Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman confirmed he will meet with President-elect Trump ahead of the former and upcoming president’s second inauguration on Jan. 20. ‘President Trump invited me to meet, and I accepted. I’m the senator for all Pennsylvanians – not just Democrats in Pennsylvania,’ Fetterman told Fox News on Thursday. ‘I’ve been clear that no one is my gatekeeper. I will meet with and have a conversation with anyone if it helps me deliver...
The market sometimes struggles to find direction, as it digests mixed yet impactful economic data. Wednesday was one of those days. With US 10-Year Treasury yields rising and FOMC minutes highlighting inflation concerns, major indexes swung lower, then higher, before closing mixed: the Dow ($INDU) and S&P 500 ($SPX) edged up, while the Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ) ended in the red. Amid the back-and-forth, there are several tools you can use to find stocks that may...
President-elect Donald Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence shook hands at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday in their first public interaction in four years. Pence was seen standing up to shake Trump’s hand as the former president arrived inside Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral for the funeral. After the two acknowledged each other and appeared to say a few words, Pence shook the hand of former First Lady Melania Trump. Former Second...
House Republicans on Thursday introduced a bill for the United States to repurchase the Panama Canal after President-elect Trump raised concerns that the critical waterway is under Chinese control. The bill, named the Panama Canal Repurchase Act, was introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., a member of the Select Committee on China and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. ‘President Trump is right to consider repurchasing the Panama Canal,’ Johnson said in a statement. ‘China’s...
The Kremlin on Thursday said it is closely monitoring the ‘dramatic’ comments made by President-elect Donald Trump over his desire to acquire Greenland amid his expansionist rhetoric to take over the Panama Canal and assume Canada as a ’51st state.’ ‘The Arctic is a zone of our national interests, our strategic interests,’ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to a Reuters transcript. ‘We are interested in preserving the atmosphere of peace and stability in the Arctic zone. ‘We are watching the rather dramatic...
The House passed legislation sanctioning the International Criminal Court on Thursday in protest of its arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In one of the new Congress’ first acts, the bill passed 243-140, with 45 Democrats joining Republicans in support of it. The bill now heads to the Senate, where Republican Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has promised a swift vote to have it on President-elect Donald Trump’s desk by the time he...
The CEO of the Panama Canal has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s allegation that the waterway built by the United States over a century ago is now under the control of China. ‘The accusations that China is running the Canal are unfounded,’ Panama Canal Authority leaderRicaurte Vásquez Morales told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. ‘China has no involvement whatsoever in our operations.’ ‘Rules are rules and there are no exceptions,’ Vásquez Morales reportedly added. ‘We...
The funeral service of the late President Carter on Thursday at Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral brought together all five living presidents together in one location. The service comes as President Biden declared Thursday a National Day of Mourning for the 39th president, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. All five living men who once occupied the White House — the so-called presidents’ club — President Biden and former presidents Clinton, George W....
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra warned against the impact of a preemptive presidential pardon for people like Dr. Anthony Fauci just hours after President Biden said in an interview that he was still considering it. ‘It sinks my heart to think that we’re going to use the pardon process in a way that will follow the whims of whoever’s in the White House,’ Becerra, who previously served as California’s attorney general before taking...
The House is expected to pass legislation sanctioning the International Criminal Court on Thursday in protest of its arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This would be one of the first acts of the new Congress. The bill will then head to the Senate, where Republican Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has promised a swift vote to have it on President-elect Donald Trump’s desk by the time he takes office. Last time the...
