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‘I don’t know anything’: Donald Trump denies knowledge of 2019 Seal Team 6 mission; rejects approval reports

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Friday said he did not know “anything” about a classified 2019 Seal Team 6 mission in North Korea that The New York Times reported resulted in the deaths of unarmed North Korean civilians.Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump was asked by a reporter, “Can you confirm […]

US vs Seoul? Hundreds of South Koreans detained after Trump admin crackdown at Hyundai factory; ties with ally strained

Federal immigration agents stormed a Hyundai site in Georgia on Thursday in what officials described as the largest single-site enforcement action in US history. Nearly 500 people were detained, most of them South Korean nationals, triggering a furious response from Seoul and raising questions over Washington’s treatment of its closest Asian ally.The timing of the […]

‘Not surrendering’: NYC Mayor Eric Adams targets Zohran Mamdani; dismisses exit rumors

New York City mayor Eric Adams on Friday reaffirmed that he will not step down from his reelection bid, emphasising his commitment to the race amid reports suggesting that he has been approached about a potential role in a future Trump administration.“I am in this race. And I am the only one who can beat […]

Kristi Noem slams CBS: DHS chief claims media company ‘whitewashed’ criminal’s ties with MS-13 gang – watch

Kristi Noem, secretary of the US department of homeland security, lashed out at CBS News for allegedly editing her interview to “whitewash” the truth about Kilmar Abrego García’s connection with the MS-13 gang. Taking to X, Noem said that she joined CBS News to report the facts about Kilmar Ábrego García, who was mistakenly sent […]

‘We haven’t taken anything off the table’: Kristi Noem signals expanding ICE ops; Chicago next in line after Los Angeles

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the Trump administration is considering expanding immigration enforcement operations to more US cities. “We haven’t taken anything off the table,” Noem said on CBS News’ Face the Nation when asked about the possibility of widening immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) activities.“I think there’s a lot of cities […]

‘Endangering health’: Bernie Sanders urges Trump’s health secretary RFK Jr to resign; cites ‘dangerous policies’

Bernie Sanders (left), and Robert F Kennedy Jr. US Senator Bernie Sanders has joined calls for US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to step down, following recent turmoil in American health agencies.In an opinion piece in the New York Times on Saturday, the Vermont senator said Kennedy was “endangering the health of the American […]

A joke that turned serious: Rubio exits USAID role; hands shutdown to Vought

Marco Rubio and Donalfd Trump (File – AP) US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Friday announced he is stepping back from his role overseeing the US agency for international development (USAID), handing off responsibilities to office of management and budget director Russ Vought as the agency enters its final phase of shutdown.In a post […]

‘Poison in mind’: Trump’s crackdown on gender identity; says revise curriculum or face grant cuts

Donald Trump threatens funding cuts to states The Trump administration among the 40 states has directed the Alabama department of public health (ADPH) to revise its teen sex education curriculum funded under the federal personal responsibility education program (PREP), citing the inclusion of “gender ideology” as outside the scope of the law, within 60 days.In […]

Abrego Garcia’s deportation paused: US judge delays removal to October; Trump officials to testify

A federal judge in the United States has temporarily blocked the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man previously removed from the country under the Trump administration, and has scheduled an evidentiary hearing for October 6.US district judge Paula Xinis on Wednesday ordered that Abrego Garcia remain in the US until she rules on the […]

No ‘gender ideology’ in sex education: Trump admin threatens grant cuts in 46 states; says ‘federal funds will not be used to poison minds’ | World News

Trump admin threatens grant cuts in 46 states over gender ideology content Trump administration has warned 40 states, five US territories and Washington DC, to strip references to transgender people from sex education programs or risk losing federal funding. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) sent letters […]