LatAm weathered Trump tariffs better than feared
The impact of tariffs imposed by US president Donald Trump 鈥榟as been less than expected鈥� in Latin America, the head of the region鈥檚 development bank told AFP in an interview...
Tags : Trump Administration
Trump administration brands US cities war zones
The Trump administration branded Chicago a 鈥榳ar zone鈥� Sunday as a justification for deploying soldiers against the will of local Democratic officials, while a judge blocked the White House from sending troops to another Democrat-run city...
Trump鈥檚 tech visa fee challenged
A coalition of workers in a variety of fields filed a lawsuit Friday to halt the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee introduced by the Trump administration...
Trump cuts energy projects, freezes New York funding
The Trump administration has announced plans to terminate dozens of clean energy projects and freeze billions of dollars for major projects in New York, intensifying a stand-off with Democrats over a US government shutdown...
Trump announces Pfizer deal for lower drug prices
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a deal granting Pfizer a three-year reprieve on planned tariffs as the pharmaceutical giant vowed to voluntarily lower the prices of unspecified drugs for US purchase...
US judge rules Trump admin arrests of pro-Palestinian students illegal
The Trump administration鈥檚 policy of arresting and trying to deport international students for protesting in support of the Palestinians is blatant and illegal suppression of free speech, a judge said Tuesday...
Trump administration launches immigration raids in Chicago
The Trump administration聽on Monday launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, saying the latest federal crackdown in a US city would target the 鈥榳orst of the worst criminals.鈥�
Judge blocks Trump鈥檚 rapid deportation expansion
A US judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from massively expanding a procedure that allows authorities to swiftly deport migrants without a court hearing, in a blow for the president鈥檚 mass deportation plans.
The geopolitics of the 鈥榞reat man鈥�
THE Trump administration is currently attempting to rewrite American history by whitewashing the country鈥檚 negative legacy and scrubbing out references to anything connected to multiculturalism or diversity...
Judge blocks Trump from ending Haitians鈥� protected status
A federal judge in New York has ordered a halt to the Trump administration鈥檚 bid to revoke temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants...
Trump admin threatens new Harvard cuts over Jewish rights
The Trump administration on Monday accused Harvard of violating the civil rights of its Jewish and Israeli students and threatened to cut off all federal funding if the university does not take urgent action...
14m people may die from US aid cuts: study
More than 14 million of the world鈥檚 most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration鈥檚 dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday...
US administration cuts more Harvard funding
The US government on Tuesday announced fresh funding cuts to Harvard, a day after the elite school鈥檚 president said it shared 鈥榗ommon ground鈥� with the Trump administration on many issues...
US offers $1,000, travel cost to illegal migrants willing to return home
The Trump administration said Monday it will pay for the travel and give $1,000 to undocumented migrants who 鈥榮elf-deport鈥� back to their home country.
Surrendering to authoritarianism
I WAS not surprised when Columbia University鈥檚 interim president Katrina Armstrong caved to the demands of the Trump administration. She agreed to ban face masks or face coverings, prohibit protests in academic buildings and create an internal security force of 36 New York City Police officers empowered to 鈥榬emove individuals from campus and/or arrest them when...
Attorneys sue Trump admin to keep 10 migrants including Bangladeshi out of Guantanamo Bay
Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants including a Bangladeshi detained in the US to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
Trump II and the Middle East
IT IS too early to draw an outline of the Middle East policy of the incoming Trump administration. The cabinet and other senior positions are shaping up, while Democrats are doing their best to badger Arab-Americans for their vote against the Democratic Party...
