Donald Trump is weighing to push for his controversial adviser Kash Patel, an Indian-origin former Republican House staffer, to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as a clear indication of his vow to fire the incumbent Director Christopher Wray before his 10-year term with the agency completes and replace him with one of his…
The US state department held therapy sessions for employees who were upset by President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Representative Darrell Issa, R-Calif. criticised state secretary Antony Blinken and raised concerns about the government funding mental health counselling. “I am concerned that the Department is catering to federal employees who are personally devastated by the normal functioning…
Donald Trump has tapped Scott Bessent, a prominent hedge fund manager known for his support of deficit reduction and deregulation and a former major donor to the Democrats, to serve as the next Treasury Secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Bessent will be the first openly gay cabinet member in a Republican administration. Bessent, 62,…
Jay Bhattacharya is now the presumptive favourite to be selected by President-elect Donald Trump as the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The Stanford-trained physician and economist met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump’s pick to lead the Department…
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as US Treasury secretary, ending days of twists that saw high profile candidates pitted against each other for the cabinet position with vast influence over economic, regulatory and international affairs. Wall Street has been closely watching who Trump would choose, especially given…
US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, the world’s most influential drug regulator with a more than $7 billion (Approximately Rs 58,100 crore) budget. Makary, a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he is chief of islet transplant surgery, in interviews promoting…
NEW DELHI: The BJP, which had relied heavily on Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to lead its Jharkhand campaign, has been decimated in the state. Chief minister Hemant Soren has led his party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to its best-ever performance in the state. JMM-led ruling INDIA bloc has crossed the two-third majority mark…
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a cornerstone of the United States’ fight against international corruption, may see a seismic shift in enforcement and focus if Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office. This landmark legislation, passed in 1977, prohibits U.S-connected entities from offering bribes to foreign officials. Yet, Trump’s complicated history with the FCPA…
Donald Trump may seek dismissal of the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, while also indefinitely delaying Trump’s sentencing in light of his victory in the November 5 US presidential election. The sentencing had been…
With the 29th session of the conference of parties under the UNFCCC underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, let’s take a look at important players at the platform. This includes states, as well as regional groups and special climate related alliances. A broader classification may very well be states and groups who are largely responsible for a…