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Harvard defies Trump, hit with $2.2bn funding freeze

US President Donald Trump (File Image) The Trump administration acted quickly Monday to punish Harvard University after it refused to comply with a list of demands from the federal govt that the school said were unlawful.On Monday afternoon, Harvard became the first university to refuse to comply with the administration’s requirements, setting up a showdown […]

D.C. Mayor Prepares City for Cuts After Congress Goes on Break

The mayor of Washington, D.C., ordered citywide spending and hiring freezes on Tuesday and raised the possibility of furloughs after the U.S. House of Representatives left for recess with the District still facing a potential billion-dollar budget cut. The order does not lay out specific cuts, but it paves the way for possible steep reductions […]

Pentagon adviser Dan Caldwell escorted out, sent on leave for ‘unauthorized disclosure’

Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to US defense secretary Pete Hegseth, has been put on administrative leave for an “unauthorized disclosure,” after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, news agency Reuters has reported.A US official said that Caldwell was “escorted” from the Pentagon, the department’s Washington-based headquarters.“The investigation remains […]

Trump: Would love to send US citizens to El Salvador jails

Trump has turned to El Salvador to imprison alleged criminals non-U.S. citizens deported from the US WASHINGTON: President Trump stepped up his extraordinary threats to send Americans to foreign jails, saying he would love to deport “homegrown” US citizens who commit violent crimes to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador.Trump raised the idea in talks […]

Nvidia to build up to $500bn of AI gear in US, a first

Nvidia Corp, the dominant player in chips for AI models, plans to produce as much as half a trillion dollars’ worth of AI infrastructure in the US over the next four years through manufacturing partnerships.Production of Nvidia’s latest generation AI chip, known as Blackwell, has begun at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s new plant in Phoenix, […]

Karmelo Anthony News: ‘Karmelo Anthony not Kyle Rittenhouse’: Massive outrage over release of accused Texas killer on bond

Anthony Karmelo walked out of jail on bond on Monday. He has been charged with first degree murder after he stabbed Austin Metcalf. Amid a racial debate over the stabbing of Texas teen Austin Metcalf by black teen Karmelo Anthony, comparisons with Kyle Rittenhouse emerged. Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf and claimed that it was an […]

US president considers a pause on auto tariffs

US president Donald Trump (File Image) Trump Monday suggested he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump said in Oval Office. He said automakers needed […]

Trump set to put new levies on chips, drugs

US President Donald Trump WASHINGTON: The Trump administration took steps Monday that appear likely to result in new tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products, adding to levies the president has put on imports globally.Federal notices put online said the administration had initiated national security investigations into imports of chips and pharmaceuticals. Trump has suggested that […]

OpenAI is said to be working on X-like platform

OpenAI is working on its own X-like social media network, the Verge reported, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter. There is an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that has a social feed, the report said.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been privately asking outsiders for feedback about the project, which is still in […]

Bangladesh halts yarn imports from India through land ports

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) has suspended import of yarn from India through land ports, reports Ahsan Tasnim. Import of yarn through the Benapole, Bhomra, Sonamasjid, Banglabandha and Burimari land ports will no longer be permitted. These ports were the primary entry points for yarn imports from India.A notification in this regard was […]