[ad_1] The Senate approved Republicans’ budget blueprint just after 2:30 a.m. on Saturday to clear the way for passing President Trump’s domestic agenda, after Democrats forced an overnight session to protest the G.O.P. push to deliver what the president has called “one big beautiful bill” of spending and tax cuts. The 51-to-48 vote, mostly along […]
[ad_1] Thousands of demonstrators across the United States are expected to take to the streets on Saturday in a coordinated protest against the policies introduced by US President Donald Trump and billionaire businessman Elon Musk. The “Hands Off!” movement, backed by more than 150 civil rights groups, trade unions, LGBTQ+ advocates, veterans and fair-election campaigners, […]
[ad_1] J P Morgan projected that the United States will slip into a recession by the end of 2025, attributing the decline largely to President Donald Trump’s newly announced reciprocal tariffs. The forecast comes days after Trump imposed sweeping duties on imports in a bid to rebalance trade ties, with further hikes targeted at countries […]
[ad_1] Global markets were rattled on Friday as US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff war triggered a massive sell-off, erasing more than $9 trillion in market capitalisation since his second-term inauguration on January 20. The Wall Street meltdown, the worst since the Covid -19 pandemic, sent shockwaves across global financial centres. The S&P 500 plunged […]
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump posted a video on his social media handles showing what he claimed was an American airstrike that killed dozens of Houthi fighters in Yemen. The black-and-white footage appeared to have been filmed from a drone or military aircraft and shows a group of people gathered near a road, marked by […]
[ad_1] China has struck back at President Trump on Friday. In a rapid fire series of policy announcements from Beijing, including 34% across-the-board tariffs, three Chinese govt agencies showed that China has no intention of backing down in the trade war that Trump began this week with his own steep tariffs on imports from around […]
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of national security agency (NSA), according to US officials and members of Congress, but White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move.Senior military leaders were informed Thursday of the firing of Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, who also oversaw the Pentagon’s […]
[ad_1] Were Trump’s tariffs responsible for delay in TikTok deal? (Picture credit: AP) A long-anticipated deal to shift TikTok’s US operations into American hands was nearly sealed, until US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariff announcement derailed it, according to sources familiar with the negotiations, reported news agency Associated Press.The Trump administration had been working […]
[ad_1] File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) The US Supreme Court on Friday handed a major victory to the Trump administration by allowing it to terminate over $600 million in federal teacher-training grants, part of its broader campaign to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The 5-4 decision overruled a lower […]
[ad_1] Donald Trump spends day at Florida golf course as markets tumble (Picture credit: AP) As financial markets continue to reel from a sweeping new tariff plan, US President Donald Trump spent his weekend in Florida, playing golf and attending a lavish $1 million-a-plate dinner, doubling down on his hardline economic strategy and dismissing mounting […]
