LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a marriage made in heaven — until it wasn’t. President Trump and Elon Musk, two titans of ego, united for the cameras and the “greater good.” But like all fairy tales, this one didn’t last. The honeymoon is now officially over. Barely had Trump announced his artificial intelligence infrastructure project,…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. Air Force began deportation flights of people held in detention by Customs and Border Protection, U.S. officials said on Jan. 24, in a move ordered by President Donald Trump as part of a sweeping promise to crack down on illegal immigration and more tightly police the southern border. One C-17…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating the death penalty for severe crimes. According to reports, Trump signed nearly 200 executive actions, memoranda, and proclamations on his first day in office, undoing many policies of his predecessor, Joe Biden. The executive order, titled “Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jack Smith, the special counsel who led two federal criminal cases against Donald Trump, has resigned from the Justice Department before the president-elect takes office later this month. According to a court filing submitted on Saturday, Mr Smith “separated from the Department” on Friday. CBS News, the BBC’s US media partner, reported…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an “unconditional discharge,” bringing to an end the first criminal trial of a former US president. The sentence in the hush-money payment case means the incoming president has been spared any penalty, including jail time or a fine, but he will still take…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United States president-elect Donald Trump has reignited controversy by suggesting that Canada should become the 51st state of the United States. Trump said in a series of posts on his Truth social platform, drawing sharp criticism and renewed debate over the already strained relationship between the two neighbors. Why does Trump want…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of people gathered in Chicago’s Federal Plaza Wednesday night less than a day after former President Donald Trump won his reelection bid to affirm their support for progressive policies like abortion access, immigrant rights and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel. The protest, the first of what organizers promised…