With Trump tariffs looming, businesses try to ‘run from a moving target’
WASHINGTON — Rick Muskat woke up the morning after the election with an urgent task. He got his agent in China on the phone at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time and pressed him to ask their factory how many more pairs of men’s dress shoes they could make before Chinese New Year, at the end of January.
With ready orders and an energy czar, Trump plots pivot to fossil fuels
As President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former Cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter.
‘It was a total nightmare’
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters in Southern California expected a reprieve from extreme weather conditions Friday as they continued to battle a fast-moving fire that has already destroyed over 130 structures and damaged nearly 90 others.
RFK Jr reviewing resumes for top Trump health jobs, sources say
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the former independent presidential candidate, is reviewing candidate resumes for the top jobs at the U.S. government’s health agencies in Donald Trump’s incoming administration, a former Kennedy aide and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Biden’s Amazon visit comes as US climate policy to shift under Trump
Joe Biden will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Brazilian Amazon when he travels to Manaus later this month, a symbolic trip given the United States is likely to see a dramatic change in climate policy under President-elect Donald Trump.
After Hamas rejection of hostage deal, US asked Qatar to expel the group
The U.S. has told Qatar that the presence of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the Palestinian militant group rejected the latest proposal to achieve a ceasefire and a hostage deal, a senior administration official told Reuters on Friday.
Iranian agents plotted to kill Trump, US Says in unsealed charges
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Friday that Iranian plotters had discussed a plan to assassinate Donald Trump before he was reelected as president this week.
Devastated Democrats play the blame game, and stare at a dark future
A depressed and demoralized Democratic Party is beginning the painful slog into a largely powerless future, as its leaders grapple with how deeply they underestimated Donald Trump’s resurgent hold on the nation.
Fed’s Powell flags careful, patient approach after rate cut
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Thursday as its policymakers began taking stock of what could become a more complex economic landscape when President-elect Donald Trump takes office next year.
Nation and World news — at a glance — for November 8
Republicans carry ballot gains to state Houses
Biden vows peaceful transition to Trump: ‘A defeat does not mean we are defeated’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday urged the nation to accept the results of the presidential election, saying “the will of the people” was clear and vowing a peaceful transfer of power following former President Donald Trump’s decisive victory.
Leaders in Democratic states begin planning to fight Trump policies
As Donald Trump savored a victory in the presidential race, Democratic leaders in at least three state capitals have begun mobilizing to push back against potential Republican policies on issues like reproductive health and the environment.
Trump taps veteran Florida political operative Susie Wiles for top White House job
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Susie Wiles, the co-manager of his presidential campaign, as his White House chief of staff, elevating a longtime Florida political hand who has helped orchestrate some of the most crucial Republican wins in the state.
Putin praises Trump, says Russia is ready for dialogue
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. election, praised him for showing courage when a gunman tried to assassinate him, and said Moscow was ready for dialogue with the Republican president-elect.
More families stream out of north Gaza, as tanks push deeper
Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not be able to return.
Thousands under evacuation near Los Angeles as wildfire torches homes
Over ten thousand people were ordered to evacuate communities northwest of Los Angeles as fierce seasonal winds drove a wildfire down tinder-dry hillsides into ranches and homes, authorities said.
Temperatures are on track for a record high, researchers find
This year will almost certainly be the hottest on record, beating the high set in 2023, researchers announced Wednesday.
Liam Payne friend, 2 others, charged in connection with his death, report says
Nearly one month after Liam Payne’s fatal fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, three people — including a friend of the One Direction alum — have been charged in an ongoing investigation into his death, according to reports.
Mexico’s migrant caravan breaking up after Trump victory sows uncertainty
A caravan of thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico with the hope of reaching the U.S. had shrunk to about half its original size on Thursday as many migrants grapple with their prospects following former U.S. President Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s election.
Trump will return to power with a more expansive agenda
WASHINGTON — As he declared victory, President-elect Donald Trump said that his mission now was nothing less than to “save our country.” His version of doing that involves an expansive agenda that would reshape government, foreign policy, national security, economics and domestic affairs as dramatically as any president in modern times.