Reeves emphasized the UK’s intent to uphold “free and open trade” between the two countries. Amid speculation over Trump’s pledge to impose steep tariffs—up ...
Vice President Harris’ second failed presidential bid mirrors aspects of her first trek on the campaign trail in 2019, proving to be short-lived and unfocused on key issues important to American voters, experts say. ‘Both started with great promise,’ Tevi Troy, a presidential historian and former senior official in the George W. Bush administration, told Fox News Digital in an ...
President-elect Donald Trump succeeded early in the morning on Wednesday, and defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race for the White House. Trump will take office for a second time in January. The only other presidential candidate in history to win the presidency non-consecutively was Grover Cleveland, who was elected as the 22nd and 24th U.S. president. ...
The UK’s used car market continues to grow, as more cash-conscious consumers opt for second-hand vehicles over new ones, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Transactions in the used car market rose by 4.3% year-on-year from July to September, with 1.96 million sales recorded. Notably, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) surged by 57%, reaching 53,423 transactions ...
The White House is ushering in a new era with the election of a second Trump presidency with Usha Vance set to become the first Indian American second lady in the White House. Vance, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants, will also be the first Hindu second lady. Vice President-elect JD Vance credited his ‘beautiful wife for making it ...
A Democratic congressman from New York recently blamed progressives for President-elect Trump’s victory this week, arguing that far-left causes actually disenchant certain voters. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., claimed that his party has ‘alienated historic numbers’ of minority voters in an X (former Twitter) post on Wednesday. Torres, a vocal supporter of Israel, pointed fingers at pro-Palestinian protests as one of ...
After Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech on Wednesday conceding her loss to President-elect Trump in the 2024 race, President Biden issued a statement saying that selecting Harris as his running mate was the ‘best decision’ he made. In a written statement, Biden said Harris stepped up to lead a ‘historic campaign’ under ‘extraordinary circumstances.’ Harris’ campaign, Biden said, ’embodied what’s ...