"Disabling or destroying TSMC is table stakes if China is taking over Taiwan," former senior Pentagon official Elbridge Colby said in February.

Over the course of his election campaign, Trump vowed to resume federal executions and make more people eligible to receive the death penalty, including those convicted of raping children or drug and human-trafficking cases, as well as migrants who kill US citizens or police officers.

Inauguration Day is both tradition and ceremony; Donald Trump will officially take over Executive control of the country amid highly choreographed ceremonies on Jan. 20. It starts in the morning when the current president — President Joe Biden, in this case — welcomes the incoming president at the White House.

All of Biden's picks will serve lifetime appointments, meaning they will serve to protect his legacy when Trump takes office.

Trump said relatives of victims are angry that Biden spared the lives of some of the “worst killers in our country,” including inmates who killed police and military officers.

President Joe Biden spared the lives of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row before passing the torch to President-elect Donald Trump. Biden did not pardon the murderers, but rather downgrade

In the US, Donald Trump achieved the truly incredible feat of becoming the second person in history to win non-consecutive terms as US president. Closer to home, Chandrababu Naidu returned as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time.

The president-elect railed against political foes and world leaders in a scathing holiday tirade on Truth Social.

Donald Trump vowed to pardon January 6 defendants facing jail time once he takes office. Daily Mail breaks down the other criminals Trump could pardon in his next four years.

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had asked the Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's energy system and some of its cities.