Category: Politics

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and U.S. Covid policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health, the country’s top public funder of medical research…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump tapped attorney Jamieson Greer on Tuesday to serve as the U.S. Trade Representative, a pick that will play an important role in the Republican’s agenda to…

A permanent ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah is scheduled to begin Wednesday, following a yearlong conflict between the Jewish state and Iranian-backed groups. President Joe Biden announced the deal,…

Labour has launched its welfare reforms in a big push to get 135,000 economically inactive Scots back to work. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said those who “can work,…

A Lanarkshire MSP has accused the Scottish Government of “being unprepared” for winter following the release of the latest NHS Accident and Emergency figures. The most recent weekly figures also…

Rutherglen’s politicians are again at odds with one another, this time over the delay of legislation aimed at introducing a National Care Service. Michael Shanks MP urged Clare Haughey MSP…

Tron blockchain founder Justin Sun has invested $30 million into Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, he announced Monday. “We are thrilled to invest $30 million in World Liberty…

As Republicans on Capitol Hill lay the groundwork for extending the 2017 tax cuts, cracks are already emerging on one of the biggest questions: how to handle the cost. Extending…

Macy’s on Monday posted preliminary third-quarter results and said it would delay its full earnings release as it completes an investigation of an accounting issue. The company was slated to…

The EU Commission said on Monday it had formally brought the provisional anti-dumping measures imposed by China on imports of EU brandy to the World Trade Organization, the latest development…