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Trump fires consumer bureau director Rohit Chopra in major policy shift

Chopra's dismissal ends a term at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during which he spent years sparring with the financial sector under former President Joe Biden

US plane crash: Trump blames Obama, Biden for lowering air safety standards

Acknowledging the impact on families across the United States and abroad, including Russian nationals on board, he assured that efforts would be made to determine the cause of the disaster

Trump ends Joe Biden's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during the US ally's war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire. In a post on his Truth Social network Saturday, Trump said, "A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but have not been sent by Biden, are now on their way!" A Trump administration official confirmed that he was referring to the heavy bombs. The official was not authorized to give that detail publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Then-President Joe Biden halted the delivery of the large bombs in May as part of an effort to keep Israel from launching an all-out assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. A month later, Israel did take control of the city, but after the vast majority of the 1 million civilians that had been living or sheltering in Rafah had fled. "Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a ..

Just want level playing field: Trump condemns unfair trade ties with China

US President Donald Trump also criticised the Biden administration for allowing the trade deficit with China to go 'out of hand'

Trump signs executive order on developing AI 'free from ideological bias'

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will revoke past government policies his order says act as barriers to American AI innovation." To maintain global leadership in AI technology, "we must develop AI systems that are free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas, the order says. The new order doesn't name which existing policies are hindering AI development but calls for the development of an AI action plan within 180 days. Just hours after returning to the White House on Monday, Trump repealed former President Joe Biden's guardrails for fast-developing AI technology, a sweeping executive order signed in 2023. Until Thursday, it wasn't clear if Trump planned to replace Biden's signature AI policy with his own order. Trump had also signed executive orders on AI in his previous term, which are still on the books. Much of Biden's 2023 order set in motion a sprint across government agencies to study's AI impact on everything f

How India-US trade policy forum fared under Joe Biden administration

The TPF is a premier bilateral forum for discussion and resolution of trade and investment issues, and bolster trade relations between the US and India

Donald Trump's fast-track deportation order is target of new lawsuit

Donald Trump has long embraced hard-line immigration policies and made them a priority during his first days in office

Donald Trump will again designate Houthis as terrorists, reversing Biden

The assaults disrupted maritime commerce in the West Asia and continued despite repeated strikes on Houthi targets by the US and UK

Trump threatens Russia with sanctions if 'ridiculous' war does not end

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose stiff taxes, tariffs and sanctions on Russia if an agreement isn't reached to end the war in Ukraine, a warning that is likely to fall on deaf ears in the Kremlin. The United States already prohibits the import of virtually all Russian products, and Russia has faced a multitude of US and European sanctions since the invasion began almost three years ago. In a post on his Truth Social site on Wednesday, Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "settle now and stop this ridiculous war". Trump said he had no desire to hurt Russia -- which he noted had played a major role in securing victory for the Allies against Nazi Germany in World War II -- and has a good relationship with Putin, but warned of the penalties if the war isn't stopped soon. "If we don't make a deal, and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and variou

Pardons by Trump, Biden reveal wobbly faith in US criminal justice system

A day that began with the outgoing president's pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president's pardon of supporters who violently stormed the US Capitol four years ago. The clemency grants by departing President Joe Biden and new President Donald Trump one benefiting uncharged people not accused of wrongdoing, the other aiding rioters convicted of violent felonies are vastly different in scope, impact and their meaning for the rule of law. But the remarkable flex of executive authority in a 12-hour span also shows the men's deeply rooted suspicion of one another, with both signalling to their supporters that the tall pillars of the criminal justice system facts, evidence and law could not be trusted as foundational principles in each other's administrations. It was a sad day for Lady Justice no matter which side of the political spectrum you're on, said John Fishwick Jr., a former US attorney in Virginia during the Obama administration. In alternative

Donald Trump inauguration: TV viewership drops to 24 mn, lowest since 2013

The viewership for Trump's inauguration was down from that of Biden's 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump's first move into the White House, which 30.6 million viewers saw in 2017

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Biden's last day as Prez: How he issued pardons before Trump's inauguration

On his final day in office, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to allies and family, citing politically motivated threats, before attending a farewell ceremony and handing over power to Donald Trump

Trump to revoke clearances of ex-officials linked to Hunter's laptop letter

President Donald Trump says his administration will move to suspend the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a Russian information operation. The action is an early indication of Trump's determination to exact retribution on perceived adversaries and is the latest point of tension between Trump and an intelligence community of which he has been openly disdainful. The sweeping move, announced via executive order Monday, also sets up a potential court challenge from ex-officials seeking to maintain access to sensitive government information. The president has a lot of authority when it comes to security clearances. The problem the White House will run into is, if they depart from their existing procedures, they could set up a judicial appeal for these 51 people and it will probably be a class-action suit since they're all in alike or similar circumstances, .

Trump lifts freeze on LNG export permit applications, scraps Biden's policy

The Republican's executive order, which was expected, effectively reverses a pause on permits for new projects that former President Joe Biden put in place in early 2024

All you need to know about executive order a Trump tool to reshape govt

Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday, ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has -- the executive order. He's looked on his first day to increase domestic energy production and stop diversity, equity and inclusion programmes within the federal government, among other actions. An incoming president signing a flurry of executive orders is standard practice. Executive orders allow a president to wield power without action from Congress. But there are also limits to what the orders can achieve. A primer on how the presidential power works and its often fleeting impact: What are executive orders? Basically, they are signed statements about how the president wants the federal government to be managed. They can be instructions to federal agencies or requests for reports. Many orders can be unobjectionable, such as giving federal employees the day after Christmas off. They can also lay out major policies. For example, Joe Biden signed as pre

Trump reverses Biden's oil drilling bans, opens US waters for exploration

The president is also expected to direct the Interior Department to swiftly develop a new plan for selling offshore drilling rights on Monday

Minutes before leaving presidency, Biden pardons siblings, their spouses

Minutes before leaving the presidency, Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying Monday that his family had been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end, he said as his presidential term was ending. The family pardons were the surprise finale in a series of unprecedented presidential actions by the Democrat, who has been known as an intuitionalist during his half-century in politics. Biden also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the Capitol and allies who have been targeted by Republican President Donald Trump. He was sworn in Monday. It was a remarkable use of Biden's presidential power: None of the above has been charged with any crime, and the move was designed to guard against possible retribution by Trump. Trump, during hi

Biden pardons Jan 6 attack investigators to guard against Trump's revenge

President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr Anthony Fauci, retired Gen Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential revenge by the incoming Trump administration. The decision by Biden comes after Donald Trump warned of an enemies list filled with those who have crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss and his role in the storming of the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. Trump has selected Cabinet nominees who backed his election lies and who have pledged to punish those involved in efforts to investigate him. The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offence, Biden said in a statement. Our nation owes these public servants a debt of ...

Trump ends Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to 1 mn migrants

The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work. A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection Monday just after Trump was sworn in let users know that the app that had been used to allow migrants to schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available. The notice said that existing appointments have been cancelled. The move adheres to a promise Trump made during his campaign and will please critics who say it was an overly generous magnet for more people to come to Mexico's border with the United States. The CBP One app has been wildly popular. It is an online lottery system to give appointments to 1,450 people a day at eight border crossings. They enter on immigration parole, a presidential authority that Joe Biden used more than any other president since it was introduced in 1952.