United States President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a press conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on February 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a well-known…

SpaceX founder Elon Musk attends a post-launch press conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on an unscrewed test flight to the International Space Station on the Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 2, 2019 . Mike Blake | Reuters Armchairs in the shape of avocados…

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech the day after his supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington, USA, in this still image taken from a video posted on social media on January 8, 2021. Donald J. Trump via Twitter | Reuters Twitter finally blocked President Donald Trump’s account on Friday. The company said in…

China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom signs are seen during the China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, China on November 5, 2018. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING – Outgoing President Donald Trump’s ban on US investments in some Chinese companies hit some of the biggest stocks…

President-elect Joe Biden introduced federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland and other senior prosecutors as key members of his new Justice Department on Thursday. Garland, whom Biden had nominated as his attorney general, would lead a team of legal professionals with extensive experience in and around the Justice Department and significant experience in civil rights…

Joe Biden was well on his way to be confirmed as the next President of the United States by Congress Thursday morning after the Senate and House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected the challenges of his Arizona and Pennsylvania votes. Biden is expected to be re-elected president when Vermont’s votes open later Thursday morning during a…

Supporters of US President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. Stephanie Keith | Reuters WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence was fired from the Senate when the U.S. Capitol Complex was locked down due to an external security threat while Trump supporters rioted…

The Chinese battery and electric vehicle manufacturer BYD is showing a model of its Han EV series at the 2020 Beijing Motor Show. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING – Chinese automaker BYD sells far more luxury electric sedans per month than the country’s leading startups, despite total sales declining 11% over the past year. BYD,…

A wide-body aircraft with the Amazon Prime logo lands at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA on December 20, 2016. The photo was taken on December 20, 2016. Suitable for Insight AMAZON.COM-SHIPPING / REUTERS / Mark Makela REUTERS / Mark Makela Amazon announced Tuesday that it is purchasing 11 used Boeing 767-300 jets…

A man walks outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, November 24, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Trump’s investment ban will go into effect Monday, a little over a week before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Biden is unlikely to make any immediate changes to US-China relations, but has repeatedly stated that…