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Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth tout record $1 trillion US defense budget

We are very cost conscious but the military is something that we have to build and we have to be strong because you have a lot of bad forces out there now, Trump said

Trump admin in early talks to hold military parade in DC on June 14

The Trump administration is having early discussions about a grand military parade in Washington this summer, something that is a long-held dream of President Donald Trump. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the administration had reached out to the city about holding a parade on June 14 that would stretch from Arlington, Virginia, where the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery are located, across the Potomac River and into Washington. The Army is in early discussions about potentially adding a parade to the Army's 250th birthday festival, which is being held June 14, according to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions are ongoing and no decisions have been made. June 14 is also Trump's 79th birthday. The White House in a statement said that no military parade has been scheduled." The Army birthday festival, which has been in the planning stages for about two years, is to include an array of activities and displays on the National M

Trump cuts spark deportation fears among foreign journalists in US media

After hiding in Thailand for seven years, two Cambodian journalists arrived in the United States last year on work visas, aiming to keep providing people in their Southeast Asian homeland with objective, factual news through Radio Free Asia. But Vuthy Tha and Hour Hum now say their jobs and legal status in the US are at risk after President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order gutting the government-run US Agency for Global Media. The agency funds Radio Free Asia and other outlets tasked with delivering uncensored information to parts of the world under authoritarian rule and often without a free press of their own. It fell out of sky, Vuthy, a single father of two small children, said through a translator about the Trump administration's decision, which he says threatens to upend his life. I am very regretful that our listeners cannot receive the accurate news, Hour said, also through a translator. Both men said they're worried about providing for their families and bei

Trump says tariffs on chips and pharma imports to be announced soon

President Trump has said tariffs on pharmaceutical and semiconductor imports will be announced shortly, as the US imposes a 27% duty on all imports from India

Trump unveils $5 million gold card to replace investor EB-5 visa scheme

The gold card, priced at $5 million, is set to replace the EB-5 visa scheme, a 35-year-old investor visa programme offering US green card benefits to foreign nationals

Trump's tariff hike sparks global concerns over prices and trade turmoil

Trump ramped up his trade war with tariff rates from 10 per cent to nearly 50 per cent. He says the levies will bring jobs back to the United States

Trump's tariff announcement send shockwaves across global economy

The higher reciprocal rates targeting nations Trump administration labels the worst offenders are based on a government tally of the levies and non-tariff barriers those countries impose on US goods

Commerce dept studying opportunities that may arise from Trump tariff: Govt

The United States has announced 27% tariff on Indian imports, set to begin April 5-9

Trade deficit vs tariff: How were Trump reciprocal tariffs calculated?

The US claims India charges a 52% per cent tariff on US imports, but where does this figure come from? Let's find out

Govt sets up control room to monitor Trump's tariff announcements: Report

The government has set up a control room to monitor the announcements by US President Donald Trump regarding the imposition of reciprocal tariffs against key trading partners including India at 1.30 am (India time), source said. Senior officials from ministries including commerce and industry will be present in the control room for close watch of the announcements, they said. US President Donald Trump has said the tariff announcements, scheduled for early morning Thursday (India time), will turn out to be a 'Liberation Day' for the US. The commerce ministry is working on possible four scenarios to assess the potential fallout of these reciprocal tariffs as there is still an uncertainty over the quantum and manner in which these levies will be imposed. According to trade experts, the duties could be announced either country wise of sector wise or at product level. The domestic industry and exporters have raised concerns over the possible impact of the US' reciprocal tariffs on Indi

White House slams report claiming Musk's exit from cost-cutting govt role

Trump has tasked the Tesla and SpaceX CEO with leading efforts through his Department of Government Efficiency to cut government funding and dismantle various US agencies

New York's casino sweepstakes could put $115 mn in Donald Trump's pocket

A high-stakes contest to decide who gets to build a casino in New York City could potentially result in a USD 115 million jackpot for President Donald Trump. The Republican stands to win big if state officials award one of three available gaming licenses to Bally's Corp., which wants to open a casino at a city-owned golf course that used to be run by Trump's company. In 2023, Bally's paid Trump USD 60 million for the rights to operate the public 18-hole course on the Bronx shoreline, near where the East River meets the Long Island Sound. The gaming company promptly took down the massive Trump Links sign that was, at one time, all but impossible to miss for drivers going the Whitestone Bridge, and renamed the course Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point. But under a little-noticed side deal, Bally's promised to pay Trump another USD 115 million if Bally's were to get a license to open a casino on site. The letter disclosing that deal was included as an evidence exhibit in a trial over

Highlights: Supreme Court refuses to release Ranveer Allahbadia's passport until Latent probe ends

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With TikTok ban looming, Trump signals deal will come before Apr 5 deadline

As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signalled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement with ByteDance, the social media app's China-based parent company. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One late Sunday, Trump said that there's tremendous interest in Tiktok." He added that he would like to see TikTok remain alive. The president's comments came less than one week before an April deadline requiring ByteDance to divest or face a ban in the United States. We have a lot of potential buyers, Trump said. Trump also said that the administration is dealing with China who also want it because they may have something to do with it. Last week, Trump said he would consider a reduction in tariffs on China if that country's government approves a sale of TikTok's operations in the US. Questions about the fate of the popular video sharing app have continued to linger since a law requiring ByteDance's divestment too

Trump aides weigh 20% tariff plan as nervous world awaits trade war

Trump has for weeks put a circle around April 2 as a "Liberation Day" to impose an array of new tariffs that could upend the global trade system, but has provided few details

CEO murder case: Trump admin to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said that she would instruct interim US attorney for the Southern District of New York to pursue the death penalty if Luigi Mangione is convicted of murder charges

'JFK' director to testify to Congress on newly released assassination files

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film JFK portrayed President John F Kennedy's assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents surrounding the killing. Scholars say the files that President Donald Trump ordered to be released showed nothing undercutting the conclusion that a lone gunman killed Kennedy. Many documents were previously released but contained newly removed redactions, including Social Security numbers, angering people whose personal information was disclosed. The first hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets comes five decades after the Warren Commission investigation concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old former Marine, acted alone in fatally shooting Kennedy as his motorcade finished a parade route in downtown Dallas on Nov 22, 1963. Republican Rep Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, who chairs the task forc

Trump aide claims tariffs will raise $6 trillion, boost US economy

He echoed the Trump administration's stance that the tariffs will not be paid by American consumers but by businesses in other countries or the countries themselves.

Nonprofit groups, Democrats sue Trump admin over election executive order

President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to overhaul the nation's elections faced its first legal challenges Monday as the Democratic National Committee and a pair of nonprofits filed two separate lawsuits calling it unconstitutional. The Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund brought the first lawsuit Monday afternoon. The DNC, the Democratic Governors Association, and Senate and House Democratic leaders followed soon after with a complaint of their own. Both lawsuits filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia ask the court to block Trump's order and declare it illegal. The president's executive order is an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans, said Danielle Lang, senior director of voting rights at the DC-based Campaign Legal Center. It is simply not within the president's authority to set election rules by executive decree, especially when they ..

'Time for reciprocity': White House on India's 100% tariff on agri products

The remarks from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt come a day before US President Donald Trump's proposed reciprocal tariffs come into effect