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'Costly to our nation': Trump renews efforts to end daylight-savings time

After previous legislation on the matter failed, Trump is renewing previous efforts to permanently keep America on Daylight saving time

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US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump reacts during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, October 5, 2024.

Trump names Musk, Ramaswamy to lead newly formed Department of Government Efficiency

Trump said their work would conclude by July 4, 2026, adding that a smaller government would be a "gift" to the country on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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US PRESIDENTIAL candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has doubled back on the issue of US military aid to Israel, telling ‘Israel Hayom’ that he would consider enlarging aid to Israel if elected.

At Trump victory party, Ramaswamy denounces 'George Soros juniors'

In his remarks, Ramaswamy invoked “ugly Democratic George Soros juniors” as the “ugly underbelly of American politics."

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US President Joe Biden delivers a speech to mark the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol at a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College, in Blue Bell, near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, US, January 5, 2024.

Biden, Trump mark anniversary of Jan 6 riot with dueling speeches

The Justice Department released new footage of the events, which showed rioters shouting at police and members of Congress through broken glass at the entrance to the House chamber.

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US: Sixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, shooter dead

The sheriff did said that the shooter was identified as a 17-year-old student at Perry High School.

JANUARY 4, 2024
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Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, US, January 4, 2024

Haley and Ramaswamy's dislike for each other takes the political stage

'You're just scum': Haley swipes at Ramaswamy at Republican debate

NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis at the third Republican candidates' U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023.

Trump's rivals pledge to back Israel amid swipes at third Republican debate

Nikki Haley, a former UN ambassador who has staked much of her candidacy on her foreign policy credentials, faulted Biden for pressing Israel to consider humanitarian pauses.

NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis at the third Republican candidates' U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023.

Ramaswamy: Israel should take out Hamas like Game of Thrones 'red wedding'

Ramaswamy also recommended that a two-state solution be ditched, according to US media.

OCTOBER 29, 2023
US PRESIDENTIAL candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has doubled back on the issue of US military aid to Israel, telling ‘Israel Hayom’ that he would consider enlarging aid to Israel if elected.

Police say US Republican Ramaswamy's car hit by accident, not by protesters

Ramaswamy has stoked grassroots chatter as a potential alternative to former President Donald Trump, whom he fervently supports.

OCTOBER 6, 2023
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Republican U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. July 15, 2023.

Ramaswamy to pardon Trump, Jan 6 insurrectionists if elected US President

Ramaswamy called the prosecution of non-violent insurrectionists "political prosecution" during a Republican primary debate last month.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
US PRESIDENTIAL candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has doubled back on the issue of US military aid to Israel, telling ‘Israel Hayom’ that he would consider enlarging aid to Israel if elected.

Vivek Ramaswamy hosted by podcaster who says Jews 'own almost everything'

The GOP hopeful appeared on the YouTube podcast of Albert Faleski, an influencer known for peddling tropes about Jewish control.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reacts at Erick Erickson's conservative political conference "The Gathering" in Atlanta, Georgia, US. August 19, 2023.

Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal? Vivek Ramaswamy is not so sure

Former Trump administration National Security Advisor John Bolton criticized the GOP presidential hopeful, likening him to his former boss.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Republican presidential candidate and former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the annual Labor Day Picnic hosted by the Salem Republican Town Committee in Salem, New Hampshire, U.S., September 4, 2023.

Republican Ramaswamy doubles back on US military aid to Israel

After urging the US to cut aid to Israel last week, Ramaswamy told an Israeli paper that he wouldn't cut the aid if elected.

AUGUST 30, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy attends the Erick Erickson's conservative political conference "The Gathering" in Atlanta, Georgia, US. August 19, 2023.

Ramaswamy: Squad's Ayanna Pressley is a 'modern KKK grand wizard'

“These are the words of the modern grand wizards; of the modern KKK,” GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy said.

AUGUST 28, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy attends the Erick Erickson's conservative political conference "The Gathering" in Atlanta, Georgia, US. August 19, 2023.