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Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances

Abortion rights advocates slammed Trump's pardons as evidence of his opposition to abortion access, despite his vague, contradictory statements on the issue

US Supreme Court allows small business registration rule to take effect

Owners and part-owners of an estimated 32.6 million small businesses must register personal information with Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN

Senate confirms Ratcliffe to lead CIA, giving Trump second Cabinet member

Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation's premier spy agency

California approves $2.5 bn for state response to Los Angeles-area fires

They also approved $4 million for local governments to streamline approvals for rebuilding homes, and $1 million to support school districts and help them rebuild facilities

On immigration, India has good reason to help shore up Donald Trump's wall

US leaders might be surprised at how unbothered most Indians or even Indian Americans are likely to be about the proposed repatriations

Trump's Cabinet picks: Where do they stand in confirmation process

It's been slow going in the procedure-heavy Senate since Monday's inauguration, with only two of Trump's top picks- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe- confirmed

Putin must make a deal, Zelenskyy ready for talks: Trump on Ukraine war

Earlier, US President Donald Trump warned his Russian counterpart to end the 'ridiculous war' in Ukraine or face high tariffs and further sanctions

I know interest rates better than Fed chief Jerome Powell, says Trump

Trump's comments came hours after he delivered a video address to the world's elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he called for an immediate drop in interest rates

Americans will pay more if Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, says Trudeau

By targeting America's second largest trading partner after Mexico, Trump risks upending the markets for autos, lumber and oil all of which could carry over quickly to consumers

Thai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status

Thailand's marriage equality bill, which sailed through both houses of parliament, amended Article 1448 to replace the words man and woman and husband and wife with individuals and marriage partners

Trump halts authorisations for renewable projects on federal lands, waters

President Donald Trump and his nominees have championed oil, gas and coal production while disparaging renewable power as unreliable

US to have only two genders, male, female; no more transgender rage: Trump

Trump addressed the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here through video conferencing and said that transgender operations, which became the rage, will occur very rarely going forward

Trump revokes security for former Secretary of state Pompeo, top Iran aide

It's another sign of steps Trump is taking just days into his return to the White House to target those he has perceived as adversaries

Will Trump get a third term as US Prez? Republican proposes constitutional change

Currently, the 22nd Amendment limits US Presidents to two terms, barring Trump or any other former president from seeking a third term

Trump signs executive order on developing AI 'free from ideological bias'

The new order doesn't name which existing policies are hindering AI development but calls for the development of an AI action plan within 180 days

Trump tells businesses to manufacture in US or face higher tariffs

Trump also said he is going to ask Saudi Arabia and Opec to bring down oil prices and asserted that if prices come down Russia-Ukraine war will end immediately

The Gulf of Whatnow? Mapmakers grapple with Trump's renaming plans

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum joked that if Trump went ahead with the renaming, her country would rename North America Mexican America

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's exec order ending birthright citizenship

The case is one of five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and a number of immigrants rights groups across the country

Entire planet will be now peaceful, prosperous: Trump at WEF meet

Addressing the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here through video conferencing, Trump also said his administration has accomplished in four days what other regimes could not get in four years

US weekly unemployment claims increase marginally to 223,000: Labour dept

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 223,000 for the week ended Jan 18