Washington: President Donald Trump on Monday declared he will hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Huthi rebels, who have targeted multiple US and other foreign ships in the Red Sea. “Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for US influence. Just a day after all employees were put on leave, staff working on a contractual basis received an email notifying them that they … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for US influence. Just a day after all employees were put on leave, staff working on a contractual basis received an email notifying them that they … Read more
Washington: Representatives of President Donald Trump’s family have held discussions to acquire a financial stake in the US arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, while the company’s founder seeks a presidential pardon, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who served four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose 200-percent tariffs on wine, champagne and other alcoholic products from France and other European Union countries in retaliation against the bloc’s planned levies on US-produced whiskey. “If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump has been condemned by Jewish and Muslim groups for using the term “Palestinian” as a slur in an attack on the country’s highest-ranking elected Jewish official. In comments to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump said Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer had “become a Palestinian.” “He used to be … Read more
Washington: Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled his planned tariff on all steel and aluminum products coming into the United States from Canada, bringing the total to 50%, in response to the province of Ontario placing a 25% tariff on electricity coming into US. Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social he has instructed … Read more
New York, US: Share markets across the globe witnessed sharp losses after a selloff in America, triggered by US President Donald Trump on Monday refusing to rule out the suggestion that his tariffs could trigger a recession in the world’s biggest economy. US bond yields also dropped as investor worries about the potential economic slowdown … Read more
Many are not students, they are paid agitators, said Donald Trump (File) Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York’s Columbia University will be followed by others. “This is the first arrest of many to … Read more
Washington, DC: In a big warning to Canada and Mexico, US President Donald Trump said tariffs on the United States’ North American neighbours  “could go up”, but stressed that businesses will have clarity on the issue after April 2, when his reciprocal taxes are set to be put in place. In an interview that aired … Read more
US President Donald Trump has again accused his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky of not being “grateful” for getting billions of dollars from the United States under the previous Biden administration. In a sit-down interview with Fox News, Trump likened Zelensky getting “$350 billion” worth of US aid after Russia invaded Ukraine to taking “candy from … Read more
Washington, DC: The US Secret Service shot a man near the White House in Washington, DC shortly after midnight on Sunday (local time) after an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting. The incident happened about a block from the White House, on the west … Read more