Trump's Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth slammed over remarks on women

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, came under fire during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as Democrats railed against him and voiced deep concern about...

Donald Trump look-alike sings to sell pudding in Pakistan

In a bustling market in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, a food vendor who locals say bears an uncanny resemblance to US President-elect Donald Trump gets more business — and...

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Trump spared jail, fine or probation at hush money sentencing days before inauguration

US President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail, pay a fine or be put on probation for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn...

Trump’s trash talk revives the worst of world politics

Donald Trump, just days from returning to the Oval Office, wants friend and foe to know that he’s wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale, murdered a rock,...

The case for paranoid optimism under Trump 2.0

Andreas Kluth, Tribune News Service The coming year, 2025, is really like any other, only more so: It deserves to be greeted with what one of my former editors...

Global stock markets mostly end in green on US optimism

European and Asian stock markets mostly rose Tuesday following another tech rally on Wall Street. Traders also assessed tariff plans of incoming US president Donald Trump following a report...

Trump’s immigration crackdown will be ugly

As Inauguration Day nears, it’s clear that President-elect Donald Trump believes he has a mandate to enact the largest deportation in US history. What happens next could forever alter...

Questions remain about soldier's motive in Cybertruck explosion

Investigators know that a highly decorated Army soldier shot himself in the head inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks just before it exploded outside Trump International Hotel in...