When it comes to the federal payroll, two seemingly contradictory things are true. One, the Biden administration went on a hiring spree that expanded the government work force at the fastest pace since the 1980s. And two, it remains near a record low as a share of overall employment. In the four years separating President…
Donald Trump: अमेरिका के 47वें राष्ट्रपति के रूप में शपथ लेने के फौरन बाद डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने कई बड़े फैसले लिए. उन्होंने 90 दिनों के लिए यूक्रेन सहित कई देशों को अमेरिका की तरफ से जाने वाली आर्थिक मदद पर रोक लगा दी है. ऐसा इसलिए किया ताकि यह तय किया जा सके कि विदेशों…
A transition team for President Trump has asked scores of senior career diplomats to resign from their positions on Monday, as soon as Mr. Trump takes office, and many of those asked to step down intend to do so, two U.S. officials said. The practice is common when a presidential transition occurs, but it is…
Outgoing US President Joe Biden has issued pardons to Dr Anthony Fauci, retired General Mark Milley, and members of the House Committee that investigated the Capitol Hill attacks. This decision comes hours before Donald Trump is set to take oath as the 47th President of the United States. The move is seen as an attempt…
Outgoing US President Joe Biden will be leaving behind a letter for his successor Donald Trump on Monday, carrying forward a unique tradition among outgoing presidents which was started by Ronald Reagan. According to reports, Biden will be writing a letter to Trump in what would be a first in the 35-year-old letter-writing tradition —…
After they win elections and move into the White House, plenty of presidents at some point eventually break a campaign promise. Donald J. Trump will not even wait that long. He will break an important campaign promise the moment he takes the oath of office. While stumping for a return to power in the fall,…
President Biden and his aides came into office with deep experience in trans-Atlantic affairs. But over four years, they focused too on the Pacific, where China strains to be the dominant player. Their main effort: building up alliances to counter China. President-elect Donald J. Trump has already signaled a different approach to China. He invited…
“That to me, I think, has a practical answer, which is government-to-government agreements that emplace effective security safeguards and transparency around the hardware, the model weights and the know-how, and that’s what we have worked through in our M.O.U. [memorandum of understanding] with the U.A.E., and I believe that is a sustainable model for having…
Making his final trip as America’s top diplomat last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Paris, his former hometown, to a hero’s welcome. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, proclaimed Mr. Blinken “an eminent servant of peace” at a ceremony at the Élysée Palace before awarding him the country’s highest tribute, the Legion of…
Putting aside that argument, there are certainly some diplomatic opportunities Mr. Trump can seize, though history and ominous recent warnings suggest that he may soften up his adversaries and his allies with threats of military action if he doesn’t get what he wants. (See: Iran, Greenland, Panama.) Here is a scorecard to keep handy in…