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Trump's Favorite New Theme: 'Imperialism'
Trump's
Favorite
New Theme:
'Imperialism'
the rundown
Dec 24, 2024 10:10 AM CST

Trump's Favorite New Theme: 'Imperialism'

Analysts do not think he's joking about plans to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal

(Newser) - As he prepares to return to the White House, President-elect Trump has floated the idea of the US taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal , not to mention needling Canada about becoming the 51st US state . A look at related coverage:
  • No joke: OK, disregard the Canada comments, which were
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Trump Wants Denali Renamed
Trump Wants Denali Renamed
Dec 23, 2024 6:40 PM CST

Trump Wants Denali Renamed

Alaska's two Republican senators object to changing back to Mount McKinley

(Newser) - Opposition to President-elect Trump's renewed suggestion to change the name of Alaska's 20,310-foot mountain back to McKinley includes many Alaskans, including Indigenous people, and the state's two Republican senators. Sen. Lisa Murkowski advocated for years to remove the name of the nation's 25th president, who...

Trump: US Owning Greenland Is an 'Absolute Necessity'

Greenland's PM pushes back: 'We are not for sale and will never be for sale'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is expressing some interesting territorial wishes ahead of his return to the White House, hinting in recent days that Canada should become the United States' 51st state and floating the idea that the US should retake control of the Panama Canal . Over the weekend, the Trump reupped an...

Callista Gingrich Gets Trump Nod for Ambassadorship

In Trump's first term, she was ambassador to the Vatican; now he wants her as Switzerland's envoy

(Newser) - Some big news for Callista Gingrich over the weekend: She's been selected by Donald Trump to serve as his ambassador to Switzerland, reports the AP . In a Sunday post on Truth Social, the president-elect said he was "pleased" to make this appointment. "Happily married to the Great...

Panama to Trump: Hands Off Our Canal

Nation's president responds after president-elect suggests US might take it back

(Newser) - The president of Panama delivered a clear message in response to a surprise threat from Donald Trump on Sunday: You can't have the canal back.
  • "As president, I want to express clearly that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zone belongs to Panama, and
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Biden Commutes 37 of 40 Federal Death Row Sentences

President converts them to life terms

(Newser) - President Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings,...

GOP Lawmaker: Elon Musk Is Like America's Prime Minister

Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas calls the situation 'kind of interesting'

(Newser) - America doesn't have a prime minister, but if it did, one Republican lawmaker thinks he knows who it would be. "It's kind of interesting. We have a president, we have a vice president, we have a [House] Speaker. It feels like as if Elon Musk is our...

Trump Threatens Panama Over Control of Canal
Trump Floats
Retaking Panama Canal
Dec 22, 2024 4:35 PM CST

Trump Floats Retaking Panama Canal

At first rally since his victory, president-elect complains about fees charged US ships

(Newser) - Turning over the Panama Canal, a process started in 1977 by President Carter, was foolish, President-elect Trump says. And unless there are changes, Trump posted, "we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question." At issue are the fees Panama charges...

Shutdown Vote Suggests What's in Store for Trump
Shutdown Vote Suggests
What's in Store for Trump
the rundown
Dec 22, 2024 9:10 AM CST

Shutdown Vote Suggests What's in Store for Trump

Right flank of his party in Congress rebuffed him on the debt limit, previewing 2025 fights

(Newser) - Now that the dust has settled on the shutdown drama in Washington , one theme in coverage has emerged: President-elect Trump tested the limits of his political clout with the right flank of his party and was quickly rebuffed. It suggests he faces a tougher-than-expected slog in Congress next year. Coverage:...

Trump Picks Mark Burnett, Apprentice Producer, as Envoy

Positions usually are reserved for global hotspots, not the UK

(Newser) - Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with The Apprentice, is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. "With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend...

No Shutdown: Senate Passes Bill Just After Deadline

Measure went through after midnight, but no agencies were shut down

(Newser) - The Senate passed a spending measure in the early hours of Saturday—technically missing a midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown, but by so little a margin that the disruption will be minimal, reports CNN . The vote was 85-11. President Biden is expected to quickly sign it. Passage came...

Late-Night Hosts Needle Trump Over Musk
Friendship of Musk, Trump
May Be Getting Tested
the rundown
Dec 20, 2024 9:34 AM CST

Friendship of Musk, Trump May Be Getting Tested

President-elect's team rejects the assertion that Musk is calling the shots

(Newser) - The drama in DC over a possible government shutdown has focused attention on the relationship between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Musk got out ahead of the president-elect earlier this week in urging Congress to reject a spending bill, which "raised an awkward question for Trump of whether he...

Why Dozens of GOP Lawmakers Defied Trump
Why Dozens of
GOP Lawmakers
Defied Trump
THE RUNDOWN
Dec 20, 2024 6:45 AM CST

Why Dozens of GOP Lawmakers Defied Trump

Raising the debt limit was a big problem for 38 House GOPers who voted against spending bill

(Newser) - President-elect Trump urged all Republicans to vote in favor of the Plan B government spending deal Thursday night—but 38 House Republicans defied his wishes and voted against the plan , leaving the country on the brink of a government shutdown. The rebel lawmakers weren't moderate Republicans who have angered...

Democrats Chant Answer to 'Laughable' GOP Plan

Trump, Roy air a difference of opinion on the spending deal

(Newser) - House Democrats didn't just say they don't support the new federal spending plan to avoid a government shutdown that the Republicans came up with Thursday. They chanted it. "Hell no, hell no" could be heard coming from the room where the caucus was meeting, the Washington Post...

Spending Deal Is Dead, and It's Not Clear What's Next
Republicans Say They
Have a Spending Deal
updated
Dec 19, 2024 3:15 PM CST

Republicans Say They Have a Spending Deal

Trump backs the three-month Plan B, which leaves out congressional pay raise

(Newser) - House Republicans have announced that they've reached agreement on a Plan B to avert a government shutdown. They plan a vote later Thursday, the Hill reports, ahead of Friday's deadline. The new version includes a three-month continuing resolution and a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling but leaves...

Elon Musk Floated as Next Speaker of the House
'Unelected Oligarch,'
or the Next House Speaker?
the rundown
Dec 19, 2024 12:16 PM CST

'Unelected Oligarch,' or the Next House Speaker?

Rand Paul flexes his political muscle, earns praise and scorn

(Newser) - Elon Musk had a big hand in Republicans rejecting a spending bill that would've prevented a government shutdown. And Sen. Rand Paul wants the billionaire Trump ally, tapped to head a department of government efficiency in the incoming administration, to play a much bigger role going forward—as House...

Trump Rejects Plan to Prevent Government Shutdown

He says Johnson, other Republicans should renegotiate days before deadline

(Newser) - President-elect Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate—days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.
  • Trump's sudden decision to make new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to
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Eric Adams Is Having a Tumultuous Week
Eric Adams
Is Having
Quite a Week
Dec 17, 2024 12:41 PM CST

Eric Adams Is Having Quite a Week

NYC mayor suffers 2 serious political blows, even as Trump floats the idea of a pardon

(Newser) - As New York City Mayor Eric Adams attempts to survive political scandal , he's been the subject of a series of major headlines:
  • A big hit: On Monday, the city's Campaign Finance Board dealt his reelection hopes a serious political blow by deeming him ineligible to receive more than
...

ABC News Has Some Questions to Answer
Lawyers: ABC Has Some
Questions to Answer
the rundown
Dec 17, 2024 11:56 AM CST

Lawyers: ABC Has Some Questions to Answer

Surprise move has left First Amendment attorneys scratching their heads

(Newser) - ABC News surprised the world of journalism last week by settling a defamation suit brought by Donald Trump and agreeing to pay $15 million. Trump sued after the network's George Stephanopoulos said multiple times on the air that Trump had been found "liable for rape" against E. Jean...

At Trump's Press Conference, a Telling Line

'Everybody wants to be my friend,' he says of the 2024 transition to the White House

(Newser) - President-elect Trump gave a wide-ranging news conference on Monday at Mar-a-Lago, and one line in particular has caught the attention of outlets including Axios . At one point, Trump drew a comparison between this year's transition to the White House and the one in 2016:
  • The comment: "The first
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