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India's top tech schools see opportunity in Trump's H-1B visa curbs

Country's brightest engineers no longer see US jobs as essential for success; rising growth prospects at home are reshaping career ambitions

Trump cuts ties with top MAGA ally 'Wacky' Marjorie Taylor Greene

President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Wacky' Marjorie and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year's midterms if the right person runs. The dismissal of Greene once the epitome of MAGA, sporting the signature red cap for President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union address and acting as a go-between for Trump and other Capitol Hill Republicans appeared to be the final break in a dispute simmering for months, as Greene has seemingly moderated her political profile. The three-term US House member has increasingly dissented from Republican leaders, attacking them during the just-ended federal government shutdown and saying they need a plan to help people who are losing subsidies to afford health insurance policies. Accusing the Georgia Republican of going Far Left, Trump wrote that all he had witnessed from Greene in recent months is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAI

Trump threatens to sue BBC for up to $5 billion despite its apology

After Trump's lawyer issued a letter seeking an apology, the BBC acknowledged an error in the editing and apologised. However, it maintained that it had not defamed Trump

Trump lowers tariffs on beef, coffee to reduce rising grocery prices

Donald Trump has reduced tariffs on beef, coffee and many common food items to help bring down rising grocery costs, marking a major shift in his tariff policy as Americans struggle with high prices

Made 'progress' on stopping flow of drugs from Venezuela, says Trump

US has called Venezuela's leader, President Nicolas Maduro, illegitimate and the head of a drug-trafficking network

Stopped war by preserving ceasefire between Cambodia, Thailand: Trump

President Donald Trump said Friday that he had successfully eased hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand, saying that he'd been able to preserve a previous, US-brokered ceasefire that had appeared to be breaking down. I stopped a war just today, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for the weekend. He said his actions were made possible by his willingness to impose steep tariffs on countries around the world, which he has argued gives the US great leverage on trade and diplomatic leverage. The president said he'd spoken to the prime ministers of both countries by phone and now, They're doing great. They were not doing great. He said the conversations left him believing, I think they're going to be fine. Territorial disputes over exactly where the border lies between the Southeast Asian neighbors led to five days of armed conflict in late July that killed dozens of soldiers and civilians. Trump threatened to withhold trade ...

US will probe Epstein's ties to Clinton, other political foes: Pam Bondi

Acceding to President Donald Trump's demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton. Bondi posted on X that she was assigning Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the probe, capping an eventful week in which congressional Republicans released nearly 23,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate and House Democrats seized on emails mentioning Trump. Trump, who was friends with Epstein for years, didn't explain what supposed crimes he wanted the Justice Department to investigate. None of the men he mentioned in a social media post demanding the probe has been accused of sexual misconduct by any of Epstein's victims. Hours before Bondi's announcement, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he would ask her, the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate Epstein's involvement and relationship with ...

Judge blocks Trump bid to cut federal funding for University of California

The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction sought by labor unions and other groups representing UC faculty, students and employees. Messages sent to the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice were not immediately returned. The unions argue in a lawsuit that the administration is using funding cuts, and the threat of cuts, to silence opposing viewpoints at UC in violation of the Constitution and federal law. President Donald Trump has decried elite colleges as overrun by liberalism and antisemitism. His administration has launched investigations of dozens of universities, claiming they have failed to end the use of racial preferences in violation of civil rights law. The Republican administration says ...

Trump to welcome Saudi crown prince with deal signings, lavish dinner

It's not an official state visit, but the White House is preparing to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next week with the pomp and circumstance that is typical of one. The crown prince's day at the White House next Tuesday will begin with an arrival ceremony on the sweeping South Lawn and a subsequent greeting on the South Portico, according to a senior White House official. Then Trump will host him in the Oval Office for a bilateral meeting, followed by a signing and lunch in the Cabinet Room where the US and Saudi Arabia will formalise multiple economic and defence agreements, said the official, granted anonymity to discuss the administration's planning. Later in the evening, the White House will hold an East Room dinner hosted and planned by first lady Melania Trump. His visit is billed as an official working visit because Prince Mohammed is not technically a head of state, the official said. On Wednesday, dozens of CEOs are expected to attend a meeting of the US-Sau

Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit to ease price pressure

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits. It's part of a response to pressure from consumers who complain prices are too high. The move comes after voters in off-year elections earlier this month cited economic concerns as their top issue, resulting in big wins for Democrats in races in Virginia and New Jersey.

US administration plans broad tariff exemptions to curb rising food prices

The exemptions are expected to include beef and citrus products, although the people cautioned that President Trump had not made a final decision

Trump signs executive order to support children coming out of foster care

Trump talked about how every year, 15,000 children find themselves at a paucity of support upon stepping outside of foster care homes

British billionaire Joe Lewis pardoned by Trump for insider trading

British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, was pardoned by President Donald Trump more than a year after he was fined $5 million after pleading guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York, authorities said Thursday. Lewis, 88, had requested a pardon so he could receive medical treatment and visit his grandchildren and great grandchildren in the United States, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a pardon that has not been officially announced. Lewis pleaded guilty in January 2024, saying he knew that sharing nonpublic information, which he had learned from corporate boardrooms about publicly traded companies, with others who then bought stock in those companies was wrong. At the time of the plea, he was free on $300 million bail. According to prosecutors and an indictment, Lewis shared the secrets with friends, employees and romantic interests from 2019 to 2021, urging them

BBC apologises to Trump, but says there's no basis for defamation claim

The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it strongly disagreed that there was a basis for a defamation lawsuit. The BBC said Chair Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before some of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. It said there are no plans to rebroadcast the documentary that spliced together parts of his speech that came almost an hour apart. Trump's lawyer sent the BBC a letter demanding an apology and threatened to file a $1 billion lawsuit.

Reached trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador: Trump admin

The Trump administration said Thursday that it had reached trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala. The frameworks are about increasing the ability of U.S. firms to sell industrial and agricultural products in these countries, according to a senior administration official who insisted on anonymity as a condition for briefing reporters on a call about the agreements. The White House also released statements on the frameworks, which have yet to be finalized and are expected to be signed within roughly two weeks. It's all part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump to rewrite the rules of global commerce through the use of broad tariffs. The frameworks touch on an array of subjects, including efforts to reduce nontariff barriers and cut tariffs to 0% on American-made goods as well as commitments to not impose digital services taxes on U.S. companies. There would also be tariff relief on select products from these countries. For example, import license

Trump admin labels 4 European left-wing networks as terrorist groups

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday designated four European left-wing groups as terrorist organizations, following through on his vow to crack down on leftists after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The networks targeted by Trump's Republican administration all appear to be based in Europe, with no operations in the United States. They are an Italian anarchist front that sent explosive packages to the then-president of the European Commission in 2003, two Greek networks believed to have planted bombs outside riot police and labor department buildings in Athens, and an anti-fascist group whose members were prosecuted by German authorities for a hammer attack against neo-Nazis in Dresden. Europe has a long history of left-wing political violence, while in the United States political violence has been more likely to come from the right in recent decades, according to multiple studies, including by the Justice Department. However, there's been an

Epstein claimed he could 'take down' Trump after their friendship ended

Jeffrey Epstein cast himself as a Trump insider and wanted to leverage potentially damaging information about the president and his business dealings, according to emails with associates

After 230 years, penny dies: What pushed the US Mint to pull the plug

The decision to end the production of pennies was made by US President Donald Trump earlier this year as costs climbed and the one-cent valuation became virtually obsolete

What Democrats' new emails suggest about Trump's links with Epstein victims

The Democrats released a new batch of emails revealing shocking details about Trump's ties to Epstein, claiming that he "knew about the girls" and "the victim spent hours with him"

Trump did 'nothing wrong': White House after Epstein-linked emails release

The White House moved quickly to defend President Donald Trump after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released long-spanning Jeffrey Epstein emails referencing him