How Biden’s inner circle protected a faltering president https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/18/world/politics/biden-inner-circle-protected/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #2024uspresidentialelection #joebiden #donaldtrump #democrats #republicans #us
Oil producers in Canada and Mexico will likely be forced to reduce prices and divert supply to Asia if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump imposes 25% import tariffs, traders and analysts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/28/markets/asia-canadian-mexican-oil-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #asia #canada #mexico #oil #trade #us #2024uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump #republicans #china
The Democratic Party leadership was, at best, indifferent to the erosion of voting access, negligent in retaining newer voters and proactive in marginalizing what remained of its left-wing base. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/11/24/world/democrats-committed-suicide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #billclinton #hillaryclinton #barackobama #joebiden #kamalaharris #democrats #republicans #2024uspresidentialelection
Chinese President Xi Jinping's main goal for two global summits was to push for a peaceful world with fewer trade barriers so he can focus on reviving China’s economy, but U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin disrupted that. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/20/world/politics/xi-tariffs-trump-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #xijinping #russia #vladimirputin #us #2024uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump #trade #justintrudeau #keirstarmer
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed he intends to declare a national emergency and use the U.S. military to assist with mass deportations, despite federal laws preventing use of the military on U.S. soil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/19/world/politics/trump-military-mass-deportations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #immigration #refugees #stephenmiller #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump #joebiden
How Bluesky, alternative to X and Facebook, is handling explosive growth https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/18/tech/bluesky-growth-twitter-x/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #bluesky #x #socialmedia #elonmusk #2024uspresidentialelection #jaygraber #facebook #threads
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer known for his anti-science stances, lacks public health experience and has a history of promoting harmful conspiracy theories, such as anti-vaccine activism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/11/17/world/rfk-jr-junk-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #robertfkennedyjr #donaldtrump #2024uspresidentialelection #health #medicine
Eastern Europe has embraced Trump the way it’s embraced its own strongmen over the years and the conservative backlash against "liberal elites.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/17/world/politics/trump-friends-in-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hungary #viktororban #poland #bosnia #slovakia #robertfico #czechrepublic #andrejbabis #bulgaria #boykoborissov #andrzejduda #serbia #aleksandarvucic #nato #eu #europe #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump
Donald Trump is expected to take a slew of executive actions on his first day as president to ramp up immigration enforcement and roll back signature legal entry programs from President Joe Biden. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/world/politics/trump-deportations-border-biden/ #worldnews #politics #tomhoman #kristinoem #immigration #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump #jdvance #joebiden
The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority began a crusade on Tuesday to confirm as many new federal judges nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden as possible to avoid leaving vacancies that Republican Donald Trump could fill after taking office on Jan. 20. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/world/politics/us-democrats-judges-trump/ #worldnews #politics #us #2024uspresidentialelection #democrats #republicans #donaldtrump #jdvance #joebiden #congress
A nihilistic voter base, profit-hungry business leaders, and craven Republican politicians are to blame for Trump's victory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/11/07/world/how-trump-won/ #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #2024uspresidentialelection #kamalaharris #democrats #republicans
Taiwan appears to be preparing for a more delicate, possibly testy, relationship with Trump upon his return to the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/10/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-us-support-trump/ #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump #laichingte
Federal and state authorities are investigating a wave of bigoted text messages sent anonymously that have spread alarm among Black Americans across the country this week, officials and recipients said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/09/world/crime-legal/us-bigoted-text-messages-probed/ #worldnews #crimelegal #racism #us #2024uspresidentialelection
Asian chipmakers, led by Taiwan's TSMC and South Korea's Samsung Electronics, have collectively invested at least $117 billion in the U.S. What does a Trump presidency hold for them and other firms? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/07/companies/asian-companies-trump-presidency/ #business #companies #asia #markets #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump #electricvehicles #batteries #china #nipponsteel #steel #semiconductors #ai #taiwan #tsmc
Donald Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and environmental policy, with sweeping implications for oil production, offshore wind development and electric vehicle sales. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/07/markets/oil-evs-trump-victory-energy/ #business #markets #electricvehicles #renewables #oil #lng #gas #wind #solar #tesla #elonmusk #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump
The White House plans to rush billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine before President Joe Biden leaves office in January. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/07/world/politics/biden-ukraine-aid-trump/ #worldnews #politics #us #2024uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump #joebiden #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held their first telephone talks on Thursday, as the Japanese leader looks to build up a relationship with Trump before he officially takes office in January. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/07/japan/politics/trump-ishiba-phone-call/ #japan #politics #us #2024uspresidentialelection #democrats #republicans #donaldtrump #shigeruishiba #usjapanrelations
Trump will begin the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials in the coming weeks following his victory in the presidential election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/07/world/politics/top-jobs-trump-second-administration/ #worldnews #politics #us #2024uspresidentialelection #democrats #republicans #donaldtrump
Democrat Kamala Harris made her closing pitch for the U.S. presidency at a historically Black church and to Arab Americans in battleground Michigan on Sunday, while her Republican rival Donald Trump embraced violent rhetoric at a rally in Pennsylvania. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/04/world/politics/harris-christians-arab-trump-violent/ #worldnews #politics #us #2024uspresidentialelection #democrats #kamalaharris #timwalz #republicans #donaldtrump #jdvance
Russia’s army is gaining speed in its advance in eastern Ukraine, seizing more land last week than at any point this year, increasing pressure on Kyiv’s U.S. and European allies to bolster its defenses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/01/world/russia-advancing-ukraine/ #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #2024uspresidentialelection
