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Barack Obama’s old Harvard University speech goes viral, amid funding freeze by Donald Trump administration

A young Barack Obama is seen delivering the speech A video has emerged of a speech by ex-US President Barack Obama, a Harvard University alumni, from a 1991 protest in support of a law professor, amid the current stand-off between US President Donald Trump and Harvard over the institute’s refusal to implement the Trump administration’s […]

Donald Trump administration sues Maine for defying executive order on transgender athletes

Maine governor Janet Mills (left) and US President Donald Trump United States attorney general Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced the US Department of Justice is suing the state of Maine for not complying with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.“Today, the Department of Justice is announcing a civil lawsuit against […]

Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half

The Trump administration could cut nearly 50 percent of the State Department’s funding next fiscal year, according to an internal memo laying out a downsizing plan being given serious consideration by department leaders, said two U.S. officials. The plan was drawn up as the White House pressures agencies to make significant budget cuts. The memo, […]

Trump Administration Tariffs: Trump warns ‘no one is off the hook’ despite Lutnick’s claim of electronics getting temporary tariff reprieve

File photo: US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick (left) and US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday said the Trump administration’s decision to temporarily exempt electronics like smartphones and laptops from steep new import tariffs was not permanent and that the products would soon fall under a new policy […]

Harvard professors sue Trump administration, allege funding cut violates free speech

Two faculty organisations at Harvard University filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Trump administration, claiming it is violating constitutional rights by threatening to cut billions in federal funding. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and its Harvard chapter are challenging the administration’s decision to review nearly $9 billion in federal funds given to […]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Trump administration confirms mistakenly deported man is in El Salvador prison, but offers no way back

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The Trump administration confirmed on Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident mistakenly deported last month, remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador but did not provide the full scope of information demanded by a federal judge regarding efforts to bring him back.In a court filing submitted, […]

‘Not asking for state secrets’: Judge orders daily updates as Trump administration struggles to locate wrongfully deported man

File photo: US President Donald Trump (left) and Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to provide daily updates on efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, after a tense hearing in which justice department lawyers admitted they could not say […]

To push self-deportation, Trump administration lists thousands living immigrants as dead, cancels their social security number

Representative image/AI generated The Trump administration has listed over 6,000 living immigrants as dead, cancelling their Social Security numbers and stopping them from working or receiving benefits, according to a report by news agency Associated Press.Since becoming US president, Donald Trump has worked to remove temporary legal status from hundreds of thousands of immigrants who […]

China to ‘moderately reduce’ number of US film imports: China Film Administration

Beijing: China’s Film Administration said on Thursday it would “moderately reduce” the number of US films it imported into the country, as a standoff between the world’s two largest economies escalates. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 125 percent, while China has imposed retaliatory levies of 84 percent. And […]

Trump Administration Immigration Fines: Trump administration plans $998 daily fine, property seizures for migrants who refuse to leave

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) The Trump administration is preparing to impose daily fines of up to $998 and potentially seize property from migrants who remain in the US despite having received final deportation orders, in a sweeping enforcement plan aimed at strengthening immigration controls, reported the news agency Reuters.The fines, […]