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US House approves Trump's tax bill amid debt worries, adds $3.8 trn to debt

The US House narrowly passed Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill, adding $3.8 trillion to national debt. The plan includes tax cuts, military funding, and strict immigration measures

Trump unveils $163 bn budget cut; prioritises defence, security funding

The so-called skinny budget is an outline of administration priorities that will give Republican appropriators in Congress a blueprint to begin crafting spending bills

House GOP okays Trump's big bill framework after intense internal wrangling

Donald Trump, at a black-tie fundraising dinner this week, had admonished Republicans to 'stop grandstanding' on the budget

Istanbul sees massive protest as crowds demand mayor's release from jail

Hundreds of thousands of protesters again congregated in Istanbul Saturday to how their support for the city's imprisoned mayor and demand his release. Turkiye's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP) organised the demonstration, the latest in a series of protests that resulted in hundreds of detentions and have turned up the pressure on the country's long-time leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to Erdogan, was detained on March 19th on corruption and terrorism charges that many saw as politically motivated. The government insists the judiciary is independent and free of political interference. His detention, and later formal arrest over the corruption charges on March 23, sparked nationwide protests despite assembly bans, police crackdowns, and legal prosecution by authorities. They've detained hundreds of our children, thousands of our youths... arrested hundreds of them, CHP leader Ozgur Ozel told protesters. Th

Republicans' team writes to Trump, seeks tariff parity to boost exports

They have demanded "removal of unfair trade barriers" so that it could significantly increase market demand and revenues for producers who have faced a difficult four years

Vivek Ramaswamy set to run for Ohio governor, announcement likely tomorrow

This comes a month after Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) a day after President Donald Trump's inauguration

Trump again slams $21 mn USAID funding for India, calls it kickback scheme

Speaking at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington DC, US President Donald Trump questioned the rationale behind the expenditure

Birthright citizenship meant for slaves' kids, not global migrants: Trump

Donald Trump criticised the current US immigration policy, stating that unqualified individuals and their children were benefiting from a system that was never meant for them

Trump pauses all US foreign aid for 90 days; orders review; NGOs decry move

Donald Trump's directive, which halts all non-military foreign assistance for 90 days pending a review, has sparked widespread concern among humanitarian organisations

Will Trump get a third term as US Prez? Republican proposes constitutional change

Currently, the 22nd Amendment limits US Presidents to two terms, barring Trump or any other former president from seeking a third term

Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count

Republican efforts to exclude people in the US illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump's second term in office began Monday. Trump joined in the battle immediately upon returning to office, signing an executive order on Monday that rescinded a Biden administration order and signalled the possibility of a push by his new administration to change the 2030 census. Those efforts may get a boost from the GOP-controlled Congress, where Republican US Rep. Chuck Edwards from North Carolina earlier this month re-introduced legislation that would put a citizenship question on the census form. During his first term, Trump signed an order that would have excluded people in the US illegally from being included in the 2020 census numbers used to allot congressional seats and Electoral College votes to each state. The GOP ...

Greenland open to cooperation with Donald Trump, says Prime Minister Egede

His comments come after President-Elect Trump last week reiterated his ambition to take control of the island, a self-ruling territory of Denmark with 57,000 people

Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as leaders strain to develop plan

President-elect Donald Trump likes the idea of one, big beautiful bill" for his top legislative priorities, but he emerged from a lengthy closed-door meeting with Republican senators late Wednesday open to other strategies as GOP leaders strain to develop a plan before the party gains full power in Washington. Trump said it feels great to be back inside the US Capitol for the first time since he left office four years ago, after the Jan 6, 2021, riot by his supporters. With his wife, Melania, he also paid tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the Rotunda ahead of funeral services Thursday. With Trump taking the oath of office on Jan 20, Republicans have no time to waste. We're looking at the one bill versus two bills, and whatever it is, it doesn't matter," Trump said about the conflicting strategies as he arrived. "We're going to get the result. More than 90 minutes later, after bantering with GOP senators on a wide range of topics, Trump exited with the sam

Man carrying machete, knives held at US Capitol ahead of Trump visit

The machete was detected by an X-ray machine at the entrance to the visitor centre, according to a statement released by Capitol Police

'Nasty trap': Trump and Musk oppose stopgap bill, US govt shutdown looms

The stopgap spending measure, designed to extend government funding until March 14, met resistance from President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk

US Senate passes bill to raise troop pay, aims to counter China's power

The Senate passed a defence bill on Wednesday that authorises significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to USD 895 billion while also stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children of military members. The annual defence authorisation bill usually gains strong bipartisan support and has not failed to pass Congress in nearly six decades, but the Pentagon policy measure in recent years has become a battleground for cultural issues. Republicans this year sought to tack on to the legislation priorities for social conservatives, contributing to a months-long negotiation over the bill and a falloff in support from Democrats. Still, the bill passed comfortably 85-14, sending it to President Joe Biden. Eleven senators who caucus with Democrats, as well as three Republicans, voted against the legislation. The bill "isn't perfect, but it still includes some very good things that ...

US House passes massive defense policy bill, despite transgender provision

The tally was 281-140 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, sending it for consideration by the Democratic-led US Senate

Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking: Senators say US must boost security

US agencies held classified briefings for the Senate and the House of Representatives over the last week about the hacking incident

Trump nominates Harmeet Dhillon as civil rights' Assistant Attorney General

US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Indian-American Harmeet K Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. I am pleased to nominate Harmeet K. Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice, Trump announced on Truth Social, a social media platform owned by him. Throughout her career, Harmeet has stood up consistently to protect our cherished civil liberties, including taking on big tech for censoring our free speech, representing Christians who were prevented from praying together during COVID, and suing corporations who use woke policies to discriminate against their workers, he said. Harmeet is one of the top election lawyers in the country, fighting to ensure that all, and ONLY, legal votes are counted. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia Law School, and clerked in the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Trump said. Harmeet is a respected member of th

Second-time unlucky: Trump's second term may be more disruptive

Global governance suffered from his withdrawal from climate accords and his hamstringing of the World Trade Organization, but the former made little difference