US Vice-President Kamala Harris will on Monday preside over the official certification in Congress of the result of November’s presidential election – a contest that she lost to Donald Trump. The date also marks the fourth anniversary of a riot at the US Capitol, when Trump’s supporters tried to thwart the certification of Democratic President…
Participants walk by the entrance of the U.N. COP29 climate conference at the Baku Olympic Stadium. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BAKU, Azerbaijan — Dubbed the “climate financing COP,” the 29th iteration of the U.N.’s annual climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, has hosted talks focused on unlocking crucial funds to combat environmental change…
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference on Sept.18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty The U.S. Federal Reserve could carry out fewer interest rate cuts than previously expected next year should President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed global tariffs take hold, former Fed policymaker Loretta Mester said Tuesday. Mester indicated that…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) joins former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the billionaire backer of newly minted President-elect Donald…
Americans disappointed with the outcome of the U.S. election took their anguish online, with searches related to moving abroad surging following the results of the presidential race. Google Trends showed that searches related to “leaving the country” and “how to move to …” spiked following the news that Donald Trump would be returning to the…
Putin praises Trump and congratulates election win Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, calling him a “courageous man”. Speaking at an event in the Russian city of Sochi, the Russian president said that Trump was “hounded from all sides” during his first term in the White House. Putin also said that…
Jeffrey Gundlach speaks at the 24th Annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 6, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Thursday interest rates could shoot higher if the Republicans ends up controlling the House, securing a governing trifecta that gives President-elect Donald Trump free rein to spend as he pleases. Gundlach, a…
Getty Images The party that will control the US House of Representatives for the next two years is still in the balance. Republicans were seven seats short of the 218 seats needed to take control on Thursday morning. Democrats need 15 more. The Senate, or upper chamber, and the White House have already flipped to…
Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. oil producers are looking forward to less regulations on crude production under a Donald Trump presidency, meaning…
As the U.S. election gets closer, Chinese investors are jumping into a stock that’s all about celebrating a win for Trump. The shares of Wisesoft Co., a company from Shenzhen that makes software for air traffic control, have skyrocketed by the daily limit for three days straight, buoyed by its Chinese name, “Chuan Da Zhi…
