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America’s 250th birthday: Is US getting a $1 Trump coin? Here’s what Treasury said

The US Treasury is considering a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to mark the country’s 250th anniversary, a Treasury spokesperson said on Friday. In a post on X, Treasurer Brandon Beach shared a coin draft and said that the first drafts, photos shared by a user on X, honor America’s 250th Birthday. “No fake […]

‘Charlie has become the America’s greatest martyr to free speech’: Charlie Kirk’s X handle mourns his death | World News

Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated on September 10, 2025, while participating in a debate on free speech at Utah Valley University. Shot in the neck during an exchange on gun violence statistics, Kirk was rushed to the hospital but later died of his injuries. The following […]

Explained: How America’s biggest bank enabled Jeffrey Epstein — and why it matters now | World News

JPMorgan Chase, America’s biggest bank, kept Jeffrey Epstein as a prized client for more than a decade even after he was a convicted sex offender, processing over a billion dollars in transactions and repeatedly ignoring internal alarms about suspicious activity. Executives debated, compliance officers warned, yet the bank continued to provide him with loans, accounts […]

Burn a flag, get a year in jail’: Donald Trump’s executive order challenges 1989 Supreme Court ruling; what is America’s new flag-burning order? | World News

Donald Trump’s new order dodges 1989 Supreme Court ruling; what is America’s new flag-burning order? (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump took a fresh jab at individuals who burn the American flag during protests in an executive order signed on Monday, directing federal prosecutors to pursue criminal cases against such individuals.Donald Trump’s remarks came […]

‘America’s stinkiest city’: Smoke-filled NYC streets leave Indian vlogger stunned – video

Snapshots from video (nitishadvitiy) An Indian vlogger has sparked buzz on social media after posting a video from New York City, and calling it “America’s stinkiest city,” capturing thick, foul-smelling smoke rising from manholes at a busy intersection. In the clip, Nitish Advitiy films a typical NYC crosswalk where dense white smoke suddenly pours out […]

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’: How US president could change America’s immigration system – the wall, ICE & more

US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) Donald Trump’s ambitious spending cut and border security package – the “big, beautiful bill” – is estimated to inject around $150 billion into the mass deportation agenda of the US leader in the four years of his second and final term – 15 times the current annual budget […]

From China with Love: Kash Patel explains to Joe Rogan how fentanyl became America’s opium war | World News

Even as Elon Musk and Donald Trump dominated headlines by publicly feuding on social media, the newly appointed FBI Director, Kash Patel, appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast for his first long-form interview. The conversation, over two hours long, ranged across familiar territory—government dysfunction, national security, and internet conspiracy—but the most striking element was Patel’s […]

America’s New Ambassador to Canada Tamps Down Annexation Talk

Members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet, which was sworn in on Tuesday, weren’t the only newcomers to Ottawa’s political scene this week. At an Ottawa conference on Friday, Pete Hoekstra gave his first official speech as the United States’ ambassador to Canada. While the speech was, not surprisingly, filled with praise for President Trump […]

Gift diplomacy: How Qatar bought its way into America’s power circles

Qatar gives planes the way other countries give medals. Qatar’s offer to provide a $400 million Boeing 747 to the US government-to be potentially used as Air Force One-has reignited scrutiny of the Gulf monarchy’s decades-long strategy to buy influence across every corner of American power: Military, academia, politics, media, and business.The jet, dubbed “a […]

How are America’s elite universities financed?

In a sweeping assertion of federal power barely months after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has begun reshaping American higher education by targeting elite universities with deep funding cuts.The most dramatic move came last week, when Trump moved to revoke $2.2 billion (€1.9 billion) in multiyear research grants for Harvard. Earlier in […]