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Donald Trump directs Smithsonian sites to scrub content on race, gender

Trump in his second term has targeted diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the government and private sector, as well as at cultural institutions

Highlights: We are reducing duty to become manufacturing hub for batteries, says Sitharaman

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Trump administration plans large layoffs, targets 10K jobs in health dept

The jobs cuts come after around 10,000 employees have already opted to leave the department through so-called voluntary separation letters

Signal chat not 'FBI thing', FBI has long history of such inquiries: Trump

FBI Director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans, but that didn't spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation's premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Patel made no such commitments during the course of two days of Senate and House hearings. Instead, he testified that he had not personally reviewed the text messages that were inadvertently shared with the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic who was mistakenly included on an unclassified Signal chat. That Patel would be grilled on what the FBI might do was hardly surprising. Even as President Donald Trump insisted "it's not really an FBI thing, the reality is that the FBI and Justice Department for decades have been responsible for enforcing Espionage Act statutes governing the mishandling whether intentional or negligent of national defense information like the kind shared on Signal, a ..

Trump calls Musk a 'friend' in meeting, says he never asked for anything

Trump's acknowledgment of his friendship comes at a time when DOGE chief Musk has been facing several setbacks

US intel names India, China in fentanyl supply as Trump targets tariffs

In a report published last year, India was mentioned only as one of the countries from which Mexican groups were sourcing chemicals. China, on the other hand, was named as the primary supplier

Iran not pursuing nukes, but uranium stockpile at its highest, says Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard informed the Senate that Iran's uranium stockpile is at its highest, and it is unprecedented for a state without nuclear weapons

Why Trump lauded India's voting system in his US elections overhaul order

Donald Trump praises India's biometric voter ID system as the US moves to tighten election rules, mandating citizenship proof for voter registration

Trump signs order to overhaul elections, citizenship proof must for voting

Donald Trump cited examples of India and Brazil, saying these countries are tying voter identification to a biometric database, while the US relies largely on self-attestation for citizenship

International students weigh news risks of studying in US under Trump

Since plunging during the COVID-19 pandemic, international student enrollment in the US has been rebounding a relief to American universities that count on their tuition payments. Two months into the new Trump administration, educators fear that could soon change. Unnerved by efforts to deport students over political views, students from other countries already in the US have felt new pressure to watch what they say. A Ph.D. student at the University of Rochester from South Asia said it feels too risky to speak about LGBTQ+ causes she once openly championed or even be seen near a political demonstration. With reports of travel bans circulating, she likely won't fly home for the summer out of fear she would not be allowed back into the US. You're here for an education so you've got to keep moving forward on that end, said the student, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted by authorities. But also it's very hard to, say, OK, I'm at work. I've got to zone out

US federal judge blocks Musk's DOGE from accessing union members' data

Her order comes as the Trump administration is trying to persuade another federal judge in New York to partially lift limits on Treasury data access she imposed on a DOGE-affiliated staffer

Trump administration seeks SC halt on rehiring 16,000 federal workers

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings across several agencies. In an emergency appeal filed on Monday, the Republican administration argued the ruling should be put on hold because the judge didn't have the authority to order some 16,000 probationary employees be hired back. The order came from US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who found the firings didn't follow federal law and required immediate offers of reinstatement be sent. The agencies include the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defence, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury.

Columbia's $400 million move seen as watershed in Trump-era academic fight

Columbia University's concession on Friday to a roster of government demands as it sought to restore about $400 million in federal funding is being widely viewed as a watershed moment

Pentagon latest agency to announce leak probe that could include polygraphs

The Pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information. Defense Department personnel could face polygraphs in the the latest such inquiry by the Trump administration. A memo late Friday from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff referred to recent unauthorised disclosures of such information, but provided no details about alleged leaks. Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump rejected reports that adviser Elon Musk would be briefed on how the United States would fight a hypothetical war with China. If this effort results in information identifying a party responsible for an unauthorised disclosure," then such information will be referred to the appropriate criminal entity for criminal prosecution, according to the memo. At the Homeland Security Department, Secretary Kristi Noem pledged this month to step up lie detector tests on employees in an effort to identify those who may be leaking informati

Trump awards Boeing deal to build US Air Force's next-gen F-47 fighter

During his announcement, US President Donald Trump revealed that a prototype of the F-47 has been undergoing secret flight testing for nearly five years

No women or children shackled during deportation from US, says central govt

The Ministry of External Affairs stated that it had shared its concerns with US authorities over the treatment of deported Indian nationals

President Trump signs executive order to dismantle Department of Education

While Trump may not be able to dismantle it completely without an Act of Congress, Democrats acknowledged that he could weaken it significantly without any congressional action

As Trump cuts funding, Europe looks to poach top researchers from the US

A coalition of 12 European governments is pushing for measures to attract US researchers as Trump's administration enforces deep funding cuts in education and research

US Fed holds interest rates steady amid projected growth slowdown

Taking stock of the Trump administration's rollout of tariffs, Fed officials actually marked up their outlook for inflation this year

US strikes targets in Yemeni capital in retaliation for Houthi attacks

The US began the current wave of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen last Saturday, killing at least 31 people in the biggest such operation since Trump returned to White House