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Washington According to someone involved in his transition operation, Donald Trump intends to sign more than 50 executive orders on Monday and perhaps more than 100 on the first day of his second term in office. Trump plans to sign a number of the orders in front of a throng at an event at Washington's Capital One Arena later this afternoon. Trump is expected to take the oath of office inside the Capitol at noon. Due to bad weather in the nation's capital, the inauguration-related festivities were rescheduled to indoor locations. Click here to watch live political coverage. It is anticipated that Trump's first wave of executive orders, some of which would be announced later this week, will include pledges made during the campaign, reversals of the policies of departing President Joe Bide...

Even though there isn't yet an agreement for a U.S.-based company to purchase the app, President-elect Donald Trump made it clear in a post on Truth Social on Sunday that he would like to see TikTok back up in the United States as soon as possible. I'm pleading with businesses to keep TikTok open!Trump posted on Truth Social. In order to reach an agreement to safeguard our national security, I will issue an executive order on Monday to prolong the time before the law's prohibitions go into effect. Additionally, the order will affirm that no company that assisted in preventing TikTok from going black prior to my order will be held liable. Trump continued, "Americans deserve to witness our thrilling Inauguration on Monday, along with other events and conversations." Trump made his statement...

At least three persons were killed in a key section of Kyivearly, the capital of Ukraine, when Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile strike on Saturday, according to city officials. Timur Tkachenko, the head of military administration, said that the attack, which also injured three people, was repulsed by air defenses as explosions erupted across the predawn sky. Police reported three deaths, but he alleged four had been killed. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, there was also damage to a water pipe and a metro station. Rescuers picked over rubble as they plodded through a flooded street. In front of the station, the burned remains of a van were evident; the van's facade was characterized by blown-out windows and twisted metal. Dmytro Lubinets, the parliamentary ombu...

The firestorm in the Los Angeles area has a mathematical explanation: on average, three engines and at least 16 crew members are sent to put out a two-story house that is on fire. However, Jack Cohen, a research scientist who has spent decades studying fire dynamics with the U.S. Forest Service, stated that when homes in the Pacific Palisades started to catch fire on January 7, there were likely at least 100 structures completely burned within the first two hours. He claimed that it is impossible to send and arrange enough engines to keep up, let alone accommodate that many cars on the area's winding, hillside roads. In other words, severe fires are inevitable and beyond the control of firemen when winds of 70 mph are pelting embers into suburban areas that are so painfully susceptible to ...

Sarah Mapel counted herself fortunate when a huge wildfire ripped through her area in Northern California in the late summer of 2020. Her 1898 historic home was saved by firefighters using water from a nearby creek. Making her home safe to live in again after it had been filled with ash and toxins, however, became the subject of a protracted and intense court struggle with her insurer, the California FAIR Plan Association. The plan, which was established by state officials in 1968, provides insurance to people and businesses in susceptible areas, such as those that are prone to wildfires, who are unable to get coverage from private insurers. According to records, Mapel's issues with FAIR Plan started when her insurer gave her a cheque for $1,151 for a home repair estimate that was more tha...

Los Angeles Rick Citron and his wife left town to grieve the tragic death of their adult daughter, only four days before a devastating fire descended on his Pacific Palisades home. They never thought it would be their final visit to their house of over 40 years. Citron watched the unthinkable happen as he remotely activated his Tesla car camera at approximately 5 p.m. on January 7. He watched as big embers swirled around the house on Ocampo Drive that he had bought in 1982. He recalls thinking, "This doesn't look good," before making himself go to bed at approximately eleven p.m. However, he was startled awake at 5 a.m. on January 8 by a sinking sensation. When he turned on the video, he saw trees lighting up like matchsticks as firefighters fled his house while dragging a hose behind t...

After halting it the previous evening, TikTok announced on Sunday that it would be bringing service back to users in the United States. After President-elect Donald Trump gave the required guarantees to the company's service providers, TikTok announced in a statement that its video platform was returning to the internet. TikTok stated in a post on X that it is now working to restore service in accordance with our service providers. We appreciate President Trump giving our service providers the clarity and assurance they need to know that they won't be penalized for giving TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and enabling the success of more than 7 million small businesses. It is a resolute defense of the First Amendment and an opposition to capricious censorship. The business also st...

AVIV TEL The structure of the ceasefire agreement that might end the war between Israel and Hamas has been on the table for eight months. Some people are angry about the delay, and now some are praising President-elect Donald Trump for helping to get it over the finish line. In a statement Wednesday, President Joe Biden affirmed that the agreement was founded on the same parameters of a ceasefire plan that was unanimously approved by the UN Security Council in May 2024. He also acknowledged that the ceasefire was made possible by the efforts of important negotiators like Egypt and Qatar as well as intense pressure on Hamas. Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and Biden's Middle East representative, Brett McGurk, worked together to secure the accord, but the president...

TEL AVIV A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been achieved following a 15-month destructive conflict that has altered the Middle East, killed tens of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip, and left dozens of Israeli hostages in agonizing limbo. Local health officials said the truce, which was first declared Wednesday, is anticipated to halt Israel's shelling of Gaza, which has killed over 46,500 people and created a catastrophic humanitarian situation. In addition, hundreds of Palestinians jailed by Israel will be released, and dozens of hostages taken during the terror incident on October 7, 2023, who are still being held in Gaza, will be released gradually. After the truce takes effect, hundreds of trucks carrying much-needed aid are also anticipated to begin arriving in t...

According to a transition official with intimate knowledge of the ceasefire process, Steve Witkoff, president-elect Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, is thinking of visiting the war-torn Gaza Strip as part of his attempts to keep a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on track. Witkoff also intends to maintain a near-constant presence in the region over the upcoming weeks and months to troubleshoot flare-ups on the ground that he believes could unravel the ceasefire deal and halt the release of hostages held by Hamas at any moment, the official said, underscoring just how fragile the president-elect's team believes the ceasefire deal that is set to go into effect on Sunday is. According to the official, you need to be on top of things and prepared to put an end to any issues...