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Deadlock deepens: Democrats, Republicans block funding plans; US heads toward first shutdown since 2019

File photo (Picture credit: AP) The US federal government officially entered a shutdown after Democrats and Republicans failed again to pass competing funding plans in the Senate, deepening the partisan standoff over federal spending and health care. Funding plans blocked, shutdown triggered On a 55-45 vote, the GOP proposal to extend funding until November 21 […]

Over my dead body, says Soros’ son as Trump admin focuses on $23 billion charity

During a panel discussion featuring world leaders and philanthropists in New York on Thursday afternoon, Alex Soros said the $23 billion philanthropic organisation he leads would not cave to pressure from President Trump.Soros, the son of billionaire investor and Democratic megadonor George Soros, defiantly told attendees that the organisation had done nothing wrong and would […]

‘Most powerful AI’: Trump, Elon Musk come together once again after Charlie Kirk funeral

The Trump administration’s General Services Administration (GSA), which oversees federal real estate, procurement, and technology services, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, to streamline government operations.Under the agreement, valid through March 2027, federal agencies will gain access to xAI’s Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast chatbots at a […]

‘No basis’: Judge dismisses Trump’s $15 billion NYT lawsuit; gives 28 days to refile

US President Donald Trump (Leon Neal, Pool via AP) A federal judge on Friday threw out US President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, ruling that the complaint was not “legally sufficient.” US district judge Steven Merryday of Florida said the filing “failed to provide a proper basis” for the […]

‘You’ve got to be yourself’: JD Vance hits out at Newsom for imitating ‘Trump-style’ posts; says Democrats need authenticity

File photo: US Vice President JD Vance (right) and California Governor Gavin Newsom (Picture credit: AP) US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday ridiculed California Governor Gavin Newsom for imitating President Donald Trump’s social media style, calling the approach inauthentic and unlikely to help Democrats win over voters.Speaking on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle, Vance […]

‘Show me 1 photo’: NSA Ajit Doval dares foreign media on Operation Sindoor; seeks proof of damage on Indian side | India News

Ajit Doval (File photo) NEW DELHI: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday called out international media, specifically naming the New York Times, for its reportage on Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. He dared foreign media to “show even one image” of damage on the Indian side.Speaking at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Madras, Doval said, […]

Is Steve Bannon in Epstein files? Elon Musk’s big claim raises questions; netizens react

Elon Musk (left) and Steve Bannon (right) (File Photo) Elon Musk has intensified his public feud with Steve Bannon, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, by claiming on X that Bannon’s name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files.“Steve Bannon is in the Epstein files,” Musk wrote in a post on X. Trump-Bondi Clash […]

‘They are guilty as sin’: Elon Musk slams media companies; dares both ‘to take drug tests & publish’ after he tests negative

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday hit back at media companies, posting his own negative drug test results and challenging “The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to take tests and publish the results.”Musk posted a photo of his lab test results on X with a simple caption “lol,” showing negative results for […]

Interview | Basharat Peer on the story that became ‘Homebound’

Basharat Peer was in Delhi on the evening of March 24, 2020, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the country on television and announced a countrywide, complete lockdown. “Four hours later, nobody would be allowed to step outside his or her home,” Peer writes in an e-mail conversation, reliving the urgency of the period. At the […]

‘This was a terrorist attack’: US House panel slams NYT for ‘whitewashing’ Pahalgam terror attack on Hindus

The US house foreign affairs committee on Wednesday took sharp exception to a New York Times headline describing the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack, where 28 tourists were killed, as the work of “militants.” The Committee’s Republican majority posted a sharply worded correction on social media platform X, accusing the outlet of downplaying the severity […]