WASHINGTON : The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school, which has pushed back on the administration’s demands for changes to several […]
US President Donald Trump (center) meets with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (left) in Riyadh Trump (middle) (AP) The Trump administration on Friday began rolling back longstanding sanctions on Syria, marking the first formal steps toward re-engagement with the war-torn nation. The move follows President Donald Trump’s […]
President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Image: AP) Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday was set to vote on ratifying a resources deal with the United States that Kyiv hopes will pave the way to further military support.The deal, signed last week in Washington, will see Washington and Kyiv jointly develop Ukraine’s natural resources and […]
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) ignited a political firestorm when he presented seven articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, saying that Trump directly threatened American democracy — but it was the congressman’s hair that took center stage online.“Trump’s assaults on due process, birthright citizenship, humanitarian relief, and the courts are not ‘politics.’ They are an […]
FILE – Supervisor Matt Dorsey is shown during a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (Credits: AP) SAN FRANCISCO: Reeling from drug overdose deaths and scenes of people smoking fentanyl on sidewalks, San Francisco moved closer Thursday to adopting a “recovery first” drug policy that sets abstinence from […]
The United States has imposed new tariffs of up to 245% on Chinese imports in response to Beijing’s retaliatory trade actions, the White House announced late Tuesday.The move is part of a broader national security review of critical imports and follows China’s decision to suspend exports of key high-tech materials, including heavy rare earth metals […]
Yeung Sum, the founding member of the Democratic Party, is interviewed at the Democratic Party’s office in Prince Edward in Hong Kong on April 2, 2025. (AP) HONG KONG: When Yeung Sum co-founded the city’s largest pro-democracy party more than 30 years ago, he knew building a democratic Hong Kong would be a “difficult dream.” […]
The US internal revenue service (IRS) has started laying off staff as part of sweeping job cuts that could see up to 20,000 employees, around a quarter of its entire workforce, lose their jobs, according to three people familiar with the matter.The layoffs began on Friday and will initially hit the IRS’s office of civil […]
President Donald Trump with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (AP/ File photo) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has found himself at the center of growing frustration within the Trump administration as President Donald Trump prepares to implement his “Liberation Day” strategy, which includes the launch of reciprocal tariffs. According to the New York Post, sources close […]
