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Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States on a promise to “Make America Great Again.” But a preeminent group of political scientists that Trump would no doubt characterize as “haters and losers” has once again ranked him as the worst commander-in-chief in the nation’s history. The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey was conducted at the end of 2023 among members of the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association — a group that publishes…

It’s Presidents’ Day, and to honor the nation’s top bosses, I figured an economic scorecard would be helpful. Now, the commander-in-chief probably gets too much blame – or too much credit – for what’s going on in the nation’s business climate. Still, the buck stops at the Oval Office for anything in America. With the cost of living a hot topic, my trusty spreadsheet reviewed how presidential terms fared with the Consumer Price Index dating back to the end of World War II. Now, one challenge in gauging presidential…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, said he would have encouraged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to adopt “a gradualist approach to FX management”. In an X post on Sunday, Atiku made grand recommendations for turning the economy around, while referencing a Thursday meeting with President Bola Tinubu. He explained that the move would have been a panacea to curbing the free fall in the value of the naira against the dollar if…

President Bola Tinubu and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, and had fruitful discussions on comprehensive strengthening of bilateral ties in all fields. Speaking at the meeting, President Tinubu emphasized the strength of Nigeria’s economic potential and influence, saying the country is witnessing a leap forward, despite some short-term reform pains, as his administration is removing all encumbrances to business. The President further explained that his…

Godwin took over ABC News at a challenging time for the network. Nearly three years later, she has become a polarizing figure, and parent Disney decided to give her a new boss who will keep a close eye on the news division. Godwin took over ABC News at a challenging time for the network. Nearly three years later, she has become a polarizing figure, and parent Disney decided to give her a new boss who will keep a close eye on the news division. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of…

Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk Friday and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died. Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on X (formerly Twitter), that the politician’s team had no…

OnePlus 12R was launched in India alongside the flagship OnePlus 12 in January. The handset is powered by the previous-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chipset and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with SuperVOOC charging support. It is equipped with a triple rear camera unit and an AMOLED panel with a 1.5K resolution. The phone launched with two colour options in the country and is available in two RAM and storage configurations. At launch, the phone was said to support UFS 4.0 onboard storage but now the company president…

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has finally set up shop on TikTok. Despite controversy in Congress over the app, TikTok is an indispensable tool for presidential candidates to reach young voters, experts say. “I wasn’t surprised at all to see that the campaign launched a TikTok account, because it would genuinely have been such a waste to go through this cycle, and a lost opportunity, to not be on that platform,” said Annie Wu Henry, a digital communications strategist who has managed social media for…

When delivering a surprise address from the White House on Thursday, President Joe Biden slammed special counsel Robert Hur for suggesting in his final report of the handling of classified documents that he struggled to remember when his son Beau died. “How in the hell dare he raise that,” Biden said when responding to the report. “Frankly, when I was asked the question I thought to myself it wasn’t any of their damn business.” He continued, “Every Memorial Day we hold a service remembering him, attended by…

OnePlus had announced its flagship OnePlus 12 smartphone globally at the ‘Smooth Beyond Belief’ event in New Delhi on January 23, just around a month after the device was launched in the company's home market of China. Coming on the…