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‘Crazy-communist white hippies’: Chants & boos disrupt JD Vance’s national guard lunch; DC pushback grows

Stephen Miller (left), Pete Hegseth, JD Vance (AP) Vice President JD Vance’s lunch event with national guard troops at Union Station on Wednesday was disrupted by a wave of protests, as demonstrators voiced opposition to the Trump administration’s security deployment in the capital.Vance, joined by defence secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of […]

No Epstein grand jury transcript unsealing: Judge rejects DOJ’s request; testimony called ‘hearsay’

A federal judge in Manhattan has denied the US government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the sex trafficking case against late financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying the records offer limited value compared to the wider case file already held by the department of justice, reported news agency AP.The ruling on Wednesday by US […]

Man sets fire, smashes desks at Milan airport: Delays, evacuation follow – Watch

Chaos at the airport (@BGatesIsaPyscho) Chaos at the airport (@BGatesIsaPyscho) Chaos at the airport (@BGatesIsaPyscho) Chaos at the airport (@BGatesIsaPyscho) Chaos at the airport (@BGatesIsaPyscho) A viral video circulating on social media shows an incident unfolding at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on Wednesday, with a man being restrained by multiple individuals inside the smoke-filled terminal. The […]

Want a visa, or a green card? It’s vital to have pro-American ideologies states USCIS

“Anti-American activity will be an overwhelmingly negative factor in any discretionary analysis,” according to a recent policy announcement by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the country’s immigration agency.In other words, if you want a visa of any kind – be it a student visa, or a work visa; or wish to apply for […]

Alaska summit: Putin paid cash to refuel planes, says Rubio; sanctions block banking access

Vladimir Putin (left), Donald Trump (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s delegation had to pay in cash for jet fuel, when he visited Alaska on August 15, for a high-stakes meeting with US President Donald Trump, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said, citing ongoing US banking sanctions against Moscow.“When the Russians landed in Alaska, they […]

Doerner Fir on fire: One of world’s tallest trees burns from inside; 50 feet lost, cause unknown

Firefighters in Oregon are battling a blaze inside one of the world’s tallest trees – the Doerner Fir – a coastal Douglas Fir standing over 325 feet tall and believed to be more than 450 years old, reported news agency AP.The fire, which began on Saturday in Coos County in Oregon’s coast range, has been […]

Xi in Tibet: China’s president makes rare visit to Lhasa; urges political stability, religious harmony

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Wednesday and made his rare and second visit as China’s leader, marking the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s establishment as an autonomous region. During his visit, Xi emphasised the importance of stability, stating, “To govern, stabilise and develop Tibet, the first thing is to […]

‘I’ve settled six wars’: Trump calls Netanyahu ‘war hero’; says he is one too

US President Donald Trump has hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “war hero” for ordering strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, before adding that the same title should apply to himself.Speaking in an interview aired on Tuesday with conservative commentator Mark Levin, Trump praised Netanyahu as a “good man” and credited their joint military […]

Maga Thaw? Why Elon Musk is shelving third-party dreams – and will back JD Vance instead | World News

In a surprising pivot from political chaos to calculated restraint, Elon Musk has stepped back from his plan to launch the “America Party”—a proposed third-party alternative intended to disrupt the U.S. political duopoly. Sources close to him reveal that Musk is now prioritising his business empire and maintaining his alliance with Vice President JD Vance, […]

The Urge to Purge: US gives immigration officials discretionary powers to determine if social media posts are ‘anti-American’

US President Donald Trump (PTI) TOI Correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration has announced it will undertake broad discretionary screening of social media posts for “anti-American” views while adjudicating applications for visa, green card, and citizenship. In an updated guidance issued on Tuesday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the nodal agency in charge […]