Page 238 - Ap/pti Reuters

After passing budget plan, hard part of lawmaking begins for Republicans

With narrow majorities in both chambers, Republicans must hold nearly all their votes while drafting legislation, giving each lawmaker significant leverage in shaping the final bill

Trump to undergo annual physical on Friday after yrs of limited disclosures

Despite long questioning predecessor Joe Biden's physical and mental capacity, Trump himself has routinely kept basic facts about his own health shrouded in secrecy

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Stanford charged with felony offences

The twelve people, current and former Stanford students, have been charged with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy to trespass

Asian shares sink as China-US trade war escalates; Nikkei dives 5.6%

South Korea's Kospi fell 1.6 per cent to 2,400.34, while in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 shed 2.1 per cent to 7,552.10

MLK, RFK assassination records will soon be public, says Tulsi Gabbard

Searches were also being done of storage lockers at the FBI, CIA and other agencies to see if other documents can be found, Gabbard said

US stocks dive as euphoria on Wall Street shifts to trade war fears

The losses for US stocks accelerated Thursday after the White House clarified that the United States will tax Chinese imports at 145 per cent, not the 125 per cent rate that Trump had written about

US envoy to Ukraine Bridget Brink to step down as peace talks uncertain

State Department said Thursday that Bridget Brink will be leaving her post in the near future, although it was not immediately clear exactly when she would depart

Tesla launches in Saudi Arabia with 1st showroom, service centre in Riyadh

The Riyadh event drew a large and diverse crowd from content creators and car enthusiasts to visitors excited about Tesla's launch

US budget deficit hits $1.3 trn in six months, second highest on record

The previous high in the four decades of recordkeeping was $1.7 trillion in the first half of fiscal year 2021, when the government was tackling the Covid-19 pandemic

Pressed for evidence, US cites power to deport Mahmoud Khalil for beliefs

Khalil, a 30-year-old Palestinian by ethnicity who was born in Syria, was arrested March 8 in New York and taken to a detention centre in Louisiana

Trump's tariffs may end quarter-century era of cheap goods for US consumers

Even after Trump's U-turn on Wednesday that paused steep new tariffs on about 60 nations for 90 days, average US duties remain much higher than a couple of months ago

S&P 500 drops 5% after Trump hikes China tariffs to 145%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,746 points, and the Nasdaq composite sank 5.8 per cent

EU will put tariff retaliation on hold for 90 days to match Trump's pause

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission took note of the announcement by President Trump

EU chief hails Trump's tariff pause, stays quiet on bloc's retaliatory plan

Von der Leyen described the halt on reciprocal tariffs as an important step towards stabilising the global economy

Defence chiefs from 30 nations to attend Nato talks on future Ukraine force

Meeting at Nato HQs- the first between defence ministers representing the so-called coalition of the willing comes after a visit to Kyiv last week by senior British and French military officers

China reaches out to others for support against US as Trump adds tariffs

China has refused to seek talks, saying the US was insincere and that it will fight to the end in a tariff war, prompting Trump to further jack up the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125 per cent

S Korean opposition leader opens presidential bid following Yoon's ouster

Lee, who narrowly lost the 2022 election to Yoon, led the liberal Democratic Party's campaign to oust the former president over his December declaration of martial law

Trump's new energy order puts states' climate laws in crosshairs of DOJ

Trump has declared a national energy emergency and ordered his attorney general to take action against states that may be illegally overreaching their authority in how they regulate energy development

Trump admin to check for antisemitism before granting immigration benefits

US to screen social media of immigrants seeking benefits, targeting ties to antisemitic activity, including foreign students and those linked to institutions with reported incidents

Dominican club roof collapse kills 184; officials race to identify victims

Earlier in the day, National Institute of Forensic Pathology officials read the names of 54 victims they had identified so far