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Nato is set to approve new military purchases as part of a major defence spending hike

Nato defence ministers are set Thursday to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a US push to ramp up security spending. The “capability targets” lay out goals for each of the 32 nations to purchase priority equipment […]

‘We all are going to die’: Senator Ernst booed at Town Hall over support for Trump’s $700 billion spending cuts

Senator Joni Ernst (Image credits: AP) Republican senator Joni Ernst faced boos and groans from constituents during a tense town hall in Parkersburg, Iowa, on Friday after defending a Republican-backed spending and tax cut package, dubbed as “the big, beautiful bill” by US President Trump, which includes $700 billion in cuts, including significant reductions to […]

Elon Musk criticises Donald Trump-backed spending bill: ‘It can be big or beautiful, not both’

Elon Musk (Pic credit: AP) Elon Musk said he was “disappointed” by a big spending bill passed by House Republicans last week, which is strongly supported by US PresidentDonald Trump. In a rare televised interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Musk appeared to distance himself from US President Donald Trump’s latest legislative push, a sprawling $3.8 […]

Elon Musk says he’s back to spending 24/7 at work after X outage, makes official exit from politics

Elon Musk says he’s back to 24X7 office after X witnessed massive outage across the world Saturday. The major outage in X, formerly Twitter, marked Elon Musk‘s official exit from politics, which occupied most of his time in the past six months as he announced that he’s back to spending 24X7 at work and will […]

Kash Patel, Indian-origin FBI director, accused of spending more time at nightclubs than office

Kash Patel is accused of spending more time in Las Vegas home and at night clubs than in his FBI office. A former FBI official on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program commented that FBI director Kash Patel, despite the fear that was spread ahead of his confirmation that he would dismantle the system if he became […]

Canada elections 2025: Mark Carney’s Liberals outline $130 billion spending on defence, housing, tax cuts

Canada PM and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney on Saturday unveiled the Liberal Party’s “platform” (election manifesto) for the federal election scheduled for April 28. Also Read | Canada elections 2025 explained: Who’s running, who can vote, what to watch and why it matters“In a crisis, you need a plan. […]

Trump on 104% tariff on China: ‘I don’t want them spending money on their military’

Trump escalated his trade war against China with 104% tariff. As President Donald Trump threatened China with more tariffs on Mondayt, the White House confirmed that the new tariffs would take the total tariff of China to 104 per cent if China does not back down. Trump announced a 34 per cent tariff on China […]