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'I hope food was good': Tharoor dishes out sarcasm on Trump-Munir lunch

US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for lunch at the White House, weeks after Munir praised him for averting India-Pakistan conflict escalation

Trump to host Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir for White House lunch

US President Donald Trump will host Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir for lunch at the White House on Wednesday, weeks after India and Pakistan were locked in a four-day military conflict. Trump would be hosting the Pakistan Army Chief for lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House at 1 pm, an official advisory released by Washington said. The US president had cut short his trip to Canada's Kananaskis for the G7 Leaders' Summit and returned to Washington Tuesday morning amid escalating tensions in the Middle East with the latest Israel-Iran conflict. Interestingly, Trump, during a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asked him if he could stop in the US on his way back from Canada. But, the prime minister expressed his inability to do so "due to pre-scheduled engagements," Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. In the phone talks, Modi told Trump that India and Pakistan halted their military actions last month following direct talks between the two militaries without

Trump to extend TikTok's deadline by 90 days; to sign order: White House

President Trump has signed an executive order delaying the ban on TikTok for a third time, giving ByteDance 90 more days to secure a divestment deal

US military parade mirrors global traditions across regimes, democracies

The military parade to mark the Army's 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday are combining to create a peacetime outlier in US history. Yet it still reflects global traditions that serve a range of political and cultural purposes. Variations on the theme have surfaced among longtime NATO allies in Europe, one-party and authoritarian states and history's darkest regimes. France: Bastille Day and Trump's ide inspire The oldest democratic ally of the US holds a military parade each July 14 to commemorate one of the seminal moments of the French Revolution. It inspired or at least stoked Trump's idea for a Washington version. On July 14, 1789, French insurgents stormed the Bastille, which housed prisoners of Louis XVI's government. Revolutionaries commenced a Fte de la Fdration as a day of national unity and pride the following year, even with the First French Republic still more than two years from being established. The Bastille Day para

Trump to finally get chance to top France with grand military parade in DC

Eight years after President Donald Trump was dazzled by a grand military parade down the Champs-lyses in Paris, he is finally getting a chance to try to top the spectacle. His long-delayed dream is expected to be realized Saturday with an extravaganza of American military might featuring tanks and other armoured vehicles rolling through the nation's capital, thousands of soldiers marching the streets and military aircraft flying overhead. In a final flourish, an elite parachute team is to jump from above the White House, land near Trump and hand him an American flag. I think it's going to be great, Trump said this week. We're going to celebrate our country for a change. For Trump, a media-attuned real estate developer who was a reality television star and beauty pageant owner, it's a chance to flex his skills as a showman. But the muscular display of military might also comes as Trump is increasingly flexing the powers of his office, including with the deployment of thousands of ...

Trump acknowledges Elon Musk's apology after spat over 'Big Beautiful Bill'

White House says US President Donald Trump is appreciative of Elon Musk's apology after their public feud last week, exchanging jabs on X over the spending bill

Under pressure from White House, ICE seeks new ways to ramp up arrests

Former officials said the Trump administration's push for the agency to detain record numbers of undocumented immigrants increases the chances of mistakes

Associated Press challenges ruling limiting access to White House

In a filing Tuesday, the Associated Press asked that all the judges on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit review a 2-1 decision by a smaller panel of the court

Trump to keep White House Starlink internet service as Musk feud dissipates

US president Trump suggested he may remove the Tesla Inc. car he purchased from White House grounds and suggested the onus was on Musk to reach out

Trump authorises 2,000 more National Guard troops to Los Angeles: Officials

President Donald Trump authorised on Monday the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids, according to US officials. The order would put them on active duty. One official warned, however, that the order was just signed and it could take a day or two to get troops moving. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss troop movements. Governor Gavin Newsom called the move reckless and "disrespectful to our troops" in a post on the social platform X. "This isn't about public safety. It's about stroking a dangerous President's ego," Newsom said. The Pentagon also deployed about 700 Marines to Los Angeles on Monday to help National Guard members respond to protests over immigration raids, officials said, as California sued Trump over his use of the Guard troops and demonstrators took to the city's streets for a fourth day. The Marines are being deployed from their base at Twentynine Palms in t

Trump's expanding use of emergency powers raises alarms among experts

Call it the 911 presidency. Despite insisting that the United States is rebounding from calamity under his watch, President Donald Trump is harnessing emergency powers unlike any of his predecessors. Whether it's levelling punishing tariffs, deploying troops to the border or sidelining environmental regulations, Trump has relied on rules and laws intended only for use in extraordinary circumstances like war and invasion. An analysis by The Associated Press shows that 30 of Trump's 150 executive orders have cited some kind of emergency power or authority, a rate that far outpaces his recent predecessors. The result is a redefinition of how presidents can wield power. Instead of responding to an unforeseen crisis, Trump is using emergency powers to supplant Congress' authority and advance his agenda. What's notable about Trump is the enormous scale and extent, which is greater than under any modern president, said Ilya Somin, who is representing five US businesses who sued the ...

Court rules Trump can exclude journalists from Oval Office, Air Force One

In a 2-1 ruling, the DC Circuit Court paused a judge's order that let AP rejoin the rotating press pool covering Trump's daily movements, siding with the administration's access limits

Trump-Musk fallout: White House steps in, arranges call for possible truce

Former DOGE chief Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump had exchanged barbs with each other after Musk criticised Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' in a recent interview

Tesla shares fall as growing Trump-Musk spat rattles investors

On his social media platform X, Musk has called on Congress members to kill the legislation, calling it a "disgusting abomination"

Trump suspends visas for new foreign students at Harvard over security risk

In a fresh escalation, President Trump suspends new visas for Harvard students over national security, alleging foreign ties, secrecy and failure to address antisemitism

Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices

President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles. The staggering 50 per cent levies on those imports took effect Wednesday, stoking fear that big-ticket purchases from cars to washing machines to houses could see major price increases. But those metals are so ubiquitous in packaging, they're likely to pack a punch across consumer products from soup to nuts. Rising grocery prices would be part of the ripple effects, says Usha Haley, an expert on trade and professor at Wichita State University, who added that the tariffs could raise costs across industries and further strain ties with allies without aiding a long-term US manufacturing revival. Trump's return to the White House has come with an unrivaled barrage of tariffs, with levies threatened, added and often taken away, in such a whiplash-inducing frenzy it's hard to keep up. He insisted the latest tariff hike was necessary to even further secure

Donald Trump asks Congress to slash funds for NPR, PBS and foreign aid

White House first floated the package in April, but placed it on the back burner as Republicans tried to secure the votes necessary to pass Trump's tax cut proposal

US govt probes messages impersonating Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles

The US government is investigating after elected officials, business executives and other prominent figures in recent weeks received messages from someone impersonating Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's chief of staff. Trump said Wiles is an amazing woman and she can handle it". They breached the phone; they tried to impersonate her, Trump told reporters on Friday. Nobody can impersonate her. There's only one Susie. A White House official confirmed the investigation on Friday and said the White House takes cybersecurity of its staff seriously. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that senators, governors, business leaders and others began receiving text messages and phone calls from someone who seemed to have gained access to the contacts in Wiles' personal cellphone. The messages and calls were not coming from Wiles' number, the newspaper reported. Some of those who recei

Elon Musk's legal battles expected to outlast his time in White House

At least three lawsuits are pending that accuse Trump of unconstitutionally handing the Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief executive officer the equivalent of a cabinet-level post over the past four months

Trump thanks Musk for 'incredible service', says 'he'll be back & forth'

Donald Trump extended his good wishes to Elon Musk on his final official day at the White House. However, he added that Musk isn't truly leaving and will be 'back-and-forth'