Parliament appointed Sanae Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, as prime minister on Tuesday, after she unexpectedly won a majority in a first round of voting.

Crews tore down a massive covered entryway and windows in the East Wing to make way for Trump’s new event space. 

​Crews tore down a massive covered entryway and windows in the East Wing to make way for Trump’s new event space.  

People in the city burst crackers late into Monday night, defying a court order to use only ‘green’ fireworks. 

​People in the city burst crackers late into Monday night, defying a court order to use only ‘green’ fireworks.