President-elect Trump has named his former acting attorney general, Matthew G. Whitaker, as the next ambassador to NATO, selecting him to fill the role at a crucial time amid Russia's war in Ukraine and tensions over defense spending across the Western security alliance. In a statement, Trump said that Whitaker was a "strong warrior and...
Doctors Without Borders has suspended its activities in Port-au-Prince following a series of threats by the country's police forces, the organization announced Tuesday. Death and rape are among the threats that Doctors Without Borders -- or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) -- staff have received from police officers, the release said. “As MSF, we accept working...
President-elect Trump’s attorneys signaled an effort to try to run out the clock on his New York hush money case, asking Judge Juan Merchan for a month to mount a formal effort to dismiss his criminal conviction in the wake of his White House victory. Attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove – who Trump has...
Economists are expecting President-elect Trump to place tariffs of about 40 percent on Chinese imports, according to a survey from Reuters. In the survey of economists, 45 percent said the “level of tariffs imposed by Trump on Chinese goods” will be between 31 percent and 45 percent. Thirty-five percent said the level would be between...
A new study released Wednesday found that climate change intensified recent hurricanes by 18 miles per hour. The study, titled “Human-caused ocean warming has intensified recent hurricanes,” was published in the journal, "Environmental Research: Climate." It found human-driven shifts have already driven changes in 84 percent of hurricane intensities and noted that storms between the...
Democrats are deeply divided on how aggressively to resist President-elect Donald Trump and his allies. While some are taking a conciliatory approach to the...