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There's no contest, PM Modi much tougher negotiator than me: Donald Trump

Trump announced that India and the US agreed to work together to build the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and called it one of the greatest trade routes

I welcome President Trump's efforts to resolve Russia-Ukraine war: PM Modi

He further reiterated India's position that a solution to the conflict can't be found on the battlefield, and also appreciated the efforts of President Donald Trump in the directions

Senators introduce bill to designate Denali as North America's tallest peak

Alaska's Republican US senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America's tallest peak as Denali weeks after President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley. US Sen Lisa Murkowski, in a statement Thursday, said that in Alaska, the peak is Denali. Once you see it in person and take in the majesty of its size and breathe in its cold air, you can understand why the Koyukon Athabascans referred to it as The Great One.' This isn't a political issue - Alaskans from every walk of life have long been advocating for this mountain to be recognised by its true name, she said. The bill introduced by Murkowski is co-sponsored by Alaska Sen Dan Sullivan, whose wife is Athabascan. Trump on his first day in office last month signed an executive order to rename the iconic 20,310-foot (6,190-metre) mountain in Denali National Park and Preserve for McKinley, saying a 2015 decision by the Obama administration to recognise the pe

Elon Musk faces legal challenge over role in Donald Trump's government

A pair of lawsuits filed in federal courts in Washington and Maryland accuse the Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief executive of exercising authority to reshape and dismantle federal agencies

Apple, Google restore TikTok app after getting assurances from Trump

The move follows weeks of uncertainty about TikTok's future, and there's still no guarantee that it will survive in the US in the long run

Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order piling up losses in court

Trump's order already had been blocked in parallel cases in Seattle, Maryland and New Hampshire, including by one judge who called the directive 'blatantly unconstitutional'

Trump highlights need to end Ukraine war, wants to get Russia back into G7

In a major statement, the US President also called for the readmission of Russia from the G7 grouping, callieng thir expulsion a 'mistake'

Brics is dead, says Trump as he threatens member nations with 100% tariff

Earlier in January, Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Brics nations if they try to introduce alternative currency to the US Dollar

Judge pauses Trump order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19. The judge's ruling came after a lawsuit was filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children who allege their health care has already been compromised by the president's order. A national group for family of LGBTQ+ people and a doctors organisation are also plaintiffs in the court challenge, one of many lawsuits opposing a slew of executive orders Trump has issued as he seeks to reverse the policies of former President Joe Biden. Judge Brendan Hurson, who was nominated by Biden, granted the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order following a hearing in federal court in Baltimore. The ruling essentially puts Trump's directive on hold while the case proceeds. Trump's executive order "seems to deny that this population even exists, or deserves to exist," .

Judge extends stay of Trump order to pull many USAID staffers off their job

A court order halting Trump administration plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another week. US District Judge Carl Nichols ordered the extension after a nearly three-hour hearing Thursday, much of it focused on how employees were affected by abrupt orders by the Trump administration and ally Elon Musk to put thousands of USAID workers on leave and freeze foreign aid funding. The judge said he plans to issue a written ruling in the coming days on whether the pause will continue. Nichols, a Trump appointee, closely questioned the government about keeping employees on leave safe in high-risk overseas areas. When a Justice Department attorney could not provide detailed plans, the judge asked him to file court documents after the hearing. USAID staffers who until recently were posted in Congo had filed affidavits for the lawsuit describing the aid agency all but abandoning them when looting and political violence ...

Trump wants denuclearisation talks with Russia, China to cut defence budget

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China and that eventually he hopes all three countries could agree to cut their massive defense budgets in half. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump lamented the hundreds of billions of dollars being invested in rebuilding the nation's nuclear deterrent and said he hopes to gain commitments from the US adversaries to cut their own spending. There's no reason for us to be building brand new nuclear weapons, we already have so many, Trump said. You could destroy the world 50 times over, 100 times over. And here we are building new nuclear weapons, and they're building nuclear weapons. We're all spending a lot of money that we could be spending on other things that are actually, hopefully much more productive," Trump said. While the US and Russia hold massive stockpiles of weapons since the Cold War, Trump predicted that China would catch up in their capability to exact

We missed you a lot, says Trump; welcomes PM Modi to White House with hug

US President introduced PM Modi to other officials, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk

Senate panel approves Trump's pick Kash Patel's nomination as FBI director

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of Kash Patel, Donald Trump's pick for FBI director, pushing past Democratic concerns that he would operate as a loyalist for the president and target perceived adversaries of the White House. The committee voted 12-10 to send the nomination to the Republican-controlled Senate for full consideration. It was not immediately clear when the final confirmation vote will occur, but so far even nominees once seen as having uncertain prospects including new Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence have been able to marshal sufficient support from Republicans eager to fall in line with Trump's agenda. Patel has raised alarm for his lack of management experience compared to other FBI directors and because of a vast catalog of incendiary past statements, which include calling investigators who scrutinized Trump government gangsters and describing at lea

'Today is the big one: Reciprocal tariffs': US President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he'll sign an order that increases US tariffs to the rates other countries charge on imports. TODAY IS THE BIG ONE: RECIPROCAL TARIFFS!!! Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! The prospect of a dramatic hike on tariffs could send shockwaves through the world economy, possibly depressing growth while also causing inflation to intensify. Trump has maintained that such tariffs will help to create domestic factory jobs, but most economists say they would effectively be a tax increase on US consumers that would add to inflationary pressures. The Republican president has openly antagonised multiple US trading partners over the past several weeks, levying tariff threats and inviting them to retaliate with import taxes of their own that could send the economy hurtling into a trade war. Trump has put an additional 10 per cent tariff on Chinese imports due that country's role in the production of the opioid

'Remove roots of the weed': Elon Musk wants US govt to cut entire agencies

Elon Musk's DOGE aims to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, largely by eliminating agencies deemed inefficient or unnecessary

Donald Trump's third-term musings seem more tease than serious pledge

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, his last one permitted under the US Constitution. But he's already started making quips about serving a third one. Am I allowed to run again? Trump joked during the House Republican retreat in Florida last month. Whether teasing or taunting, it seems to be part of a pattern. Just a week after he won election last fall, Trump suggested in a meeting with House Republicans that he might want to stick around after his second term was over. "I suspect I won't be running again unless you say, He's so good we got to figure something else out,' Trump said to laughs from the lawmakers. Over the years, Trump and his supporters have often joked about him serving more than his two constitutionally permitted terms. But his musings often spark alarm among his critics, given that he unsuccessfully tried to overturn his 2020 election loss and has since pardoned supporters who violently attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. But Trump, who w

US Senate to vote on Robert Kennedy Jr's bid to become nation's health secy

The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the confirmation of Robert F Kennedy Jr, a prominent lawyer and vocal vaccine critic, as the nation's health secretary, controlling USD 1.7 trillion in spending for vaccines, food safety and health insurance programs for roughly half the country. Despite several Republicans expressing deep skepticism about his views on vaccines, Kennedy is expected to win confirmation, absent any last-minute changes. Kennedy, 71, whose famous name and family tragedies have put him in the national spotlight since he was a child, has earned a formidable following with his populist and sometimes extreme views on food, chemicals and vaccines. His audience only grew during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Kennedy devoted much of his time to a nonprofit that sued vaccine makers and harnessed social media campaigns to erode trust in vaccines as well as the government agencies that promote them. With the backing of Republican President Donald Trump, Kennedy believes

High prices pose major economic challenge for Trump, shows inflation report

As a candidate last year, Donald Trump suggested he could easily conquer inflation and ease voters' fears about the economy. I will very quickly deflate, he promised at a California rally. We are going to take inflation, and we are going to deflate it. We are going to deflate inflation. We are going to defeat inflation. We're going to knock the hell out of inflation. Wednesday's consumer price index report showed that inflation is punching back and President Trump could end up facing the same challenges that dragged down his predecessor, President Joe Biden. The annual inflation rate has risen in the three months since the November election to 3%, with gasoline prices climbing despite Trump's claims that his return to the White House would signal increased oil production that would lower energy costs. Trump frequently makes far-reaching assertions about his power to bring about change only to find that it is no match for market forces. It's a humbling reminder that even US preside

Trump's pick McMahon for education chief to seek approval to lead agency

Linda McMahon faces an unusual test on Thursday as she seeks Senate approval to lead an agency the president wants her to destroy. If President Donald Trump has his way, his pick for education secretary would be the last in the role. The Republican president has promised to close the agency, saying it has been infiltrated by radicals, zealots and Marxists. A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At a White House news conference last week, Trump said he wanted McMahon to put herself out of a job. Trump has yet to sign an order on the department's shutdown, and some of McMahon's advisers pressed to delay it until after her hearing. Yet it's expected to be the central subject of Thursday's hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Democrats have been gearing up to grill McMahon on her willingness to execute

Trump admin's move to cut govt spending pose risk to largest contractors

The efforts, led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, have sparked concern about companies with federal contract exposure