Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump Donald Trump inauguration – live updates Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes during celebrations of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. “I just want to say thank […]
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President makes good on campaign promise and issues pardons and commutations over deadly 2021 insurrection Donald Trump inauguration – live updates What executive orders did Trump sign on day one? Donald Trump on Monday issued “full, complete and unconditional” presidential pardons for about 1,500 people who were involved in the […]
President pardons 1,500 rioters, launches immigration crackdown, pauses TikTok ban and orders US withdrawal from WHO among other actions What executive orders did Trump sign on day one? ‘Tale of two cities’: Martin Luther King Jr honored as Trump is sworn in nearby Trump embraces role of demagogue on divine […]
President-elect tells thousands of supporters at rally: ‘You’re gonna have a lot of fun watching television’ An exultant Donald Trump has promised to act with “historic speed and strength” when he returns to the White House on Monday, teeing up a barrage of executive orders targeting illegal immigration, transgender rights […]
Three-phase deal requires new negotiations to advance and is highly vulnerable amid little trust between the sides Israel-Gaza war – live updates The hours-long delay in implementing the Gaza ceasefire agreement is not a good omen for a deal that many fear could be doomed to failure as it moves […]
Israel says it will prevent ‘public displays of joy’ by families when Palestinians are released as part of Gaza ceasefire Israel-Gaza war – live updates The family of Zina Barber, a 24-year-old Palestinian woman held in a jail for more than a year, were preparing for her to be released […]
The deal has made it possible to hope that the nightmares of the Israeli hostages and the people of Gaza can begin to end Israel-Gaza war – live updates From a ridge on the western edge of Sderot, the ruins of Gaza loom. Less than a kilometre separates the Israeli […]
Prisoners speak of their joy as they are greeted by thousands of people in occupied West Bank despite Israeli attempts to prevent ‘public displays of joy’ Gaza ceasefire – live updates About 90 Palestinian prisoners have been released in exchange for three Israeli hostages handed over by Hamas to Israel, […]
PM says US has promised Israel will have the weaponry it needs to return to military campaign if necessary In an update on the previous post, the Israeli military said sirens sounded in central Israel on Saturday as it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen. Explosions were heard over Jerusalem […]
To admirers, Biden will remain one of the most consequential one-term presidents in US history – to detractors, he was undone by a fatal flaw His back straight, his voice steady, Joe Biden stood at the US Capitol just days after a violent insurrection and declared: “Democracy has prevailed.” Fast […]