Politics

[custom_adv] Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei (born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia Marja ‘and the second and current supreme leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously President of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei is the longest serving head of state in the Middle East, as well as the second-longest serving Iranian leader of the last …

[custom_adv] Earlier, in his farewell address to the nation Tuesday, Donald Trump extended his wishes to the Biden administration. “This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous,” Trump said.

[custom_adv] As his days in office dwindle, and White House staff haul away reams of documents for his presidential library, President Donald Trump remains angry and isolated, exploding at any suggestion he resign early, insiders say.

[custom_adv] Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman found a novel way to work remotely on Thursday by addressing the World Economic Forum from a computer set up in the desert.

[custom_adv] Local and federal security officials expect about 20,000 National Guard members to be involved in securing Washington, D.C., for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.

[custom_adv] As part of his whirlwind tour aimed toward promoting religious freedom around the world, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the papal nuncio to Turkey and toured an Istanbul mosque after meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Tuesday.

[custom_adv] Congress raised the presidential salary from $US200,000 to $US400,000 in 2001 (plus an extra expense allowance of $US50,000 a year). For President Trump, that is a huge decrease from his usual income – he’s worth $US3.1 billion according to Forbes.The president also receives a travel budget of $US100,000 and a $US19,000 allowance for entertainment. While a presidential salary is …

[custom_adv] Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the vice president-elect of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, she is set to assume office on January 20, 2021, alongside President-elect Joe Biden, having defeated incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the 2020 presidential election.

[custom_adv] Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician and the 46th president-elect of the United States. After defeating incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election, he will be inaugurated as the 46th president in January 2021.

[custom_adv] Anna Kaplan is an American politician from Great Neck, New York. A Democrat, she is a member of the New York State Senate, representing New York’s 7th State Senate district, which runs from the North Shore to roughly the central part of Western Nassau County on Long Island.