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White House flaunts 'cuffs and shackles' deportation of illegal migrants

White House video flaunting shackled migrants triggers international backlash, as India demands humane treatment while the US justifies it as SOP

In 1st joint interview, Trump backs Musk's efforts to enforce exec orders

Donning a t-shirt reading 'tech support' during the interview, Elon Musk described his primary function as assisting US President Donald Trump with technological matters

Elon Musk not a DOGE employee, cannot fire employees: White House

Since the start of Donald Trump's second term last month, Elon Musk-led DOGE has undertaken an aggressive effort to cut costs across federal agencies

Trump at WH: With over 70 lawsuits filed, 7 important cases to watch

The cases, brought by nonprofits, state attorneys general, civil rights groups and private citizens, challenge Trump's directives to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding

WH restricts AP access to Air Force One as 'Gulf of America' rift deepens

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich said the administration would seek to replace its reporters with those from other outlets in the Oval Office and on the presidential plane

PM Modi, Trump to hold press conference after their meet: White House

PM Modi's discussions with Trump are expected to focus on areas such as two-way trade, energy, technology and immigration

White House claims Gulf of Mexico has been renamed, calls it a 'fact'

For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the Gulf of Mexico. But in a matter of weeks, President Donald Trump and White House officials have sought to rewrite the map by calling it the Gulf of America and insisting others do the same. It is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Feb. 12. It's very important to this administration that we get that right, not just for people here at home, but also for the rest of the world. But Trump's effort to rewrite the map of the world is far more complicated than such comments suggest. Here's what goes into a name. Did Trump rename the Gulf of Mexico? Before his Jan. 20 inauguration, Trump announced plans to change the Gulf of Mexico's name to the Gulf of America and signed an executive order to do so as soon as he was in office. Can he change the name on his own?

White House plans to nominate new chiefs for bank, market regulators

White House intends to nominate Jonathan Gould as the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Brian Quintenz as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Trump admin prioritising relations with India: Ex-White House official

The Donald Trump administration is prioritising relations with India and recognises that the country has the potential to transform the Indo-Pacific region and is an important partner when it comes to competing effectively with China, a former White House official has said. These remarks were made by Lisa Curtis ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the White House for a bilateral meeting with President Trump on Thursday. She has served in President Donald Trump's first administration as the senior director for South and Central Asia in the National Security Council between 2017 and 2021. In an online press briefing on Tuesday hosted by Washington DC-based think tank The Centre for a New American Security (CNAS) on the eve of Modi's visit, Curtis said,"Clearly, the Trump administration is prioritising relations with India." "They recognise that India is an important emerging global power and really has the potential to transform the Indo-Pacific region and the world," ..

Elon Musk appears at WH defending DOGE's work but acknowledging mistakes

President Donald Trump's most powerful adviser, Elon Musk, made a rare public appearance at the White House on Tuesday to defend the swift and extensive cuts he's pushing across the federal government while acknowledging there have been mistakes and will be more. Musk stood next to the Resolute Desk with his young son as Trump praised Musk's work with his Department of Government Efficiency to slash spending and as the president signed an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce. Despite concerns that he's amassing unaccountable power with little transparency, Musk described himself as an open book. He joked that the scrutiny over his sprawling influence over federal agencies was like a daily proctology exam. Despite Musk's pledge to be maximally transparent, the White House on Tuesday fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development, a day after the watchdog's office warned that the DOGE-directed dismantling of USAID had made it all

Trump signs executive order to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' as 'Gulf of America'

Donald Trump's order, titled 'Restoring Names That Honour American Greatness', instructs the US Secretary of the Interior to formalise the name change within 30 days

Sonam Kapoor's brother-in-law under lens over $750K USAID funding to NGO

The USAID grant, awarded in 2020, was given to the Good Business Lab, co-founded by Ahuja, the brother of Kapoor's husband, Anand Ahuja

As Trump pushes limits of his presidential power, the courts push back

A familiar pattern has emerged since President Donald Trump returned to the White House less than three weeks ago: He makes a brash proposal, his opponents file a lawsuit and a federal judge puts the plan on hold. It's happened with Trump's attempts to freeze certain federal funding, undermine birthright citizenship and push out government workers. Now the question is whether the court rulings are a mere speed bump or an insurmountable roadblock for the Republican president, who is determined to expand the limits of his power sometimes by simply ignoring the laws. Although Democrats may be encouraged by the initial round of judicial resistance, the legal battles are only beginning. Lawsuits that originated in more liberal jurisdictions like Boston, Seattle and Washington, D.C., could find their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where a conservative majority has demonstrated its willingness to overturn precedent. What's constitutional or not is only as good as the latest court decisio

Musk is working for Trump as a 'special govt employee': White House

Elon Musk is working for President Donald Trump as a special government employee," according to a White House official, solidifying his controversial role in the administration but sidestepping some disclosure rules that are typical of federal workers. The official, speaking Monday on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Musk has a government email address and office space in the White House complex. Musk, the world's richest man, has been granted broad latitude by Trump to reduce the size of the federal government. On Monday morning, the headquarters of the US Agency for International Development was abruptly shut down. Musk's team, known as the Department of Government Efficiency, also has received access to sensitive payment systems at the US Treasury Department. Democrats fear that Musk is consolidating power within the federal government, acting without accountability and potentially against the law. Special government employees are usually appoin

No White House stay for Musk. He's crashing at a DC govt office instead

Elon Musk skips a White House stay to live in a DC govt office, pushing his 'hardcore work ethic' to new extremes as he leads government cost-cutting efforts from the inside

India, US working on PM Modi's early visit, dates being finalised: MEA

The two leaders emphasised their commitment to advance the US-India strategic partnership and the Indo-Pacific Quad partnership. They also discussed plans for PM Modi's visit to the White House

White House revokes Trump's memo freezing federal money after confusion

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal loans and grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country. The memo, which was issued Monday by the Office of Management and Budget, had frightened states, schools and organisations that rely on trillions of dollars from Washington. Administration officials said the pause was necessary to review whether spending aligned with Trump's executive orders on issues like climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes. But on Wednesday, they sent out a two-sentence notice rescinding the original memo. The reversal was the latest sign that even with unified control of Washington, Trump's plans to dramatically and rapidly reshape the government has limits. Administration officials insisted that despite the confusion, their actions still had the intended effect by underscoring to federal agencies their obligations to abide by

Under Trump 2.0, White House opens briefing room to new media creators

Under the Trump administration's second term, the White House briefing room embraces a new era, offering seats to content creators, influencers, and podcasters to amplify diverse voices

Trump ordered delivery of price relief to Americans, says WH press secy

Criticising the previous President Joe Biden's administration, Leavitt said that Trump ended regulatory constraints and war on American energy

Where will Elon Musk's DOGE team work? Not in the Oval Office, Trump says

Elon Musk's DOGE team will not work in the Oval Office, President Trump clarified. Instead, Musk's office will be located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building