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Trump calls Jerome Powell 'real dummy', 'worst' as Fed holds rates steady

US President Donald Trump lashed out at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after the Fed opted to leave short-term rates unchanged in its June meet

Trump to host Pakistani army chief Asim Munir over lunch at White House

Field Marshal Asim Munir is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth during his five-day trip

Trump: G7 exit was over 'much bigger' issue than Iran-Israel ceasefire

US President Donald Trump responds to Emmanuel Macron's claim that his early G7 exit was linked to Israel-Iran ceasefire talks. White House cites urgent West Asia developments as reason for return

At G7 summit, Donald Trump backs return of Russia, hints at adding China

At the G7 summit, Trump said Russia's exclusion has complicated diplomacy and floated including China, drawing sharp contrasts with other leaders

Why 'No Kings' protests are targeting Trump's Flag Day military parade

The 50501 Movement is planning nationwide protests against Trump on 14 June, opposing authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics and a costly military spectacle in Washington

Nifty Auto slips 2% after US President Trump warns of hiking auto tariffs

Auto stocks fell in trade on Friday with Nifty Auto plunging over 2 per cent as US President Donald Trump warns to hike auto tariffs

Decoded: How Iran and Israel's decades-old conflict exploded into war

Iran's nuclear programme has long been at the centre of Israeli fears, with Tehran's enrichment advances seen by Israel as an existential threat

NATO on cusp of accepting Trump's 5% defence investment demand, says Rutte

Most U.S. allies at NATO endorse President Donald Trump's demand that they invest 5% of gross domestic product on their defense needs and are ready to ramp up security spending even more, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday. There's broad support, Rutte told reporters after chairing a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the alliance's Brussels headquarters. We are really close, he said, and added that he has total confidence that we will get there by the next NATO summit in three weeks. European allies and Canada have already been investing heavily in their armed forces, as well as on weapons and ammunition, since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. At the same time, some have balked at U.S. demands to invest 5% of GDP on defense 3.5% on core military spending and 1.5% on the roads, bridges, airfields and sea ports needed to deploy armies more quickly. Still struggling to meet the old goal: In 2023, as Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine entered i

Musk threatens to decommission Dragon amid Trump feud, then backs down

Elon Musk briefly vowed to halt SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft in protest of Donald Trump's SpaceX contract threats before reversing course after public and investor pressure

Drop 10% universal tariff in bilateral trade agreement: India to US

India pushes for early tranche of trade deal to avoid potential 26% reciprocal tariff

Russian strike kills 5, including 1 year old, hours after Trump calls Putin

At least five people, including a one-year-old child, were killed in a Russian drone strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said on Thursday. Six more people were wounded in the attack and have been hospitalised, Chaus said. According to him, six Shahed-type drones struck residential areas of Pryluky early Thursday morning, causing severe damage to residential buildings. Hours later, 17 people were wounded in a Russian drone strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early Thursday, including children, a pregnant woman, and a 93-year-old woman, regional head Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram. At around 1.05 am, Shahed-type drones struck two apartment buildings in the city's Slobidskyi district, causing fires and destroying several private vehicles. "By launching attacks while people sleep in their homes, the enemy once again confirms its tactic of insidious terror," Syniehubov wrote on Telegram.

China really wants to attract talented scientists. Trump just helped

Even before the US threatened to bar international students and besieged universities, China's huge spending campaign on the sciences was bearing fruit

Trump urges senators to sign his big bill of tax breaks into law by July 4

President Donald Trump wants his big, beautiful bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by the Fourth of July, and he's pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later. Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the White House earlier this week and has been dialling senators for one-on-one chats, using both the carrot and stick to nudge, badger and encourage them to act. But it's still a long road ahead for the 1,000-page-plus package. His question to me was, How do you think the bill's going to go in the Senate? Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said about his call with Trump. Do you think there's going to be problems? It's a potentially tumultuous three-week sprint for senators preparing to put their own imprint on the massive Republican package that cleared the House late last month by a single vote. The senators have been meeting for weeks behind closed doors, including as they returned to Washington late Monday, to revi

15% tariff for 150 days: Trump admin prepares 'Plan B' after court ruling

Provisions under the rarely used US Trade Act of 1974 allow the Trump administration to impose short-term tariffs of up to 15% for 150 days to address trade imbalances

What is TACO trade and how 'Trump chickening out' helps investors profit

US President Donald Trump says what critics call 'chickening out' on tariffs is really strategic negotiation, but investors are profiting from the volatility

Ramesh criticises PM over delay in all party meeting on Pahalgam attack

He accused the Prime Minister of ignoring urgent national issues and instead focusing on marking the 50th anniversary of the Emergency

Why Elon Musk is not happy with Donald Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

Donald Trump's showpiece tax bill, dubbed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill', aims to expand the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but Musk says it will hurt cost-cutting efforts

How Donald Trump's sanctions threaten Harvard's global appeal and allure

For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement, offering a spot among the elite at a campus that produces Nobel Prize winners, captains of industry and global leaders. That allure is now in jeopardy. In its intensifying fight with the White House, Harvard was dealt its heaviest blow yet on Thursday, when the government blocked the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students. The move threatens to undermine Harvard's stature, revenue and appeal among top scholars globally. Even more than the government's USD 2.6 billion in research cuts, the administration's action represents an existential threat for Harvard. The school summed it up in a lawsuit seeking to block the action: Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. Within hours of the decision, the consequences started becoming clear. Belgium's Princess Elisabeth, who just finished her first year in a Harvard graduate programme, is waiting

White House National Security Council fires many staffers after Trump order

President Donald Trump is ordering a massive overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size and return many career appointees back to their home agencies, according to two US officials and one person familiar with the reorganization. The move is expected to significantly reduce the number of staff at the NSC, according to the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive personnel matter. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been serving as national security adviser since early this month following the ouster of Mike Waltz, who was nominated to serve as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. The NSC has been in a continual state of tumult for much of the early going of Trump's second go-around in the White House. Waltz was ousted weeks after Trump said that he'd fired several NSC officials, just a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty. The White House days into the administration sidelined .

Trump signs orders to boost nuclear energy, speed reactor construction

The effort is a bid to meet a coming surge in electricity demand and help the US reclaim its edge in nuclear energy