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Trump's new election order creates confusion before midterms in 2026

President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to change how US elections are run is creating uncertainty for state and local election officials and worries about voter confusion before the next federal election, the 2026 midterms. Election officials were already dealing with the loss of some cybersecurity assistance from the federal government and now face the potential for major changes that include a new voter registration requirement, decertification of certain voting systems and stricter ballot deadlines for many states. In Connecticut, Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas is hopeful that ballot scanners the state just bought for USD 20 million will be acceptable under the executive order, but she worries about other states. It's not like states have millions and millions of dollars that they can just upgrade their election equipment every couple of years, said Thomas, a Democrat. Imagine people purchased new equipment and now it no longer can be used. There is no remedy f

Reliance pauses buying of Venezuelan oil after Trump authorises 25% tariff

Reliance secured waivers from the US last year to resume importing crude from Venezuela, and Kpler estimates the refiner has taken 6.5 million barrels since the start of the year

Trump's portrait to be removed from Colorado Capitol after distorted claim

A portrait of Donald hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after the US president claimed it was "purposefully distorted", state officials said on Monday. House Democrats said in a statement that the oil painting would be taken down at the request of Republican leaders in the Legislature. If the GOP wants to spend time and money on which portrait of Trump hangs in the Capitol, that's up to them, the Democrats said. The portrait was painted by artist Sarah Boardman during Trump's first term and unveiled in 2019. Colorado Republicans raised more than USD 10,000 through a GoFundMe account to commission the oil painting. In a Sunday night post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he would prefer no picture at all over the one that hangs in the Colorado Capitol. The Republican lauded a nearby portrait of former president Barack Obama -- also by Boardman -- saying he looks wonderful". The portraits are under the purview of the Colorado Building Advisory ...

Will soon announce tariffs on autos, aluminum, pharmaceuticals: Trump

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the United States would need all those products if there were problems including wars

Donald Trump suggests Zelenskyy allow US control of Ukrainian power plants

Donald Trump told Zelenskyy that the US could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise

FBI director Kash Patel seeks direct line to Trump, skips chain of command

Kash Patel wants a secure line to Donald Trump from both his FBI office and his house. Patel's request skips over Attorney General Pam Bondi, changing how things are usually done

Nasdaq plunges 4% as tech dives, slowdown fears mount; Dow falls 1.54%

Crypto stocks fall on lower bitcoin prices; HSBC downgrades US stocks

Trump receives 'important letter' from Zelenskyy days after tense exchange

"Millions of Ukrainians and Russians have been needlessly killed or wounded in this horrific and brutal conflict, with no end in sight," Donald Trump said, addressing the US Congress on Wednesday

Trump threatens to cut federal funding over 'illegal protests' in schools

The US government recently announced that it was reviewing over $50 million in federal contracts with Columbia University amid concerns that the institution failed to protect Jewish students

China hits back at Trump's tariffs; imposes duties, initiates action in WTO

China will impose additional tariffs on some products imported from the United States, effective from March 10

US govt on verge of shutdown as Trump pushes unilateral budget cuts

The longest government shutdown in US history during President Trump's first term, lasting 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019

'Tomorrow night will be big,' hints Trump before joint Congress address

US President Donald Trump sparked speculation with a cryptic social media post on Monday, saying, 'Tomorrow night will be big. I will tell it like it is'

Trump's approval rating tops Biden; support for immigration policy grows

The poll also revealed that 38% of those surveyed held a favourable opinion of tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been actively involved in Donald Trump's government restructuring efforts

Donald Trump's sons invest in AI after he pledges billions to industry

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Opportunity trumps tariffs: Navigating the web of Trump's trade policies

In a world where Trump 2.0 is negative for most countries, the mixed impact of Mr Trump's tariff web could still make India a relative winner

FBI uncovers 2,400 secret records on John F Kennedy's assassination

This came after President Donald Trump's January 23rd executive order where he ordered the release of all assassination-related documents as part of his promise during the election campaign

Citing rising cost, Trump directs US Treasury to stop minting new pennies

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site. I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. The move by Trump is the latest in what has been a rapid-fire effort by his new administration to enact sweeping change through executive order and proclamation on issues ranging from immigration, to gender and diversity, to the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Trump had not discussed his desire to eliminate the penny during his campaign. But Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency raised the prospect in a post on X last month highlighting the penny's cost. The US Mint reported losing $85.3 million in the 2024 fiscal year that ended in September on the nearly 3.2 .

US visit to build on progress achieved in Donald Trump's 1st term: PM Modi

In a departure statement ahead of his trip to France and the US, PM Modi highlighted that the visit would help shape an agenda to further strengthen India-US ties

Trump's third week sees more executive orders, trade war with China

Three weeks in, President Donald Trump keeps cranking out executive orders designed to remake the government while billionaire Elon Musk hunts for more ways to upend the federal workforce. Trump also provoked then called off trade wars with Canada and Mexico but allowed one with China to move forward. He seemingly made light of potentially thorny political issues while insisting he was serious about the United States seizing Gaza, emptying out its residents and redeveloping the area into the Riviera of the Middle East. It was an idea that friend and foe alike around the world rejected. Here are some Week 3 takeaways: So many executive orders Trump has spent 20 days in office, and on nearly every one of them, he has signed executive orders often several. Just like Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden before him, Trump used Inauguration Day to put pen to paper on actions meant to wipe out large numbers of his predecessor's policies. Trump also issued Day 1 orders to pardon most

Trump blames 'obsolete' air traffic control system for collision near DC

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed last week's deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter on what he called an obsolete computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers, and he vowed to replace it. Trump said during an event that a lot of mistakes happened on Jan. 29 when an American Airlines flight out of Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army helicopter as the plane was about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, killing all 67 people on board the two aircraft. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, Trump blamed it on diversity hiring programs. But on Thursday, he blamed the computer system used by the country's air traffic controllers. It's amazing that it happened, Trump said during a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol. And I think that's going to be used for good. I think what is going to happen is we're all going to sit down and do a great computerized system for our control towers. Brand new not pieced