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Spain Raises Maximum Bank Tax Rate to 7% In New Fiscal Package

Spain Raises Maximum Bank Tax Rate to 7% In New Fiscal Package

The Spanish government has raised its maximum special tax on banks.

Automakers to Trump: Please Require Us to Sell Electric Vehicles

Automakers to Trump: Please Require Us to Sell Electric Vehicles

Donald J. Trump promised to erase Biden tailpipe rules that are designed to get carmakers to produce EVs. But Detroit wants to kee...

M. Jodi Rell, who became Connecticut governor after her predecessor resigned, dies at 78

M. Jodi Rell, who became Connecticut governor after her predecessor resigned, dies at 78

Former Connecticut Gov. M

U.S. Defense Firms Are Warned About Russia’s Sabotage Campaign

U.S. Defense Firms Are Warned About Russia’s Sabotage Campaign

A new warning urges defense companies to increase security and to be on the lookout for surveillance and signs of trespassing.

Inside the Lobbying Career of Trump’s New Chief of Staff

Inside the Lobbying Career of Trump’s New Chief of Staff

Before managing the campaign of President-elect Donald J. Trump, Susie Wiles represented a tobacco company and a mining project, a...

House Passes Antiterror Financing Bill as Democrats Warn Trump Could Abuse It

House Passes Antiterror Financing Bill as Democrats Warn Trump Could Abuse It

A substantial number of Democrats reversed their previous positions and opposed the measure, warning that President-elect Donald J...

Brazil Police to Recommend Charges Against Ex-President Bolsonaro in Coup Probe

Brazil Police to Recommend Charges Against Ex-President Bolsonaro in Coup Probe

Brazil’s federal police are set to recommend criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro after probing an alleged an ...

Mexico Says There’s Plan to Receive Mexicans Deported by Trump

Mexico Says There’s Plan to Receive Mexicans Deported by Trump

The Mexican government has a plan to receive Mexicans living in the US if Donald Trump makes good on his promise of mass deportati...

FBI director, Homeland Security secretary refuse to publicly testify, Senate chairman says

FBI director, Homeland Security secretary refuse to publicly testify, Senate chairman says

FBI Director Christopher Wray and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after facing backlash for skipping public national security hea...

US Sanctions Gazprombank and Russian Banks Over Ukraine War

US Sanctions Gazprombank and Russian Banks Over Ukraine War

The US sanctioned Gazprombank, a major Russian financial institution, ramping up its economic campaign against the country as Pres...

The FBI and DHS leaders won't testify publicly about national security threats before the Senate

The FBI and DHS leaders won't testify publicly about national security threats before the Senate

The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate hearing on ...

Heritage launching $1M campaign targeting senators who could 'make or break' Trump Cabinet confirmations

Heritage launching $1M campaign targeting senators who could 'make or break' Trump Cabinet confirmations

FIRST ON FOX: The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America is launching a $1 million public education campaign to advoc...

Senate showdown: GOP secures deal with Schumer to save coveted appellate judges for Trump

Senate showdown: GOP secures deal with Schumer to save coveted appellate judges for Trump

Senate Democrats and Republicans struck a midnight deal Wednesday that would secure four crucial appellate court judge nominations...

Milei Says Vice President Has ‘No Influence’ on Argentina Policy

Milei Says Vice President Has ‘No Influence’ on Argentina Policy

Argentine President Javier Milei lambasted his vice president one year after they won a historic election, exposing a deep fractur...

Number of women who are state lawmakers inches up to a record

Number of women who are state lawmakers inches up to a record

The total number of women who are state lawmakers has once again reached new heights, following a trend up in recent years

Bitcoin is at the doorstep of $100,000 as post-election rally rolls on

Bitcoin is at the doorstep of $100,000 as post-election rally rolls on

Bitcoin is jumping again, rising above $98,000 for the first time Thursday

Transgender women are 'every bit as 'biologically female' as cis women,' bisexual, trans state lawmaker claims

Transgender women are 'every bit as 'biologically female' as cis women,' bisexual, trans state lawmaker claims

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr claims transgender women are just as much "'biologically female' as cis women."

Trudeau to Unveil Tax Relief in Deal With Left-Wing Opposition

Trudeau to Unveil Tax Relief in Deal With Left-Wing Opposition

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will announce a multibillion dollar affordability package that includes temporary relie...

Democratic Pennsylvania election official apologizes for controversial comments as Senate recount begins

Democratic Pennsylvania election official apologizes for controversial comments as Senate recount begins

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia apologized for claiming court precedent "doesn't matter" in relatio...

Trump's incoming White House chief of staff's lobbying interest come under scrutiny

Trump's incoming White House chief of staff's lobbying interest come under scrutiny

Incoming White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been called out by progressives for her past work as a lobbyist on behalf of v...

Cohn Says Trump Has ‘Plenty of Time’ to Settle on Treasury Pick

Cohn Says Trump Has ‘Plenty of Time’ to Settle on Treasury Pick

Gary Cohn, the onetime chief economic adviser to Donald Trump, called the pick for a second-term Treasury secretary one of the key...

Why ICC Issued Arrest Warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu

Why ICC Issued Arrest Warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu

When in May the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said he was seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benj...

Modi’s Ties to Adani Will Face Tougher Scrutiny This Time Around

Modi’s Ties to Adani Will Face Tougher Scrutiny This Time Around

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will find it increasingly difficult to distance himself from the latest controversy erupting around G...

New Republican Governors Association chair says 'focus' is on helping Trump get 'off to a strong start'

New Republican Governors Association chair says 'focus' is on helping Trump get 'off to a strong start'

New Republican Governors Association chair Brian Kemp says 'we need to focus' on helping the Trump administration get 'off to a st...

Harris campaign officials explain what went wrong – and what Trump did right: report

Harris campaign officials explain what went wrong – and what Trump did right: report

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign offered an election post-mortem Thursday, saying they could not overcome economic frustrati...

Caravan of 1,500 migrants forms in Mexico

Caravan of 1,500 migrants forms in Mexico

Hundreds of desperate migrants have formed a caravan in southern Mexico and hope to make the 1,000 mile journey to the United Stat...

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu on War Conduct

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu on War Conduct

The International Criminal Court judges on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas...

Carson Block Expects More Anti-Short-Seller Rhetoric Under Trump

Carson Block Expects More Anti-Short-Seller Rhetoric Under Trump

Muddy Waters Capital’s Chief Executive Officer Carson Block expects more rhetoric against short sellers during Donald Trump’s admi...

Trump administration picks' families have 1 thing in common

Trump administration picks' families have 1 thing in common

As President-elect Trump builds his new administration, commentators noticed many of those being selected as his close advisers ar...

Comer to create DOGE subcommittee chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to work with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy

Comer to create DOGE subcommittee chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to work with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer is expected to establish a subcommittee that will work with the Department of Governme...

Sierra Leone Woos Miners to Clean Energy With $11 Billion Plan

Sierra Leone Woos Miners to Clean Energy With $11 Billion Plan

Sierra Leone wants mining companies to connect to the grid and help reassure renewable-energy investors there’s enough demand in t...

Modi Gains Some Breathing Space With Trump’s Return

Modi Gains Some Breathing Space With Trump’s Return

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Declassified Pentagon F-35 Study Details Reliability, Security Woes for America’s Costliest Weapon

Declassified Pentagon F-35 Study Details Reliability, Security Woes for America’s Costliest Weapon

A declassified Pentagon comprehensive test report of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 warplane, America’s most expensive weapons syste...

Trump Seeks His Perfect Treasury Candidate as Search Drags On

Trump Seeks His Perfect Treasury Candidate as Search Drags On

Donald Trump’s search for a Treasury secretary remains in flux, with the president-elect telling allies and advisers in recent day...

Trump Recruits His Cast for Season 2 Straight From Television

Trump Recruits His Cast for Season 2 Straight From Television

The president-elect, who built his reputation on reality television, is rounding out his second administration with Dr. Oz, Fox Ne...

Why Mexico Isn’t Panicking About Another Trump Presidency

Why Mexico Isn’t Panicking About Another Trump Presidency

Mexico is banking on its ability to negotiate with a deal maker like Donald J. Trump, and many officials say the country is better...

Democrat Tammy Baldwin details recipe for running in a swing state after victory in Trump-won Wisconsin

Democrat Tammy Baldwin details recipe for running in a swing state after victory in Trump-won Wisconsin

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin managed to win re-election as a Democrat while Republican President-elect Donald Trump flipped her st...

Thailand Targets Investment-Led Growth as PM Plans for Trump Era

Thailand Targets Investment-Led Growth as PM Plans for Trump Era

Thailand is taking steps to attract more foreign investment to accelerate economic growth while preparing to adjust its policies t...

Ukraine Says Russia Fires Intercontinental Missile in Escalation

Ukraine Says Russia Fires Intercontinental Missile in Escalation

Ukraine said Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on the country following Kyiv’s strikes with w...

Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth

Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth

A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a Califor...

Who Is Gautam Adani and Why Has the US Charged Him With Bribery?

Who Is Gautam Adani and Why Has the US Charged Him With Bribery?

Gautam Adani is one of Asia’s richest men and at one point last year was second in wealth in the world only to Elon Musk. Now, his...

Germany’s Stringent Fiscal Rules Up for Debate Ahead of Election

Germany’s Stringent Fiscal Rules Up for Debate Ahead of Election

Germany’s strict borrowing rules, long championed by conservative politicians and fiscally hawkish economists, could soon be in fo...

Vietnam, Malaysia Seek to Smooth Tensions in South China Sea

Vietnam, Malaysia Seek to Smooth Tensions in South China Sea

Vietnam and Malaysia agreed to elevate ties and explore closer cooperation to maintain peace in the South China Sea, after a compl...

Now’s the Time to Toughen Russia Oil Sanctions: Oil Strategy

Now’s the Time to Toughen Russia Oil Sanctions: Oil Strategy

Falling oil prices and an impending period of over-supply could create the perfect opportunity to toughen sanctions on Russian sup...

Israel Has a New Operational Freedom After Crippling Hezbollah

Israel Has a New Operational Freedom After Crippling Hezbollah

For years, Israelis were told that in the next war with Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia would fire thousands of rockets and missil...

Mali Junta Dismisses Government After Criticism of Military Rule

Mali Junta Dismisses Government After Criticism of Military Rule

Mali’s military leaders fired Prime Minister Choguel Maiga and his entire government, days after the premier criticized the junta’...

Trump's incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She'll face a raft of special interests

Trump's incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She'll face a raft of special interests

As Donald Trump prepares to return to power, his victory is likely to embolden those who think they can get his ear

China Protests Spiked 27% in Months Before Xi’s Stimulus Push

China Protests Spiked 27% in Months Before Xi’s Stimulus Push

China saw a dramatic rise in protests in the third quarter, according to one US advocacy group, an acceleration that came as the n...

Romanian Ultra-Nationalist Presidential Hopeful Vows to End Military Aid to Kyiv

Romanian Ultra-Nationalist Presidential Hopeful Vows to End Military Aid to Kyiv

Romania’s ultra-nationalist party leader, whose popularity has propelled him to No. 2 in the polls ahead of the country’s presiden...

Fighting Is Engulfing 10% of Africa, Verisk Maplecroft Says

Fighting Is Engulfing 10% of Africa, Verisk Maplecroft Says

About 10% of Africa is embroiled in conflict, with fighting having spread and intensified over the past three years, according to ...

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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