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Trade, energy imports in focus as PM Modi to meet Trump during key US visit

PM Modi's US visit takes on added significance as Donald Trump plans to introduce reciprocal tariffs, with an announcement expected just before the Indian PM's arrival in Washington DC

Time features Musk at Oval Office desk, Trump mocks magazine's relevance

The cover showcases Elon Musk holding a coffee cup while seated at the presidential desk, with the American and presidential flags positioned in the background

Trump's demand that US aid workers return home sparks outrage, anxiety

Frustration boiled over Wednesday among supporters of the United States' lead aid agency at a Washington rally, and anxious aid workers abroad scrambled to pack up households after the Trump administration abruptly pulled almost all agency staffers off the job and out of the field. The order issued Tuesday followed 2 1/2 weeks that have seen the Trump administration and teams led by billionaire ally Elon Musk dismantle much of the US Agency for International Development, shutting down a six-decade mission intended to shore up US security by educating children, fighting epidemics and advancing other development abroad. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has been touring Central America on his first visit in office, defended the administration's broad shutdown of aid funding and other actions while saying, Our preference would have been to do this in a more orderly fashion. But, Rubio said, the administration faced a lack of cooperation in an attempt to review the worth of each agenc

Investigators probe Washington DC plane crash wreckage and flight logs

The Washington DC fire department said on Sunday that officials had identified 55 of the 67 people killed in the collision

Washington DC judge extends block on Trump admin's federal funding freeze

A judge in the nation's capital kept a temporary block on a Trump administration's plan for a freeze on federal funding Monday after some nonprofit groups said they're still struggling to get promised grants and loans. US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan extended an order she issued last week that paused a sweeping plan to freeze potentially trillions in federal spending. While the memo outlining it has since been rescinded, the Republican administration has said some kind of funding freeze is still planned as part of his blitz of executive orders. A second judge in Rhode Island has also blocked any federal spending pause in a separate lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic states. In the Washington lawsuit, several groups reported being unable to access promised federal funding even after the memo was rescinded. They ranged from childcare in Wisconsin to disability services in West Virginia to a small business research project on neutron generation and detection. For many, th

Crews remove large portion of jet from river after air collision near DC

Salvage crews have removed a large portion of a commercial jet from the Potomac River near Washington's Reagan National Airport on Monday, five days after a midair collision last week that killed 67 people. Authorities have said the operation to remove the plane will take several days and they will then work to remove the military helicopter involved in the crash. The crash between the American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter over Washington DC on Wednesday was the deadliest US air disaster since 2001. Authorities have recovered and identified 55 of the 67 people killed in the crash and Washington, DC, Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly has said they are confident all will be found. Crews early Monday could be seen aboard a vessel with a crane. More than 300 responders were taking part in the recovery effort at any given time, officials said. Two Navy barges were also deployed to lift heavy wreckage. Divers and salvage workers are adhering to strict protocols and will stop movin

USAID staff locked out of Washington headquarters after shutdown order

The developments come after Musk, who's leading an extraordinary civilian review of the federal government with the Republican president's agreement

Black Hawk crash: Why was Rebecca Lobach's name kept secret for so long?

Following the crash between an American Airlines plane and Army Black Hawk, the identity of pilot Rebecca Lobach was not revealed until yesterday

US limits helicopter flights after Washington DC crash, 'black boxes' found

Investigators were able on Friday to recover the helicopter's black box, which captures flight data and voices in the cockpit

Teen skaters, coaches and parents among victims of Washington plane crash

The crash occurred late Wednesday night (Jan 30) over the icy waters of the Potomac River, near Ronald Reagan National Airport

Investigators find black boxes after Washington plane collision, probe on

Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 passenger jet, the National Transportation Safety Board said

US citizens express grief over mid-air plane collision in Washington DC

A local, Michelle Boudreau, recounted her experience of listening to the incident and called it heartbreaking

Two aircraft that collided over Washington widely used around the world

The Army helicopter and regional American Airlines jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate around the world on a daily basis. There were 60 passengers and four crew members on the jet, a Bombardier CRJ700, officials said. Three service members were on a training flight on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. None are believed to have survived the Wednesday night collision, which caused both aircraft to plunge into the frigid Potomac River. What to know about the aircraft: SIKORSKY UH-60 BLACK HAWK There are about 5,000 Black Hawks in use around the world, according to the aviation site FlightGlobal.com. The twin-engine, four-blade helicopter is manufactured by Sikorsky, a subsidiary of defence contractor Lockheed Martin. The aircraft involved in Wednesday's collision was an Army version. There are other variants made for the Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, and for specialised duty such as intelligence gathering. The Black Hawk made its debut in 197

18 dead after American Airlines jet collides with US Army chopper midair

A regional jet and a helicopter collided near Washington National Airport on Wednesday, triggering a search operation in the Potomac River while flights were halted

Bishop appeals Trump to have mercy on LGBTQ+, immigrants 'in name of God'

The bishop made the appeal to Trump a day after the US President signed executive orders reversing Biden-era protections for transgender Americans and suspending the US refugee admissions program

TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 billion on AI chips in 2025

This move comes as the Chinese company faces pressure from Washington to sell its popular video-sharing app in the United States

Thousands protest in Washington DC against Trump ahead of inauguration

Thousands of people from across the country gathered in the American Capital two days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States on January 20. Trump, 78, succeeds Joe Biden, 82, on Tuesday as the new occupant of the White House. A coalition of nonprofit bodies, including Sakhi for South Asian Survivors, under the banner of People's March, held the demonstration here to protest against the policies of Trump. Displaying anti-Trump posters and banner, the protestors raised slogans against the next President and also against some of his close supporters including Tesla owner Elon Musk. The same group had also held a similar protest on January 2017, when Trump was inaugurated for the first time. There were a series of three protests which started from three different parks and culminated near the Lincoln Memorial. Mass protest is one of the most effective ways to demonstrate to our communities that we are not obeying in advance or bowing to fascis

Man carrying machete, knives held at US Capitol ahead of Trump visit

The machete was detected by an X-ray machine at the entrance to the visitor centre, according to a statement released by Capitol Police

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist quits Washington Post after Bezos cartoon axed

The rejected cartoon featured Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Patrick Soon-Shiong bowing to a statue of President-elect Donald Trump

'Compulsive hostility': Govt rejects Washington Post's Maldives report

India on Friday strongly trashed two recent reports published by the Washington Post -- one linking New Delhi to a failed plot to impeach Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu and another on Indian agents allegedly attempting to eliminate certain terror elements in Pakistan. Dismissing the reports, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the newspaper and the reporter in question appear to nurse a "compulsive hostility" towards India. In its report on the Maldives, the Post, citing a document titled "Democratic Renewal Initiative", claimed that opposition politicians proposed bribing 40 members of Parliament, including those from Muizzu's own party, to vote to impeach him. After months of secret talks, the plotters failed to gather enough votes to impeach the president, it said. "Both the newspaper and the reporter in question appear to nurse a compulsive hostility towards India. You can see a pattern in their activities. I leave you to judge their ...