Tag: Trump Administration 2.0

After Sex Updated To Male, US Trans Influencer Alleges Violation Of Rights

January 31, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Zaya Perysian, a US-based Transgender influencer, has alleged that she has been forced to identify as male under the Donald Trump administration. Zaya claims that the gender on her passport has been changed to male while all her other documents identify her as female. This comes after Trump, during his inaugural address, announced…

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Trump’s First Week In Office

January 26, 2025 admin

Donald Trump has shaken up America and the world in an extraordinary first week back in the White House that saw him remake the US political universe in his own image. On his first day, Trump signed more executive orders than any president in history, consolidating his power over every lever of the US government….

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Senate Poised To Confirm Fox News Host As US Defence Secretary

January 25, 2025 admin

Washington: The US Senate appeared poised Friday to narrowly confirm former Fox News host Peter Hegseth for defense secretary, with opponents saying Donald Trump’s pick has nowhere near the experience for the huge job and a disturbing history of heavy drinking and domestic abuse. Hegseth’s resume is so thin and his list of alleged personal…

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Foreign Tech Workers On Visas Urged To Return To US Before Trump Takes Office

December 20, 2024 admin

Immigration lawyers are urging their foreign clients who work in tech and are in the US on visas to return to the country before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. The warning comes as the Trump administration is expected to include several executive orders that will limit access to several types of work visas,…

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Trump Names Lebanese-American Businessman Massad Boulos As Middle-East Advisor

December 1, 2024 admin

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Lebanese-American businessman Massad Boulos as his senior advisor on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, the latest family member to be appointed to a key position. “I am proud to announce that Massad Boulos will serve as Senior Advisor to the President on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs,”…

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Trump Names Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent As Treasury Chief

November 22, 2024 admin

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump’s first term, wants to reassert…

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Inside Trump’s Cabinet: Appointments And Front-Runners

November 19, 2024 admin

President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of picks for his cabinet and other high-ranking administration positions following his election victory. Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defense, intelligence, health, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking. MARCO RUBIO, secretary of state Trump tapped US Senator Marco…

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Trump Taps TVs “Dr. Oz” To Head US Public Health Insurance Program

November 19, 2024 admin

Washington: Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was appointing Mehmet Oz, a former surgeon and TV celebrity known as “Dr. Oz,” to lead the United States’ massive public health insurance program. The 64-year-old heart surgeon was championed on daytime television by Oprah Winfrey before he entered politics with an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat…

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Republicans Pick John Thune As Next US Senate Leader

November 13, 2024 admin

Washington: The Republicans in the US Senate picked John Thune as the chamber’s new leader Wednesday as lawmakers scrambling to prepare for President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration rejected his camp’s favored candidate. Thune, who already holds a junior leadership position, bested John Cornyn of Texas in a run-off to replace outgoing party leader Mitch McConnell,…

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