Trump calls for jailing Democratic Chicago mayor, Illinois governor
US president Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois in an escalation of his extraordinary attacks on political opponents...
Tags : Donald Trum
Indians lead drop in US university visas
The United States issued nearly one-fifth fewer student visas in August following a crackdown by president Donald Trump, led by a steep drop for India which was overtaken by China as top country of origin, data showed Monday...
WTO hikes 2025 trade growth outlook but tariffs to bite in 2026
AI-related goods and surging exports to the United States ahead of president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff hikes boosted global merchandise trade growth this year, the World Trade Organisation said Tuesday...
25pc tariffs on heavy trucks start Nov 1: Trump
President Donald Trump said Monday that a steep US tariff on imported heavy trucks would begin on November 1, postponing the date that he initially threatened to impose such duties...
Trump 鈥榟appy鈥� to work with Democrats on health care, if shutdown ends
President Donald Trump said Monday he would be 鈥榟appy鈥� to negotiate a deal on health programmes with Democrats, but demanded the federal government first be re-opened, as a crippling shutdown entered its second week...
EU channels Trump with tariffs to shield steel sector
The European Union will take a page out of US president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff playbook on Tuesday with a plan to hike levies and slash quotas for imported steel 鈥� to protect the bloc鈥檚 struggling industry from cheap Chinese competition...
Trump says may invoke Insurrection Act to deploy more troops in US
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to use emergency powers against rebellion to deploy more troops into Democratic-led US cities, intensifying his rhetoric as his attempts to mobilise the military face legal challenges.
The trouble with the Arabs
TO BE sustainable, Donald Trump鈥檚 peace plan for Gaza must serve the core interests of Arabs, including Christian Arabs, and the Jews of Palestine/Israel equally and fairly. Infirmities in the plan include the history of the Trump-Netanyahu axis to lure quarries with syrupy promises into death traps, as they did with Iran and Qatar. The trust deficit is thus an overarching challenge...
US govt shutdown may last weeks, analysts warn
The bitter tribalism that drove the United States into a government shutdown is putting compromise out of reach, analysts say 鈥� and threatening to turn a staring contest between the Democrats and Donald Trump鈥檚 Republicans into a protracted crisis...
Trump says 鈥榥o boats鈥� left after US strikes near Venezuela
President Donald Trump said Sunday that lethal strikes on small boats near the Venezuelan coast that US officials accuse of carrying drugs have been so successful 鈥榯here are no boats鈥� left in that area of the Caribbean...
Trump鈥檚 budget 鈥榞rim reaper鈥� eyeing big cuts
He is perhaps the most powerful man in Washington at the moment, after Donald Trump.
Trump authorises troops to Chicago as judge blocks Portland deployment
US president Donald Trump authorised deployment of troops to Chicago after a federal agent shot an allegedly armed motorist there on Saturday, while a judge blocked the Republican leader鈥檚 attempt to send the military into Portland, another Democratic-run city.
Gaza offensive on despite Trump, hostage聽family pleas
Israel said Saturday its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return, despite calls from the families of Israeli hostages and US president Donald Trump for an immediate halt to the fighting.
Canada PM to meet Trump on tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet President Donald Trump in Washington next week for talks on a trade war that is hammering Canada鈥檚 economy, Carney鈥檚 office said Friday...
US farmers to get 鈥榮ubstantial鈥� aid
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent signaled Thursday that 鈥榮ubstantial support鈥� for farmers would be announced next week, particularly for those growing soybeans, as they struggle with fallout from President Donald Trump鈥檚 trade conflicts...
Trump piles pain on Democrats over US government shutdown
Donald Trump signaled Thursday that he plans to follow through on his threat for mass layoffs of US federal workers as he ratcheted pressure on Democrats to back moves to end the government shutdown...
US services activity flat in September as jobs weakness lingers
Services activity in the United States was flat in September, survey data showed Friday, as President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs and other factors weighed on the sector鈥攚ith business activity cooling and employment weak...
Hamas says ready for peace talks, Trump urges Israel to halt Gaza bombing
Hamas said on Friday it was ready to start immediate talks on freeing the Israeli hostages it holds and ending the Gaza war, welcoming United States president Donald Trump鈥檚 call for Israel to stop bombing the Palestinian territory...
US firings 鈥榠mminent鈥� as plan to reopen govt collapses
Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed Wednesday as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving a funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs...
US to push China on soybean
President Donald Trump signaled Wednesday that he plans to push Chinese leader Xi Jinping on US soybean purchases when they meet, as American farmers grapple with fallout from his trade wars...
Trump wants Nobel but 鈥榝orgotten鈥� peacemakers more likely: experts
US president Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced next week but experts predict he has little chance against those toiling on forgotten causes outside the limelight.
Trump offers security guarantees to Qatar after Israel strikes
US president Donald Trump has signed an order vowing to defend key ally Qatar against attacks, the White House said Wednesday, in an extraordinary move following Israeli strikes on the Gulf state last month.
Harvard to run trade schools under upcoming deal: Trump
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration was close to reaching a $500 million financial settlement with Harvard under which the elite academic institution would operate trade schools...
US govt shutdown begins after Congress fails to reach deal
The US government began shutting down Wednesday after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding...
President Trump says not winning Nobel would be insult to US
President Donald Trump said Tuesday it would be an 鈥榠nsult鈥� to the United States if he does not receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his self-proclaimed role in solving multiple wars.
Trump tells generals US faces 鈥榳ar from within鈥�
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States faces a 鈥榳ar from within鈥� from crime and immigration, in a darkly authoritarian speech to a rare meeting of the top US military officers...
Inflation concerns send US consumer confidence to 5-month low
US consumer confidence has slumped to its lowest level since President Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping tariffs came into effect in April, according to data published Tuesday, with respondents expressing growing concern about inflation...
Muslim states join European powers in backing Trump Gaza plan
Key Muslim nations have thrown their weight behind a plan by US president Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza, even as some Palestinians decried the proposal as a 鈥榝arce鈥�...
US sanctions on key Indian project in Iran take effect
US sanctions went into effect Monday on a major Indian port project in Iran, as president Donald Trump again showed his willingness to punish longstanding partner New Delhi in aid of his wider regional goals 鈥� in this case to pressure Tehran...
Israeli hostage families urge Trump to uphold聽Gaza deal
Families of Israeli hostages urged Donald Trump to uphold his proposed deal to end the Gaza war, ahead of the US president鈥檚 meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
