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The US president said the situation was "working out very well" and predicted oil prices would fall once the Iran conflict ends, without giving details of his next steps or a timeline

A federal court in Texas on Friday issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state's Big Bend region. The news marks a major win for landowners, businesses and environmentalists in the region who have united to oppose the planned infrastructure projects, which are part of a USD 46 billion effort by the Trump administration to line the southern border with a mix of 30-foot-tall steel walls, vehicle barriers, roads and surveillance technology. Judge Kathleen Cardone said in her ruling that the plaintiffs were "likely to succeed on the merits of at least one of the claims in suit, that there is a likelihood that they will suffer serious, irreparable harm without an injunction, and that the balance of the equities and the public interest weigh in their favour." Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Opponents of the bor

The package includes eight nuclear power plants, an Alaska gas pipeline and a 6-GW Texas power facility, though Seoul said the $54 billion Alaska project was not yet final

The US military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group and prompting President Donald Trump to hail the conclusion of "a very expensive excursion into Hell." The last US troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington. Trump, in a social media post, described the withdrawal by a September 30 deadline as "orderly." Appearing soon after at a White House event celebrating Hispanics, he spoke at length about the withdrawal and said, "It's been a long time with very bad decision making that got us involved in this quagmire in the first place. It was a quagmire. For many, many years it lasted. But soon that part of history will be over." He said the shift was a victory for the US, Iraq and a sign of victory over the Islamic State group. The withdrawal, agreed on two years ago, comes against the backdrop of the ongoing war between the United States

The US economy grew at a solid 2.2 per cent pace from April through June as consumer spending and business investment came in strong. Growth in gross domestic product - the nation's output of goods and services - decelerated from a 2.5 per cent pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The second-quarter growth was an improvement on the department's previous estimate of 1.5 per cent - a surprise to economists who had expected little or no change in the GDP number. Consumer spending - which accounts for about 70 per cent of US economic activity - increased at a healthy 3.8 per cent annual pace, up from 0.7 per cent in the January-March period. Spending has been helped by a strong stock market, which reflects enthusiasm over the prospects for artificial intelligence, enriches wealthy investors and gives them more money to buy things with. The overall growth number was dragged down by imports. They are subtracted from growth because GDP is only suppos

Under the agreement forged at a White House lunch Tuesday with nearly two dozen top tech industry executives, AI companies also committed to regularly meet to set best practices for the industry

The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. The high court said it will hear arguments in December on the policy. Lower courts found migrants must have a meaningful chance to object before being sent to countries where they have no ties. The apparent 6-3 order halts an appeals court ruling for now. Federal attorneys said the lower-court decision forced the cancellation of a deportation flight carrying about 70 people bound for three countries. The justices previously allowed the deportation flights, a core Trump administration policy, to temporarily continue when the case came before them last year. Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries, including Liberia and Guyana. The vast majority have been sent to Mexico. Trump's Republican ...

The plan includes a proposed $15 billion steel complex in Iowa and nearly $3 billion already invested in a Minnesota iron ore mine and pelletising facility

Trump has unveiled a $15 billion steel project with Indian conglomerate Essar; behind the landmark announcement is the Ruia family's decades-long journey through expansion, debt, and restructuring

The ‌news outlets asked a ​judge overseeing their case ​in Washington, DC, federal court to grant a preliminary ​injunction blocking Trump's bans until there is a final ruling in the case

The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social media account Saturday that the less stringent mileage requirements would "take the waste out of building cars in America" and save families "thousands on a new, beautiful and safe car," while boosting auto production in the US. Last December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration projected that the new standards would set the industry fleetwide average for light-duty vehicles at roughly 34.5 miles per gallon in the 2031 model year, down from a projected 50.4 miles per gallon in 2031 under rules put in place by the Biden administration. Fuel economy requirements set out how far new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline. The change would further make do on Trump's promise to revoke policies that encouraged or created

The US president has repeatedly argued that the introduction of robust regulations to slow down progress on AI threatens US national interests by enabling China to seize the advantage

Trump pitched the changes, which he announced in December, as a way to boost the domestic auto industry and lower consumer costs

The Wall Street Journal said the rating is the lowest for any president heading into midterm elections in its polls dating to 1990, as Trump prepares to campaign for Republicans

The White House signalled Friday night that CNN would be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip, the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. The news organisation was replaced by Real America's Voice News, a conservative outlet. The news came just after journalists from three news outlets that Trump banned last week from the White House grounds returned to the executive complex with TV cameras, laptops and microphones in hand. The US network video pool for the White House was back in operation Friday, for the first time since President Donald Trump banned three news outlets in an extraordinary showdown over media access. At noon on CNN, viewers could see Trump and President Xi Jinping touring the National Archives, along with Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan, Xi's wife. The banner along the bottom of the screen read: "Trump and China's Xi Visit National Archives." It was a routine report from

The State Department proposal would expand access to passport records for state and local officials and potentially some nonprofits to verify voter eligibility

The Government Accountability Office estimated annual federal tax fraud losses at $116 billion-$304 billion, based on data from 2018 through 2024

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump told aides he expects US bombing of Iran to resume after November's midterm elections

US State Department plans to allow state and local officials, and potentially nonprofits, to access passport records to verify voters' citizenship under a proposed policy