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MAGA wants crackdown on Chinese students: ‘Trump should deport Xi’s daughter’

US-China trade war shows no sign of de-escalation. With the US-China trade war escalating, MAGA activists pushed for a crackdown on Chinese students studying in US universities. Hundreds of students have lost their students’ visas in the recent few days as the Trump administration is targeting students with links to anti-Israel protests that rocked the […]

Watch: Donald Trump accused of market manipulation after ‘friends make $2.5 billion and $900 million’

Trump took a U-turn on tariffs, putting a pause for 90 days. On Wednesday morning, US markets fluctuated until Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, advising it was an optimal time to purchase stocks. Approximately four hours later, he announced a 90-day tariff suspension, resulting in significant market gains.Criticism poured in after White House aide […]

Why Trump Paused Tariffs: Behind 90-day pause on tariffs: ‘Bessent, Lutnick told Trump their phones were…’

Donald Trump was under tremendous pressure from friends, CEOs, reports claimed. While the White House described Donald Trump’s U-turn on tariffs as “the art of the deal”, insiders aware of what transpired behind the announcement of the 90-day pause said there was tremendous pressure from CEOs, friends, GOP senators, markers and bond prices. Axios reported […]

Another U-Turn: Trump reverses tariffs that caused market meltdown, but companies remain bewildered | World News

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump delivered another jarring reversal in American trade policy Wednesday, suspending for 90 days import taxes he’d imposed barely 13 hours earlier on dozens of countries while escalating his trade war with China. The moves triggered a powerful stock market rally on Wall Street but left businesses, investors and America’s trading partners […]

‘They were stupid, incompetent’: Amid trade war with China, Trump blames Biden, Obama

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Thursday launched a scathing attack on his predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama, calling them “stupid” and “incompetent” for not taking on China earlier over trade issues.“I happen to pick the Resolute Desk, but I blame the people sitting behind this desk for being stupid and incompetent and […]

FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations

Weeks after ordering Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid worries that recent layoffs and resignations could jeopardize basic functions, like approving new medicines. An internal email obtained by The Associated Press states that FDA leadership are […]

Appeals court backs Trump firing thousands of probationary federal workers

A federal appeals court has ruled in favour of the Trump administration on Wednesday, allowing it to proceed with the dismissal of thousands of probationary federal employees. This overturns a previous court order in Baltimore that had required reinstatement.The court ruled that the employees’ terminations should be challenged through the federal employment process rather than […]

Trump signs retributory orders against ‘Anonymous’ author, former cyber chief and a law firm

US president Donald Trump signed two memoranda on Wednesday directing the justice department to investigate former officials Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs, while also targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey involved in litigation against his allies.The move marks a sharp escalation in Trump’s campaign to punish critics from his first term. Taylor and Krebs had […]

‘Somebody had to do it’: Donald Trump on raising China tariffs to 125 per cent

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) defended his decision to raise tariffs on China to 125 per cent, stating, “somebody had to do it.”The President, during his meeting with Roger Penske‘s NASCAR, INDY, and IMSA Champions at the White House, emphasised that no other US leader would have taken such a bold […]

Republican split stalls Trump’s tax plan as House cancels key budget vote

US Congress failed to pass a crucial budget resolution on Wednesday, delaying President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut proposals. Internal disagreements among Republicans, particularly House conservatives demanding deeper spending cuts, forced leadership to cancel the vote. The delay threatens Trump’s broader agenda, including border security and energy plans, while exposing tensions within the GOP’s slim […]