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History won't forget it were US SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden: Trump

History will never forget that it were the US Navy Seals that stormed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's compound and put a bullet in his head, US President Donald Trump said. Trump also repeated his claim that a year before Al Qaeda terrorists attacked the World Trade Centre twin towers in September 2001, he had warned about bin Laden. History will never forget that it was the SEALs who stormed the compound (of) Osama bin Laden and put a bullet in his head. Remember that, Trump said in a speech at Norfolk, Virginia Sunday during a special celebration to mark the US Navy's 250th birthday. Trump said that he had asked authorities to keep track of bin Laden a year before the 9/11 attack, and went on to add that the "fake news would never let me get away with that statement unless it was true". "Please remember I wrote about Osama bin Laden exactly one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, You got to watch Osama bin Laden'," he said. "But I said one year before tha

US Gaza plan needs Trump's stamina and focus, not Nobel Prize distraction

Neither Israel nor Hamas fully supports the deal, with both sides issuing caveats and misrepresenting or ignoring key terms regarding Gaza's future

Silent stars: Why Indian-Americans won't defend India on visa curbs in DC

New Delhi has long overestimated the influence and attachment of the Indian-American community, whose connection to India often fades over generations and is mostly limited to family or religious ties

China hawks grow queasy over Trump's push for trade deals with Beijing

As Trump pursues a trade pact with the US's biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they're being sidelined inside the administration

Trump deploys California Guard to Oregon despite setback from court

The troops arrived Saturday night with no prior notice to state officials, and more troops are on the way, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek said in a statement Sunday

California Guv Newsom to sue Trump over sending National Guard to Oregon

The move marked another dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump's campaign to federalise law enforcement in Democratic states

'Everybody's pretty much agreed to it': Trump on Gaza plan ahead of talks

In a Truth Social post, Trump said there have been positive discussions with Hamas and other countries, including Arab and Muslim nations, on the Gaza peace plan

We're dealing with killers, savages, terrorists: US secy of State on Hamas

Trump says global negotiations with Hamas for hostage release and ending Gaza war are "very successful and proceeding rapidly"

US strikes another vessel off Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal drugs

Trump praised the Navy's efforts to combat what he called 'cartel terrorists'

Trump blames Democrats for federal layoffs as govt shutdown enters day 6

Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations taking place to end what is about to be a six-day shutdown with President Donald Trump saying that layoffs are occurring. Asked on Sunday night when federal workers would be fired as he has threatened to do, Trump told reporters: It's taking place right now and it's all because of the Democrats. The Democrats are causing the loss of a lot of jobs, Trump added, declining to answer a question about which agencies are subject to the cuts. The possibility of layoffs would escalate an already tense situation in which Washington lawmakers have struggled to find common ground and build mutual trust. Leaders in both parties are betting that public sentiment has swung their way, putting pressure on the other side to cave. Democrats are insisting on renewing subsidies to cover health insurance costs for millions of households, while Trump wants to

Trump marks Navy's 250th anniversary with rally-like event amid shutdown

President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary using his speech to praise both the Navy and himself. Trump delivered remarks that by his own recognition bordered on making it more like a campaign event, generating some applause from the crowd before closing out with a recording of his theme song, YMCA by Village People. Let's face it, this is a rally, Trump told the crowd that the Navy estimated to be 10,000 people. The president criticised his political opponents and attacked Democratic lawmakers as the shutdown entered its fifth day, causing military personnel to work without pay until the government reopens. I want you to know that despite the current Democrat induced shutdown, we will get our service members every last penny. Don't worry about it," Trump said to cheers from the crowd. The government shutdown that began Wednesday has sparked partisan blam

Trump says Putin's offer on nuclear arms control 'sounds like a good idea'

US Vice President JD Vance said last month that Washington was considering a Ukrainian request to obtain missiles that could strike deep into Russia, including Moscow

Israel strikes Gaza as Palestinians pin hopes on Trump's peace plan

Israeli forces warned residents who have left the city against returning, saying it was a 'dangerous combat zone'

Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks 'going nowhere': White House

Trump described the potential job cuts on Sunday as 'Democrat layoffs,' telling reporters, Anybody laid off that's because of the Democrats

Israel, Hamas set for talks over Trump's Gaza peace plan in Egypt on Monday

Egypt, a key intermediary in truce talks, said it would host delegations from both sides to discuss a possible exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners

Judge blocks Trump's policy to detain migrant children in adult facilities

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to keep migrant children in detention after they turn 18, moving quickly to stop transfers to adult facilities that advocates said were scheduled for this weekend. US District Judge Rudolph Contreras on Saturday issued a temporary restraining order to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to not detain any child who came to the country alone and without permission in ICE adult detention facilities after they become an adult. The Washington, DC, judge found that such automatic detention violates a court order he issued in 2021 barring such practices. ICE and the US Department of Homeland Security didn't immediately respond Saturday to emails seeking comment. The push to detain new adults is yet another battle over one of the most sensitive issues in President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration agenda how to treat children who cross the border unaccompanied by adults. The Associated Press reported Friday t

US Treasury considers $1 Trump coin to mark 250th independence anniversary

The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the US Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump's profile on one side of the coin

Trump to federalise 300 Illinois troops as judge blocks Oregon mobilisation

The Trump administration plans to federalise 300 Illinois National Guard troops, Democratic Governor JB Pritzker said Saturday, marking the latest escalation of the president's use of federal intervention in US cities. But the same day, a similar mobilisation of 200 National Guard troops in Oregon was temporarily blocked after a federal judge found President Donald Trump was likely overstepping his legal authority in responding to relatively small protests near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. Trump has characterised both Portland and Chicago as cities rife with crime and unrest, calling the former a war zone and suggesting apocalyptic force was needed to quell problems in the latter. Since the start of his second term, he has sent or talked about sending troops to 10 cities, including Baltimore, Maryland; Memphis, Tennessee; the District of Columbia; New Orleans, Louisiana; and the California cities of Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. But the ..

Dozens killed in Gaza despite Trump's call for Israel to halt bombing

I will not tolerate delay, which many think will happen, or any outcome where Gaza poses a threat again, he said

Trump's 'paper tiger' jab at Russia echoes Mao's propaganda against US

Nearly 80 years after Mao Zedong called the United States a paper tiger to boost morale at home, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are exchanging barbs who is the paper tiger of today. In a September 23 post on Truth Social, Trump mocked Russia's military powers and called the country a paper tiger, prompting the Kremlin to push back. Trump backed off, but on Tuesday he brought back the dismissive rhetoric when addressing a roomful of generals and admirals. You're four years fighting a war that should have taken a week," Trump said of Russia's war with Ukraine. "Are you a paper tiger? On Thursday, Putin retorted, We are fighting against the entire bloc of NATO, and we keep moving, keep advancing and feel confident, and we are a paper tiger; what NATO itself is? He added: A paper tiger? Go and deal with this paper tiger then. Those familiar with modern Chinese history have found it amusing, odd and not without irony that an American president should be .