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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicUS Presidential Election 2024

Topic: US Presidential Election 2024

As Trump effect pushes Bitcoin past $100k mark, Indian crypto investors unfazed by govt’s stern stance

Donald Trump’s win & his pro-crypto stance have pushed up the price of Bitcoin by 45% in just one month. In India, govt’s high taxes don't seem to have deterred investors.

Gaetz withdraws as US Attorney General nominee in 1st setback to Trump 2.0. Pam Bondi the new AG pick

House Committee on Ethics was investigating allegations against Matt Gaetz & was to release a report. Donald Trump has acted swiftly to nominate former Florida Attorney General Bondi.

Former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr & Congressman Doug Collins bag positions in Trump 2.0

Kennedy's appointment as secretary of health is subject to confirmation by the Senate. Collins will serve as secretary for veterans affairs.

Nobel-winning physicist Max Born once lived in India, taught at IISc

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

3-point formula for sweeping elections. Trump has it, Modi had it, Rahul still searching

The Modi of 2024 was not riding the troika of propositions that won him two majorities and most recently brought Trump back to power. He was merely fighting to keep what was his.

Team Trump claims US election result highlights President-elect’s ‘connection with American voters’

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.

3 national capitals that will be the unhappiest about Trump’s victory & 3 that will be happiest

In the capitals that will now be the unhappiest, a Kamala Harris victory was presumed, and a lot of actions and calculations were predicated upon that.

‘Fascist, racist, creepy’. What Trump’s former aides have said about him & his ‘crazytown’ administration

Trump administration was a revolving door of Washington’s who’s who, with a high attrition rate & public spats. At least 11 ex-staffers have publicly warned he’s unfit for a 2nd term.

With Harris out, 2 Indian-Americans on Team Trump gain focus, as does India’s position in his 2nd term

Attention is now on soon-to-be Second Lady Usha Vance & Kash Patel, likely to be CIA director, says global media. It also notes Kashmir’s ongoing fight for restoration of special status.

Sheikh Hasina calls herself ‘prime minister’ of Bangladesh in letter congratulating Donald Trump

In letter released by Awami League on social media, Hasina lauds Trump’s ‘extraordinary leadership qualities’, expresses her ‘commitment to working together again’.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.