The Acting Director of National Intelligence is a Trump loyalist with no national security experience. He heads Federal Housing Finance Agency & is seen as a polarising figure.
Trust in the ethical conduct of government is low with only 39% holding the view that the GOP governs ethically and honestly. Democrats performed only marginally better at 42%.
US Republican Joe Wilson, a long-time critic of Pakistan’s military, has consistently advocated for Khan’s release, calling him a 'political prisoner'.
The vote has laid bare fault lines in Trump's Republican Party after President-elect pressured lawmakers to tie up loose ends before he assumed office on 20 January.
Donald Trump won 295 electoral college votes as against 226 of Vice-President Kamala Harris. He also won the popular vote. He got 74 mn popular votes, while Harris received 70 mn.
Democrat & lawyer Suhas Subramanyam becomes 6th Indian-American to be elected to the lower chamber, joining 5 others who were re-elected. Democrats have already lost control of the Senate.
After jury ruled in favour of E. Jean Carroll, the former US president criticised country's legal system on his social media site Truth Social, plans to appeal verdict.
As US proposes additional tariff on Indian goods under Section 301, New Delhi says trade pact talks remain on track, with a possible textile carve-out which may offer relief to exporters.
An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.
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