How far can Donald Trump go in getting his nominees confirmed?
US President-elect Donald Trump has asked Senate Majority leader John Thune to allow for recess appointments of Cabinet members if they don’t confirm their nominations during confirmation. Trump added he’d “be shocked” if the Senate doesn’t do so. It comes after the US Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Thune to be the Senate majority leader for the rest of Trump’s term.
Jake Paul was born after Mike Tyson became a champ
Jake Paul has won an eight-round unanimous decision over Mike Tyson in their boxing match on a streaming service. Tyson had appeared to have one of his gloves in his mouth as he bit Evan Holyfield on the ear during the Paul bout. Paul improved to 11-1 in his first sanctioned pro bout in almost 20 years.
In 2020 Trump didn’t meet Biden in the Oval Office
US President-elect Jill Biden has said, “We know that Donald Trump and his family are going to come back and they are going to run the country as a Trump company.” She added, “The Trumps tried to do things the official way so they didn’t show up. They will run the country like a Trump company.”
Musk was tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency
Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been appointed by US President Donald Trump to help him “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations” and cut wasteful expenditure through the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE). Musk had said that the federal government’s budget could be slashed by $2 trillion in 2024. Ramaswamy had dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in January.
Trump is meeting Biden today in the Oval Office
US President Donald Trump has said that he looked forward to being with President Barack Obama many times in the future. “It was an honour to meet with Obama…and I looked forward to being with him many, many more times in the future,” he added. Trump and Obama met for the first time since the US Presidential election.
People who have been displaced by the war fear Hezbollah might be hiding among them
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed at least 18 people, including eight women and four children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. A strike on a building east of Lebanon killed at least six people. Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in Gaza so far, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
The problem with banning masks at protests is more than just that
The first protests by Boston Tea Party in 1773 took place on December 16, when a group of protesters threw tea into the sea. Protesters had smeared their faces with soot and were wearing handkerchiefs as they threw tea into the sea. However, it wasn’t known that the protesters dumped tea in Boston to be known.
Not enough countries are increasing their renewable energy plans
A report by Breakthrough Institute found that over 130 countries pledged to triple their renewable capacity last year, but only eight of them have updated their national renewable energy targets. The report said the existing plans in 2023 were already enough to double global renewable energy capacity. It added that countries’ existing plans in 2023 were already enough to double global renewable energy capacity.
Trump is back, how Biden will change his “America’s back” message at the G20
US President Joe Biden will be meeting with leaders from the Asia Pacific Economic Community (APEC) in Hawaii this week. “I would look to Biden to make some practical points, because the likelihood of Trump administration imposing tariffs is real,” Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, said.
The U.N. ambassador is being tapped by Trump
US President Donald Trump has nominated New York Representative Elise Stefanik to serve as the US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). Stefanik is the Chairwoman of the House Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. If confirmed by the US Senate, she’ll replace Nikki Haley as the US Ambassador to the UN.