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US cyber agency puts poll security staffers who worked with states on leave

State election officials of both political parties have defended CISA's work to help secure election offices from a range of cybersecurity and physical threats

Judge set to rule on Justice dept's demand for Musk's access to Treasury

Justice Department attorneys from Washington and New York told Vargas in a filing on Sunday that the ban was unconstitutional and a remarkable intrusion

Labour unions sue to block DOGE access to private info at US agencies

The suit, led by the American Federation of Teachers, alleges Trump admin violated federal privacy laws when it gave Musk's DOGE access to systems with personal information on millions of Americans

Trump steps up his 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum, risks inflation

The tariffs carry inflation risks at a moment when voters are already weary of high prices and fearful that price increases will eclipse any income gains

Rushdie was too stunned to react when a man started to stab him: Prosecutor

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the two face-to-face for the first time since the attack that left Rushdie seriously wounded and blind in one eye

Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don't work'

Trump signed an executive order Monday, saying: It's a ridiculous situation. We're going back to plastic straws'

Venezuela sends planes to US to return migrants, signalling improving ties

Flights of Illegal Aliens to Venezuela Resume, the White House said in a post on the X platform, saying they were overseen by Richard Grennell, a top Trump advisor who recently traveled to Venezuela

Hawaii court rules against insurance firms in Maui fire, allows settlement

The massive inferno that was the deadliest in the US in more than a century decimated the historic town of Lahaina, killing more than 100 people, destroying thousands of properties

Musk-led group proposes to buy OpenAI for $97.4 bn; Altman says 'no'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly rejected the deal on Musk's social platform X, saying, no thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want

News influencers favoured Trump over Harris during campaign, shows study

Influencers reviewed by the Pew Research Center talked about Trump and Harris on social media about equally, but there were more posts about Trump and they tended to be more favourable

USAID watchdog warns of lack of oversight of $8.2 bn in unspent aid

The new administration's rapid dismantling of USAID has left oversight of the humanitarian aid largely nonoperational, the inspector general's office for USAID said

US officials to meet Zelenskyy in Munich for talks on Russia-Ukraine war

Trump, who had previously said he would bring about a rapid end to the war, recently suggested that administration officials have already begun talks with Russian officials

Citing rising cost, Trump directs US Treasury to stop minting new pennies

For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site

Hamas accuses Israel of ceasefire breaches, to delay next hostage release

A Hamas spokesperson said Monday that the group will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating ceasefire agreement

Players walk off in protest, forcing abandonment of Turkish football match

Galatasaray was leading 1-0 following a controversial penalty which its own head coach thought shouldn't have been awarded when Adana players decided to walk off

Ireland beat Zimbabwe on final day to secure third straight Test win

The Irish gained full member status with the ICC in 2017, allowing them to play test cricket. They lost their first seven matches at Test level

HIV infections likely to surge 6-fold if US support ends: UNAIDS chief

In one Kenyan county, she said 550 HIV workers were immediately laid off, while thousands of others in Ethiopia were terminated, leaving health officials unable to track the epidemic

With Trump in office, Iranians mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution

The annual commemoration of the end of the rule of the American-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the creation of Iran's Shiite theocracy comes this year as deep uncertainty linger

After ceasefire in Gaza, West Bank Palestinians face more Israeli barriers

More checkpoints have started going up between Palestinian cities, slicing up the occupied West Bank and creating choke points the Israeli army can shut off on a whim

US SC that Trump helped shape could have last word on his executive orders

The court gave Trump major victories last year that helped clear away potential obstacles to his reelection