Washington: US President Donald Trump denied media reports on Friday that his billionaire ally Elon Musk would receive a “top-secret briefing” on Washington’s strategy in a potential war with China. The reports, first published by The New York Times, fanned concerns about the SpaceX and Tesla chief’s influence in the White House as an unelected … Read more
Mumbai: The Trump Organization and its local real estate partners have announced a new commercial tower project in India as the US president’s family business seeks to tap demand in the world’s most populous country. India is already home to four Trump-branded residential complexes, making it the largest market outside America for his family business, … Read more
Washington: Donald Trump’s rumbling conflict with the judiciary burst into open confrontation on Tuesday as Supreme Court Justice John Roberts issued a rare public rebuke of the US president over his call for the impeachment of a federal court judge. “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump plans to release about 80,000 pages of material related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday, seeking to honor his campaign promise to provide more transparency about the shock event in Texas. “It’s a lot of stuff, and you’ll make your own determination,” Trump told reporters about … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump on Monday declared he will hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Huthi rebels, who have targeted multiple US and other foreign ships in the Red Sea. “Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for US influence. Just a day after all employees were put on leave, staff working on a contractual basis received an email notifying them that they … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other US-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for US influence. Just a day after all employees were put on leave, staff working on a contractual basis received an email notifying them that they … Read more
Washington: Representatives of President Donald Trump’s family have held discussions to acquire a financial stake in the US arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, while the company’s founder seeks a presidential pardon, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who served four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose 200-percent tariffs on wine, champagne and other alcoholic products from France and other European Union countries in retaliation against the bloc’s planned levies on US-produced whiskey. “If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump has been condemned by Jewish and Muslim groups for using the term “Palestinian” as a slur in an attack on the country’s highest-ranking elected Jewish official. In comments to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump said Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer had “become a Palestinian.” “He used to be … Read more
Washington: Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled his planned tariff on all steel and aluminum products coming into the United States from Canada, bringing the total to 50%, in response to the province of Ontario placing a 25% tariff on electricity coming into US. Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social he has instructed … Read more
New York, US: Share markets across the globe witnessed sharp losses after a selloff in America, triggered by US President Donald Trump on Monday refusing to rule out the suggestion that his tariffs could trigger a recession in the world’s biggest economy. US bond yields also dropped as investor worries about the potential economic slowdown … Read more