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Some National Guard to stay in DC till Nov as Trump's order set to expire

Some National Guard troops from outside the District of Columbia will remain in the nation's capital at least through the end of November at the request of the Trump administration. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in a statement that he had approved a request from the Secretary of the Army for 150 military police to carry out patrols in Washington through November 30. It comes as Trump's emergency order over the nation's capital, which federalised its police force and launched a surge of law enforcement into the city, is set to expire overnight Wednesday after Congress failed to extend it.

Trump gives ambiguous response to Russian drone incursion into Poland

President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered an ambiguous initial response to Russia's drone incursion into Poland's airspace, a provocative act by Moscow that has put the United States' NATO allies in Europe on edge. What's with Russia violating Poland's airspace with drones? Here we go! Trump posted on his Truth Social platform late Wednesday morning, nearly a half-day after Poland announced that several Russian drones entered its territory over the course of many hours and were shot down with help from NATO allies. White House officials did not immediately respond to queries about Trump's cryptic comments about the incursion. It was the first time the transatlantic alliance has confronted a potential threat in its airspace, scrambling jets to shoot the Russian drones out of the sky. But Trump's comment stood in sharp contrast to the strong condemnation by several European leaders and was notably less robust than that of his ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker. We stand by our @N

Democrats release Trump's allegedly signed letter to sex offender Epstein

White House denied that Trump wrote the letter or created a drawing of a woman inside which the lewd note was written. It called the report false, malicious, and defamatory

US proposes annual China chip supply approvals for Samsung, Hynix

The VEU system granted Samsung and SK Hynix perpetual approval to ship estimated quantities of supplies, based on up-front security and monitoring commitments, to factories in China

Trump asks foreign firms to respect US immigration laws after Hyundai raid

Donald Trump calls on global companies to hire and train Americans, respect immigration rules, after ICE detains 475 workers at Hyundai's Georgia plant

Trump admin launches immigration crackdown in Massachusetts: Report

DHS and its US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm are calling the operation Patriot 2.0, modifying the name of a May deportation surge that led to the arrest of 1,500 people in the state

RFK Jr's family say he's 'threat' to US health, calls for his resignation

Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family are calling for him to step down as health secretary following a contentious congressional hearing this past week, during which the Trump Cabinet official faced bipartisan questioning about his tumultuous leadership of federal health agencies. Kennedy's sister, Kerry Kennedy, and his nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy III, issued scathing statements Friday, calling for him to resign as head of the Health and Human Services Department. The calls from the prominent Democratic family came a day after Kennedy had to defend his recent efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and fire high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control at a three-hour Senate hearing. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American, Joseph P. Kennedy III said in a post on X. The former congressman added: None of us will be spared the pain he is inflicting. His aunt echoed those claims, saying medical decisions belong in the .

Trump signs tariff order, may grant 'most-favoured nation' rates on imports

The order lists over 45 categories of goods that could get zero tariffs if partner nations strike reciprocal trade deals, covering metals, drugs, aircraft parts and other imports

Trump govt asks SC to quickly take up tariffs case after appeals court loss

The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping trade penalties under federal law. The government called on the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that most of President Donald Trump's tariffs were illegal under an emergency powers law. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit left the tariffs in place for now, but the administration nevertheless called on the high court to intervene quickly in a petition filed late Wednesday and provided to The Associated Press.

Court rules US illegally froze $2 bn research funds in win for Harvard

The US government violated Harvard's free speech rights and didn't follow proper procedures when it suspended a wide range of research grants in April, according to a federal judge

Trump suggests New Orleans may be next for National Guard deployment

President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement. Trump has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore following his administration deploying troops and federal agents to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., last month. So we're making a determination now," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki. Do we go to Chicago? Do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that's become quite, you know, quite tough, quite bad." Trump now frequently boasts about turning Washington into a safe zone. The White House reports more than 1,760 arrests citywide since the president first announced he was mobilizing

Trump addresses health rumours after days of absence from public events

Sometimes it feels like barely an hour can go by without hearing from President Donald Trump. So when he didn't appear for one day, then two, then three, speculation started to swirl online about his health. Not even a few glimpses of the president visiting his golf course over the weekend were enough to stanch the social media rumor mill fueled by political opponents. Trump was asked directly about it Tuesday at his first public event in a week. How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?" asked Fox News' Peter Doocy. "Did you see that? No, the 79-year-old Trump responded flatly. The senators and administration officials gathered around him for the Space Command headquarters announcement shifted their weight and smiled. The president said he wasn't aware that people were wondering if he had died, but he had heard there were concerns about his health. I knew they were saying, like: Is he OK? How is he feeling? What's wrong?' Trump said, calling the speculation fake n

Trump dispels health rumours, plays golf in Virginia amid speculation

The US President was seen at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, following several days without any public appearances on his official schedule

Trump to issue executive order to mandate voter ID for every vote

Trump has long questioned the US electoral system and continues to falsely claim that his 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud

White House moves forward on plans for 'Department of War': Report

Restoring the Department of War name for the government's largest department would likely require congressional action, but the White House is exploring alternative methods to implement the change

Trump order barring Harvard foreign students not retaliatory, says US

Harvard has been the main target of Trump's efforts to force universities to crack down on antisemitism, remove perceived political bias and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programmes

'Not worried about rupee becoming a reserve currency': US Secy Bessent

As Trump tariffs hit India's trade, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shot down talk of the rupee gaining 'reserve' status, citing its weakness versus the dollar

Firms boost economic data products as trust in official US statistics wanes

Third-party providers garner even more attention during government shutdowns when federal data aren't published

Trump admin ousts CDC Director Susan Monarez following vaccine clash

Monarez's ouster follows a confrontation she had on Monday with Kennedy, in which she pushed back against his vaccine stance

George Soros should be charged over 'violent protests', says Trump

Trump made the remark Wednesday in a social-media post that did not elaborate on whether Soros is being investigated, or specify which protests he was referring to