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Adani team in talks with Trump admin to drop $265 million US bribery case

US SEC accused Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, and other executives of securities fraud, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

'I set the deal': Trump says trade agreements may come as soon as this week

While Trump did not name countries, he suggested trade deals may be finalised within weeks as talks progress with several nations including India amid tariff tensions and slowdown fears

Over 15,000 USDA employees have taken Trump financial incentive to leave

President Donald Trump's administration has offered federal employees several months of pay and benefits if they opt to leave their jobs

Visa crackdown leads international students in US to rethink summer travel

On summer break from a PhD programme, an international student at University of California, San Diego, was planning a trip with a few friends to Hawaii. But after seeing international students across the United States stripped of their legal status, the student decided against it. Any travel, even inside the US, just didn't seem worth the risk. I probably am going to skip that to ... have as few interactions with governments as possible," said the student, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of being targeted. International students weighing travel to see family, take a vacation or conduct research are thinking twice because of the Trump administration's crackdown, which has added to a sense of vulnerability. Even before students suddenly began losing permission to study in the US, some colleges were encouraging international students and faculty to postpone travel, citing government efforts to deport students involved in pro-Palestinian activism. As the scale of the ..

Trump backlash helps Australia's PM secure historic re-election win

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was poised to win the largest victory for his center-left Labor Party since 1946, both in terms of two-party preferred and overall seat count

Rubio takes on 2 key security roles after embracing Trump's vision

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two top national security jobs at once as President Donald Trump presses forward with his top-to-bottom revamp of US foreign policy, upending not only longstanding policies that the former Florida senator once supported but also the configuration of the executive branch. Trump's appointment of Rubio to temporarily replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser is the first major leadership shake-up of the nascent administration, but Waltz's removal had been rumoured for weeks ever since he created a Signal group chat and accidentally added a journalist to the conversation where top national security officials shared sensitive military plans. So, just over 100 days into his tenure as America's top diplomat, Rubio now becomes just the second person to hold both positions. He follows only the late Henry Kissinger, who served as both secretary of state and national security adviser for two years under Presidents Richard Nixon and ...

Waltz seen using Signal during Cabinet meeting day before ouster as NSA

A Reuters photo reveals a glimpse of Mike Waltz's chats and calls with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS, NPR

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged bias in the broadcasters' reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS" and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organisations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as 'news.' The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election, as Republicans have long complained about them.

US House votes to block California's nation-leading vehicle emissions rules

The Republican-controlled US House voted Thursday to block California from enforcing first-in-the-nation rules phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The move comes a day after the chamber voted to halt California standards to cut tailpipe emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as curb smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks. The passage of these resolutions is a victory for Americans who will not be forced into purchasing costly EVs because of California's unworkable mandates, House Republicans Brett Guthrie of Kentucky and Morgan Griffith of Virginia, said in a statement. If not repealed, the California waivers would lead to higher prices for both new and used vehicles, increase our reliance on China, and strain our electric grid. California for decades has been given the authority to adopt vehicle emissions standards that are stricter than the federal government's. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020 announced plans to ban the sale o

Trump govt asks SC to strip legal protections from 350K Venezuelan migrants

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported. The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month. A federal appeals court had earlier rejected the administration's request. President Donald Trump's administration has moved aggressively to withdraw various protections that have allowed immigrants to remain in the country, including ending TPS for a total of 600,000 Venezuelans and 500,000 Haitians. TPS is granted in 18-month increments to people already in the US whose countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.

Pete Hegseth orders Army to merge commands, cut jobs to reduce costs

The Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 headquarters staff in the Pentagon and shift personnel to units in the field, according to a new memo and US officials familiar with the changes. In a memo released Thursday, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the transformation to build a leaner, more lethal force. Discussions about the changes have been going on for weeks, including decisions to combine a number of Army commands. US officials said as many as 40 general officer slots could be cut as a result of the restructuring. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues. The changes come as the Pentagon is under pressure to slash spending and personnel as part of the broader federal government cuts pushed by President Donald Trump's administration and ally Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. In his memo, Hegseth said the Army must eliminate wastef

'60 Minutes' report prompting Trump lawsuit nominated for Emmy Award

It got 60 Minutes sued by the man who became president of the United States. Now it's up for a major award for precisely the same aspect of it that so enraged Donald Trump. Last fall's 60 Minutes story on Kamala Harris the subject of Trump's USD 20 billion lawsuit against CBS was nominated for an Emmy Award Thursday for outstanding edited interview. Trump, in his lawsuit, complained that the interview was deceptively edited to make his Democratic election opponent look good. The annual News and Documentary Emmys will be awarded in late June. 60 Minutes is competing against interviews with singer Celine Dion, US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Pope Francis and WNBA star Brittney Griner. The fallout over the Harris interview still hangs over CBS News. The news division claims to have done nothing wrong, but its parent company, Paramount Global, is reportedly negotiating a settlement with Trump. Many CBS News journalists oppose a settlement. Former 60 Minutes executive

DOGE 'should definitely' examine Federal Reserve costs, says Musk

Musk's suggestion that DOGE should examine the Fed is the latest example of how President Donald Trump is aiming to exert more political control over the independent central bank

USDA funding cuts may worsen hunger crisis as reliance on food banks grows

The Campaign Against Hunger was already struggling to feed thousands of families a week when the Trump administration pulled more than $1.3 million in grants. Demand has only increased at the New York nonprofit since the city emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic insecurity. In a first for the pantry, however, it isn't just the jobless lining up for its fresh produce and meats. It's working people, too. Food banks typically see the most need during periods of high unemployment and yet the US is facing down a hunger crisis during a relatively resilient labour market. The latest US Department of Agriculture research showed there were one million more food insecure households in 2023 than 2022. Now, income stagnation and rising living costs are sending wage earners to food banks across the country all as the federal government shuts off funding streams that provide millions with healthier, harder-to-get groceries. The squeeze comes as Republicans discuss budget .

Tariffs politically risky, but won't rush trade deals, says Trump

Trump went on to agree there was a significant political risk to his efforts, and that they could result in Republicans losing control of the House of Representatives

US govt expands grounds for cancelling international students' legal status

The federal government is expanding the reasons international students can be stripped of their legal status in the US, where thousands have come under scrutiny in a Trump administration crackdown that has left many afraid of being deported. Attorneys for international students say the new reasons allow for quicker deportations and serve to justify many of the actions the government took this spring to cancel foreign students' permission to study in the US After abruptly losing their legal status in recent weeks with little explanation, students around the country filed challenges in federal courts. In many cases, judges made preliminary rulings that the government acted without due process. Then the government said it would issue new guidelines for cancelling a student's legal status. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement document shared Monday in a court filing said valid reasons now include the revocation of the visas students used to enter the US. In the past, if a student's v

Trump calls Bezos a 'good guy' after Amazon cancels tariff displaying move

Ecommerce major Amazon was considering displaying the added cost of tariffs on select retail items in the US. But a quick call between Trump and Bezos solved the problem very quickly

Musk nears end of 130-day DOGE stint, $113 billion wealth wiped out

Tesla's stock dropped 33% since inauguration. The EV maker's sales plummeted

'I run the country & the world': Donald Trump touts control in second term

In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, who exposed the Signal chat leak, President Trump reflected on his first 100 days, pushing a bold agenda on immigration and global influence

Iran dangles 'trillion dollar' incentive for Donald Trump in deal talks

With talks between Iran and the US over the Islamic Republic's atomic activity showing signs of progress, top Iranian officials are for the first time overtly promoting their economy to White House