Donald Trump and Usha Chilukuri Vance (R) The TOI Correspondent from Washington: Red lights are flashing over Greenland and much of Europe after the United States deployed its Indian-American Second Lady Usha Chilukuri Vance for further incursion into the world’s largest island that President Trump wants to take over “one way or the other,” amid […]
File photo: The campus of Columbia University, in New York. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) Columbia University’s concessions to US President Donald Trump’s administration—aimed at regaining $400 million in frozen federal funding—have stunned the higher education world and kicked off a behind-the-scenes scramble among university leaders nationwide.Catch up quick President Trump vowed during his 2024 […]
Kashyap “Kash” Patel, the Indian-origin lawyer and recently appointed FBI Director under Donald Trump, has publicly embraced his cultural roots, sharing an article on social media that highlights how his Hindu upbringing has shaped his worldview, values, and leadership style. The post, which has since gone viral among Indian-American and pro-MAGA circles, provides a rare […]
George Clooney and Donald Trump US former President Donald Trump slammed 60 Minutes segment with George Clooney for his political views and called him “failed political pundit.”In his post on Truth Social, Trump said, “Why would the now highly discredited 60 Minutes be doing a total ‘puff piece on George Clooney, a second-rate movie ‘star,’ […]
File photo of Minnesota governor Tim Walz (Pic credit: AP) Minnesota governor Tim Walz attempted to downplay his recent remarks about Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk, saying his comments were meant as a joke but standing by his criticism of the billionaire.Speaking at a town hall in Rochester, Minnesota, on Saturday, Walz acknowledged his […]
More than 400 Hollywood celebrities, including the Severance director and Zoolander actor Ben Stiller, actor Mark Ruffalo, and singer-songwriter Paul McCartney, have submitted an open letter to the President Donald Trump administration opposing efforts by OpenAI and Google to weaken copyright protections for artificial intelligence (AI) training.The letter, sent to the White House Office of […]
File photo of US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has reached its highest level in years, even as the country remains sharply divided over his leadership. Recent polling shows that Trump’s approval stands at 49%, with 51% disapproving of his performance.The latest figures in the poll conducted by […]
Washington: Billionaire Elon Musk, US President Donald Trump’s close ally, is due to be briefed on Friday by the Pentagon on the US military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing US officials. Access to the closely guarded military plan would mark a sharp […]
Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American civil liberties union (ACLU), is set to make history this week as the first known transgender lawyer to argue before the US Supreme Court, with just a 15-minute argument.Strangio, 42, will present his case in United States v Skrmetti, a high-profile dispute over Tennessee’s controversial ban on gender-affirming […]
Indian-American lawyer Kash Patel, selected by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead the federal bureau of investigation (FBI), was recently informed by the bureau that he was the target of an Iranian hacking operation, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Hackers likely gained access to some of Patel’s communications.Alex Pfeiffer, Trump’s transition spokesman, declined […]
