Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
You're an American in another land? Prepare to talk about the why and how of Trump 2.0
Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women's March Madness Sweet 16
Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
US senator met wrongly deported Salvadoran man at hotel, calls for release
U.S.
April 18, 2025Trump administration
Business|Economy|Political|US
Trump to fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across US
The White House on Friday said it will fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across the United States as part of President Donald Trump's push to expand critical
April 18, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to halt 'imminent' deportations of Venezuelan migrants
Lawyers for Venezuelan men detained by the Trump administration asked the U.S.
April 18, 2025
Crime|Education|Political|US
Tulsa-area exchange students, hosts worry over Trump admin visa cancellations
Tulsa-area exchange students, hosts worry over Trump admin visa cancellations
April 18, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request 'retaliation'
A top housing official in the Trump administration has asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James over a real estate transaction
April 18, 2025
Political|US
EEOC instructs staff to sideline all new transgender discrimination cases, employees say
The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights is classifying all new gender identity-related discrimination cases as its lowest priority while also placing them on indefinite hold, according to two agency employees
April 18, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US
Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been paused by a federal judge, who says she's “deeply concerned” about the plan
April 18, 2025
Education|MidEast|Political|US
Lawsuit challenges Trump administration crackdown on international students
A class action lawsuit filed Friday asks a federal court to reinstate the legal status of international students caught up in a Trump administration crackdown that has left more than a thousand fearful of deportation
April 18, 2025
Crime|Political|US
10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order
About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F
April 18, 2025
Europe|Political|US|World
Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks 'coming to a head' and 'no one is playing' him in push to end war
President Donald Trump says negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insists that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war
April 18, 2025
MidEast|Political|US|World
U.S. congressmen visit Syria in first trip since Assad's ouster
Two U.S.
April 18, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Court rejects Trump bid to end Venezuelan migrants' legal status
A federal appeals court rejected on Friday a request by U.S.
April 18, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Judges warn Congress that more money is needed for security at a time of escalating threats
The federal judiciary is warning that Congress is not providing enough money for judges’ security, at a time of escalating threats and chilling efforts at intimidation
April 18, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
Judge pauses mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as she considers whether layoffs violated court order
Judge pauses mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as she considers whether layoffs violated court order
April 18, 2025
Crime|Political|US|World
US judge halts Trump plan for rapid deportations to third countries
A U.S. judge barred the Trump administration from rapidly deporting hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without
April 18, 2025
Economy|Education|Political|US
Already facing Trump administration cuts, US colleges risk losses from another revenue source: foreign students
Already facing Trump administration cuts, US colleges risk losses from another revenue source: foreign students
April 18, 2025
Crime|Political|US
‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court
‘It’s one big show of contempt for the court,’ says a former federal judge about the Trump administration’s handling of two cases related to its deportation of noncitizens to an El Salvador prison.
April 18, 2025
Business|Economy|Environment|Political|US
Trump administration kicks off plan for expanded offshore drilling
The U.S.
April 18, 2025
Political|US
Trump administration publishes cache of RFK assassination records
The U.S. National Archives has released thousands of pages of records related to the assassination of Senator Robert F.
April 18, 2025
Asia|Business|Economy|Political|US
The US wants to charge Chinese ships to dock at American ports
The US wants to charge Chinese ships to dock at American ports
April 18, 2025
Education|MidEast|Political|US
Trump administration seeks records from Harvard on foreign funding and ties
President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday it sought Harvard University's records on foreign funding going back a decade and on some foreign ties,
April 18, 2025
Crime|Political|US
The Abrego Garcia case pulls Democrats into the immigration debate Trump wants to have
For Democrats, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is about fundamental American ideals, including due process, following court orders and preventing government overreach
April 17, 2025
Arts|Entertainment|Political|US
With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future by looking to the past
Because the US government has rarely offered full-throated support for the arts, there’s a long tradition of innovation, adaptation and collective action among American artists.
April 18, 2025
Economy|Political|US
US seeks to turn deportations into an efficient business ‘like Amazon’
The world's largest immigration detention system is on the cusp of explosive growth as President Donald Trump pursues his signature campaign promise of mass deportations
April 18, 2025
Economy|Education|Finance|Health|Political|US
Harvard has an endowment of over $50 billion. So why do federal cuts of a few billion matter?
Harvard has an endowment of over $50 billion. So why do federal cuts of a few billion matter?
April 18, 2025
Asia|Economy|Political|US|World
US lawmakers' bipartisan Taiwan visit signals support despite harsh words and tariffs from Trump
Republican and Democratic lawmakers are making their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration a bipartisan one
April 18, 2025
Business|MidEast|Political|US|World
Iran-US talks over Tehran's nuclear program hinge on a billionaire and a seasoned diplomat
As far as biographies go, the two men in charge of the delicate negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program couldn’t be more different
April 18, 2025
Political|US|World
Career diplomat becomes the face of Trump's 'America First' agenda at the UN
A career diplomat has become the unexpected face of President Donald Trump's “America First” agenda at the United Nations
April 18, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has met in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation
April 16, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
US intelligence contradicts Trump claims linking gang to Venezuelan government to speed deportations
U.S. officials say a new intelligence assessment finds no coordination between the Tren de Aragua gang and the Venezuelan government
April 18, 2025
Political|US
Clyburn asks town hall crowd to pray the US ‘will not allow itself to go the way of Germany in the 1930s’
Clyburn asks town hall crowd to pray the US ‘will not allow itself to go the way of Germany in the 1930s’
April 18, 2025
Americas|Political|US
US Senator Van Hollen meets wrongly deported man in El Salvador
Democratic U.S.
April 18, 2025
Education|Political|US
Trump administration takes aim at Harvard's international students and tax-exempt status
President Donald Trump's administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to block the university from enrolling international students, who make up 27% of the campus
April 17, 2025
MidEast|Political|US|World
Trump administration orders Gaza-linked social media vetting for visa applicants
The Trump administration on Thursday ordered a social media vetting for all U.S. visa applicants who have been to the Gaza Strip on or after January 1, 2007, an
April 17, 2025
Education|MidEast|Political|US
As demonstrators accuse Trump of undermining universities, he calls Harvard 'a disgrace'
Hundreds of students, faculty and community members on a California campus booed on Thursday as speakers accused the administration of President
April 17, 2025
Economy|Political|US
The Latest: Trump says trade deals could be done within a month
After saying earlier in the day that he was “in no rush” to finish trade deals, President Donald Trump said he thought he could wrap up tariff talks “over the next three or four weeks.”
April 17, 2025
MidEast|Political|US|World
US to withdraw 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to help counter IS militants
The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group
April 17, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Trump officials' defiance over Abrego Garcia's deportation is 'shocking,' appeals court says
A federal appeals court says it is “shocking” that The Trump administration claims it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. A three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday unanimously refused to suspend a judge’s decision to order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her instruction to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return
April 17, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US
US consumer watchdog says it will lay off most remaining staff
The U.S.
April 17, 2025
Political|US
AP and the Trump administration argue over presidential access before appeals judges
The Associated Press and Trump administration were back in a Washington court as part of a high-stakes battle over who can control which journalists can question the president
April 17, 2025
Economy|Health|Political|US
Draft budget plan proposes deep cuts across federal health programs
A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nation’s top health agency, eliminating some public health programs entirely and serving as a roadmap for more mass firings
April 17, 2025
Economy|Education|Health|Political|US
White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate the Head Start program, a move that would cut early education for some of the nation’s neediest children as part of drastic proposed cuts to federal health funding
April 17, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Judges warn Trump risks public perception of lawlessness in his fight with courts
A U.S. appeals court urged the Trump administration on Thursday to back off from its escalating confrontation with the judiciary while
April 17, 2025
Political|US
Appeals court backs judge in Abrego Garcia case, saying Trump DOJ ‘would reduce the rule of law to lawlessness’
Appeals court backs judge in Abrego Garcia case, saying Trump DOJ ‘would reduce the rule of law to lawlessness’
April 17, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Probe of Trump team's compliance with order on deported man can proceed, court rules
A U.S. appeals court has denied the U.S.
April 17, 2025
Business|Environment|Political|US
Trump order to halt NY wind project stuns offshore industry, threatens other projects
The Trump administration's decision to halt construction of Equinor's Empire Wind 1 farm off the coast of New York late on Wednesday sent shockwaves through the offshore
April 17, 2025
Education|Political|US
More than 1,000 international students and graduates in the US have had their visas revoked or statuses terminated
More than 1,000 international students and graduates in the US have had their visas revoked or statuses terminated
April 17, 2025
Education|Political|US|World
More than 1,000 international students have had visas or legal status revoked
More than 1,000 international students at 128 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since mid-March
April 07, 2025
Economy|Education|Environment|Political|Science
Trump funding freeze upends agricultural research at US universities
By Karl Plume, P.J.
April 17, 2025
Economy|Environment|Political|Technology|US
Appliance efficiency standards save consumers billions, reduce pollution and fight climate change
About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.
April 17, 2025
Political|US
Trump administration seeks court backing for control over White House press access
A lawyer for President Donald Trump's administration argued on Thursday that Trump has broad authority over media access to the White House
April 17, 2025
Business|Political|Technology|US
Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield
Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense
April 17, 2025
Education|Health|Political|Science|Technology|US
Science caught in crossfire of Trump's fight with universities
Harvard scientist Dr.
April 17, 2025
Economy|Education|Health|Political|Science|Technology|US
iPhones and GPS owe their existence to US government-funded research. What’s at stake with Trump cuts to university funding
iPhones and GPS owe their existence to US government-funded research. What’s at stake with Trump cuts to university funding
April 17, 2025
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US
Why the yen is the wrong gambit in any US-Japan trade dispute
U.S.
April 17, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Suggestion to house US citizens in offshore prisons has no legal basis, experts say
Suggestion to house US citizens in offshore prisons has no legal basis, experts say
April 17, 2025
Economy|Education|Health|Political|US
Harvard weighs its next moves amid the federal funding standoff
Harvard weighs its next moves amid the federal funding standoff
April 17, 2025
Education|Political|US
Trump administration says Harvard may lose ability to enroll foreign students
The U.S.
April 16, 2025
Education|Health|Political|Science|US
Harvard researchers say they might have to lay off workers and euthanize research animals due to funding freeze
Harvard researchers say they might have to lay off workers and euthanize research animals due to funding freeze
April 16, 2025
Education|Political|US
Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures
Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year
April 16, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison?
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's story begins in El Salvador
April 11, 2025
Political|US
Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means
Judge James Boasberg’s order stops short of holding any government officials in contempt, but leaves open the possibility for these sanctions.
April 16, 2025
Economy|Health|Political|US
Internal Trump administration document reveals massive budget cut proposal for federal health agencies
Internal Trump administration document reveals massive budget cut proposal for federal health agencies
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Environment|Political|US
Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
The Trump administration has issued an order to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry
April 16, 2025
Crime|Political|US
The Latest: Judge finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt over deportation order
A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador
April 16, 2025
Economy|Political|US
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program
April 16, 2025
Environment|Political|US
Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists
The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species
April 16, 2025
Crime|Education|Political|US
Foreign students in US mount court challenges as Trump ends their legal status
International students are rushing to ask U.S. judges to block immigration officials from deporting them after President Donald Trump's
April 16, 2025
Economy|Health|Political|US
White House looking to slash $40 billion from health department, Washington Post reports
The administration of U.S.
April 16, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Trump officials could face criminal contempt over deportations, judge says
Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal judge's order halting deportations of
April 16, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World
Maryland Democratic senator travels to El Salvador in push for Abrego Garcia’s return
Maryland Democratic senator travels to El Salvador in push for Abrego Garcia’s return
April 16, 2025
Education|Political|US
IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt status
IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt status
April 16, 2025
Education|Political|Sports|US
Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports
The Trump administration is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with its push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women's sports
April 16, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order
A federal judge says he's found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court and could seek officials’ prosecution for violating his orders last month to turn around planes carrying deportees to an El Salvador prison
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|Stock Markets|US
Stocks slide as Powell warns of impact of tariffs on the economy
Stocks slide as Powell warns of impact of tariffs on the economy
April 16, 2025
Environment|Political|US
US proposes looser interpretation of law that protects threatened species
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a major change to how threatened species are considered in agency actions by removing regulatory language that seeks to prevent their habitats
April 16, 2025
Economy|Education|Political|Science|Technology|US
How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities
The showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures
April 16, 2025
Political|Technology|US
Nearly 50 House Democrats say no to unauthorized AI in Trump administration
Members of Congress have called on the Trump administration to cease applying any unauthorized artificial intelligence system toward its effort to slash government
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Environment|Political|US
Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn’t find evidence of fraud in clean energy program
Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn’t find evidence of fraud in clean energy program
April 16, 2025
Business|Finance|Stock Markets|US
Einhorn's Greenlight gained 8.2% in Q1, remains bullish on gold
Hedge fund Greenlight Capital gained 8.2% in the first three months of 2025, buoyed by a bet on gold that it said should pay off further as it expects Trump
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|Stock Markets|US
Fed's Powell says markets orderly, downplays intervention risk
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested on Wednesday that hopes the central bank will step in to tamp down on market volatility are likely misplaced.
April 16, 2025
Asia|Business|Political|Technology|US
US mulls penalties to block DeepSeek from buying American technology, NYT reports
The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China's DeepSeek from buying U.S. technology and is debating barring Americans' access to its services, the New York Times
April 16, 2025
Asia|Business|Finance|MidEast|Political|US|World
US issues new sanctions targeting Chinese importers of Iranian oil
The United States on Wednesday issued new sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports, including against a China-based "teapot" oil refinery, as President Donald
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|Stock Markets|US
Powell says Federal Reserve can wait on any interest rate moves
The Federal Reserve can stay patient and wait to see how tariffs and other economic policies of the Trump administration play out before making any changes to interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US|World
World Bank's Banga unsure of US aid to fund for poor nations, though Trump dialogue 'constructive'
World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Wednesday he has had constructive talks with the Trump administration about the development lender but he did not know how
April 16, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights
Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights
April 16, 2025
Education|Political|Sports|US
US sues Maine over Trump executive order on transgender athletes
By Sarah N.
April 16, 2025
Europe|Political|US|World
Top Trump officials will hold talks with Europeans on the Russia-Ukraine war
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, will travel to Paris this week for talks with European allies on U.S. efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine
April 16, 2025
Europe|MidEast|Political|US|World
US officials head to Europe for high-level talks on Ukraine, Iran
U.S.
April 16, 2025
Education|Political|Science|US
US judge blocks Energy Department from slashing federal research funding
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to universities by the U.S.
April 16, 2025
Education|Political|Sports|US
Trump DOJ sues Maine over refusing to comply with ban on transgender athletes in high school sports
Trump DOJ sues Maine over refusing to comply with ban on transgender athletes in high school sports
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
Over 100 employees leave US EIA, putting crucial energy data at risk, sources say
The U.S. government's energy statistics arm is set to lose over 100 employees after the Trump administration's latest round of resignation
April 16, 2025
Business|Environment|Political|US
Burning coal leaves dangerous waste. Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for handling it
Waste from coal plants was one of the Trump administration's recent deregulatory targets
April 16, 2025
Education|Entertainment|Political|US
PBS and NPR are in a once-in-a-generation funding fight. They might well lose
PBS and NPR are in a once-in-a-generation funding fight. They might well lose
April 16, 2025
Business|Economy|Fashion and Beauty|Political|US
‘Pink tariffs’ cost women more than $2 billion a year
‘Pink tariffs’ cost women more than $2 billion a year
April 16, 2025
Food|MidEast|Political|US|World
A ship full of lifesaving wheat is sailing towards Yemen. When it arrives next month, it may rot or be pillaged
A ship full of lifesaving wheat is sailing towards Yemen. When it arrives next month, it may rot or be pillaged
April 16, 2025
Political|US
The Trump White House is axing the wire service spot from the coverage pool, the latest salvo in its battle with the AP
The Trump White House is axing the wire service spot from the coverage pool, the latest salvo in its battle with the AP
April 15, 2025
Business|Education|Political|US
From Harvard to Musk, law firm Quinn Emanuel juggles Trump's friends and foes
Harvard University has turned to Elon Musk's longtime law firm, Quinn Emanuel, and a pair of Washington insiders with strong Republican credentials for its multibillion-
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
Students sue US Defense Department schools for book removals
A dozen students in U.S.
April 16, 2025
Economy|Health|Political|US
Trump signs healthcare executive order that includes a win for pharma companies
U.S.
April 15, 2025
Economy|Political|US
Over 22,000 IRS workers take Trump's latest buyout offer, agency sources say
More than 22,000 employees at the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service have accepted the Trump administration's latest buyout offer, two agency
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US|World
US plans to use tariff negotiations to isolate China, WSJ reports
U.S.
April 15, 2025
Economy|Environment|Political|US
Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from Biden-era rule on mercury and other toxic air pollution
The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene
April 15, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
US judge presses Trump administration on its refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge says she will order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House
Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House
April 15, 2025
MidEast|Political|US|World
US military poised to slash troops in Syria, officials say
The U.S. military is set to consolidate its presence in Syria over the coming weeks and months, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, in a
April 15, 2025
Business|Education|Political|US
Law students sue US civil rights agency over crackdown on law-firm DEI policies
Three law students on Tuesday sued a U.S. civil rights agency, claiming that its probe into diversity policies at 20 large law firms is illegal and could expose the
April 15, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Judge orders Trump officials to testify about efforts to return wrongly deported man
A U.S. judge on Tuesday demanded U.S. officials provide documents and answer questions under oath about what it had done to secure the
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
Harvard's challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government power
On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige
April 15, 2025
Economy|Education|Health|Political|Science
Harvard stands to lose $2.2 billion in federal funding. Researchers fear science will suffer
In a high-stakes standoff, President Donald Trump’s administration says it will freeze $2.2 billion in federal research grants for Harvard University, which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy
April 15, 2025
Environment|Political|US
Judge orders federal agencies to release billions of dollars from two Biden-era initiatives
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country
April 15, 2025
Americas|Political|US
US transfers land on Mexican border to the Army to prevent illegal crossings
The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Army to help prevent illegal immigration, the Interior
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
NAACP sues US Education Department over DEI school funding cuts
The NAACP sued the U.S.
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
Lawyers for Harvard in Trump administration dispute are no strangers to high-profile legal matters
The two attorneys representing Harvard University in a pitched fight with the Trump administration are no strangers to the spotlight or to Washington investigations that reach into the White House
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
Iowa relies on exports and its senior senator opposes tariffs. Trump is pressuring both
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are likely to cost Iowa farmers their biggest market for the hundreds of millions of bushels of soybeans they grow every year
April 15, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
US condemns Sudan's RSF for attacks on civilians, calls for accountability
The Trump administration on Tuesday condemned attacks by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on civilians in North Darfur and called for parties in the country's civil war to be
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|Technology|US
Review of decision not to award Space Command to Alabama inconclusive, with Trump reversal expected
With the Trump administration expected to reverse a controversial 2023 decision on the permanent location of U.S. Space Command, a review by the Defense Department inspector general could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Health|Political|Technology
Here’s what’s about to become more expensive with the next round of tariffs
Here’s what’s about to become more expensive with the next round of tariffs
April 15, 2025
Political|US
DOGE associate is made acting head of foreign assistance at the State Department, a US official says
The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk’s government-cutting team over the State Department
April 15, 2025
Americas|Education|Political|US
Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding
More students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as U.S
April 15, 2025
Business|Political|Technology|US|World
DOGE staffer appointed as acting head of US State Dept foreign assistance office
The administration of President Donald Trump has appointed a key member of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as the acting head of
April 15, 2025
Economy|Environment|Health|Political|US
Trump exempts dozens of coal plants from mercury, air toxics limits
The Trump administration has exempted 47 companies from regulations to curb mercury and air toxics for their coal-fired power plants for two years, according
April 15, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Justice Department fires immigration lawyer who argued case of mistakenly deported man
Justice Department fires immigration lawyer who argued case of mistakenly deported man
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration
Harvard University has joined the growing list of institutions targeted by the Trump administration for federal funding cuts
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
About 25% of IRS workers planning to take buyout offer
About 25% of IRS workers planning to take buyout offer
April 15, 2025
Political|US
New US Justice Department policy cracks down on social media posts
President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S.
April 15, 2025
Africa|Americas|Asia|Europe|Political|US|World
Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates
Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US|World
Chile, Canada and Peru push back against Trump's copper tariff probe
Chile, Canada and Peru - three of the largest copper suppliers to the United States - have told President Donald Trump's administration that imports of the
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
‘Clear, unquestionable violation of First Amendment rights’: Harvard lawyer tells CNN why it’s pushing back against Trump
CNN's Kaitlan Collins talks with Harvard Law Professor Andrew Crespo about why the university decided to be the first to fight back against the Trump administration's demands.
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
Dozens of UWM students march in protest after Trump administration revokes 13 student visas on campus, no explanation given yet
Dozens of UWM students march in protest after Trump administration revokes 13 student visas on campus, no explanation given yet
April 15, 2025
MidEast|Political|US|World
Another US aircraft carrier in Mideast waters ahead of second round of Iran-US nuclear talks
A second U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
Former US labor officials urge contractors to stand firm on DEI
A group of former U.S.
April 15, 2025
Business|Economy|Food|Political|US
Ranchers hope Trump's tariffs boost demand for cattle but some fear market uncertainty
Ranchers hope President Donald Trump's tariffs will make imported beef expensive enough that Americans will turn to cattle raised at home for all their hamburger and steaks
April 15, 2025
Asia|Business|Economy|Health|Political|Technology|US
US moves ahead on tariffs with investigations into computer chips and pharmaceuticals
The Trump administration has taken its next steps toward imposing more tariffs on key imports, launching investigations into imports of computer chips and products that contain them, chip making equipment and pharmaceuticals
April 15, 2025
Education|Political|US
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
The federal government says it is freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University
April 14, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
What to know about Abrego Garcia’s deportation case as White House and Bukele make clear he won’t be returned to US
What to know about Abrego Garcia’s deportation case as White House and Bukele make clear he won’t be returned to US
April 14, 2025
Education|MidEast|Political|US
Another Columbia student arrested by US immigration officials
A U.S. judge in Vermont on Monday ordered the Trump administration not to deport a Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was arrested upon arriving
April 15, 2025
Americas|Business|Economy|Political|US
US Treasury's Bessent backs Argentina's economic reforms with eye on China
U.S.
April 14, 2025
Education|Political|US
Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes
Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
The Latest: Both the US and El Salvador refuse to return wrongly deported man to the US
President Donald Trump’s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said Monday that they had no basis for the small Central American nation to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month
April 14, 2025
Business|Finance|Political|US
Trump administration moves to scrap Biden-era credit card late fee rule
President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked a federal court to throw out a regulation capping credit card late fees at $8, saying it agreed with business and banking groups that
April 14, 2025
Political|US|World
White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a number of overseas diplomatic missions, and eliminating funding for nearly all international organizations, including the United Nations, many of its agencies and for NATO headquarters
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
IRS employees expect to learn their layoff fate around Tax Day, their busiest time of the year
IRS employees expect to learn their layoff fate around Tax Day, their busiest time of the year
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US
Bessent says White House will start interviewing candidates for next Fed chair this fall
U.S.
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|Stock Markets|Technology|US
Confusion reigns after Trump exempts electronics from new tariff regime. Here's what we know
Confusion over President Donald Trump's tariffs remains following a weekend of questions around trade in consumer electronics
April 14, 2025
Economy|Environment|Political|US
Trump administration cancels $3 billion climate-friendly farming program
The U.S.
April 14, 2025
Europe|Political|US|World
US lawmakers look to boost Ukraine, sanction Russia, sources say
Democrats in the U.S.
April 14, 2025
Economy|Political|US
Exhausted government workers decide to take Trump's second buyout offer
Nick Gioia was terminated from the U.S.
April 14, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say
A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, a move that could allow troops to detain any trespassers, including migrants
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
Small businesses sue Trump administration over authority to impose tariffs
Small businesses sue Trump administration over authority to impose tariffs
April 14, 2025
Africa|Economy|Europe|Political|US|World
Trump administration wants to halve State Dept budget, slash foreign aid 75%
U.S.
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US
Waller: Tariffs a major shock, with wide array of possible outcomes
The Trump administration's tariff policies are a major shock to the U.S. economy that could lead the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to head off
April 14, 2025
Americas|Political|US
Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event
The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|Technology|US
Nvidia plans to manufacture AI chips in the US for the first time
Nvidia announced Monday that it will produce its artificial intelligence super computers in the United States for the first time
April 14, 2025
Business|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|US
Bullish trade in Apple options reaps gains as shares jump on tariff exemption
An unidentified options trader's multi-million dollar bet on a short-term rebound in Apple Inc.'s shares was set to reap a sizable profit as the iPhone-
April 14, 2025
Economy|Political|US
Social Security’s trust fund could run out of money sooner than expected due to changes in taxes and benefits
Steps taken to reform Social Security during the Biden and Trump administrations have only made the prospects for a funding crisis more serious.
April 14, 2025
Arts|Education|Political|US
Plans to celebrate America's 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts
Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's administration will force them to scale back or eliminate celebrations next year commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary
April 14, 2025
MidEast|Political|US|World
Suspected US airstrikes kill at least 7 people in Yemen, Houthi rebels say
Suspected U.S. airstrikes around Yemen’s rebel-held capital have killed at least seven people and wounded 29 overnight
April 14, 2025
Africa|Business|Political|US|World
South Africa appoints a special US envoy after its ambassador was expelled
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States after the ambassador was expelled last month
April 14, 2025
Business|Economy|Europe|Health|Political|Science|Stock Markets|Technology|US
Trump health policy uncertainty sends biotech sector into deeper slump
Trump administration cuts across federal health agencies have sent shivers through a biotech industry already struggling through a prolonged downturn
April 14, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Trump administration says it is not required to help wrongly deported man return to US
U.S. officials said in court filings on Sunday that they were not obligated to help a Maryland resident get out of prison in El Salvador after he was erroneously deported,
April 14, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Trump officials push immigrant gang message, but sometimes don't back it up in court
As U.S.
April 13, 2025
Americas|Political|US
Trump administration insists it isn’t required to work with El Salvador to bring back man mistakenly deported
Trump administration insists it isn’t required to work with El Salvador to bring back man mistakenly deported
April 14, 2025
Political|US
Trump-appointed official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves State Department
Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U.S.
April 13, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|Stock Markets|Technology|US
US stock futures rise amid temporary tariff exemptions for tech products
US stock futures rise amid temporary tariff exemptions for tech products
April 13, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|Technology|US
Trump's commerce secretary says new electronics tariff exemptions are temporary, chip tariffs coming
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, The Trump administration had said late Friday it will exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.S....
April 12, 2025
Education|Political|US
Protesters gather in Cambridge to demand Harvard University protect international students
Protesters gather in Cambridge to demand Harvard University protect international students
April 13, 2025
Americas|Crime|US|World
US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Rubio says
The U.S. has deported another 10 people that it alleges are gang members to El Salvador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, a day before that country's president is
April 13, 2025
MidEast|Political|US|World
US-Iran negotiators hold ‘constructive’ nuclear talks, will meet again next week
US-Iran negotiators hold ‘constructive’ nuclear talks, will meet again next week
April 11, 2025
Education|Political|US
Harvard professors sue over Trump's review of $9 billion in funding
Harvard University professors are suing to block the Trump administration's review of nearly $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to the Ivy League
April 12, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
US still won't say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision
The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador
April 12, 2025
Education|Political|US
Harvard University professors sue Trump administration to block review of nearly $9 billion in federal funds
Harvard University professors sue Trump administration to block review of nearly $9 billion in federal funds
April 12, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
US appeals court allows layoffs, but not dismantling of consumer watchdog
President Donald Trump's administration could lay off workers at the U.S.
April 12, 2025
Europe|Political|US|World
Pressures from Kyiv and Washington led to US ambassador’s resignation, sources say
Pressures from Kyiv and Washington led to US ambassador’s resignation, sources say
April 12, 2025
Education|Political|US
Trump administration ordered to unfreeze funding in dispute with Maine over transgender students
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program that were suspended amid a disagreement between the state and the president over transgender athletes
April 12, 2025
Political|US
Dozens of DHS staffers, including top FEMA officials, given lie detector tests over alleged leaks
Dozens of DHS staffers, including top FEMA officials, given lie detector tests over alleged leaks
April 12, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
Trump plans to stockpile deep-sea metals to counter China, FT reports
The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earth supply chains, the
April 12, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US
Trump trade team chases 90 deals in 90 days. Experts say good luck with that
President Donald Trump's administration wants to strike 90 trade deals in 90 days, but the challenges to quickly resolving the president's
April 12, 2025
Environment|Political|US
White House aims to eliminate NOAA climate research in budget plan
The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change
April 11, 2025
Economy|Finance|Political|Stock Markets|US
Trading Day: A crushing week for US bonds, dollar
TRADING DAY Scorn in the USA If there is one takeaway for investors above all others from yet another tumultuous week in world markets, it may be this:
April 11, 2025
Americas|Political|US|World
Trump ends protected status for thousands of Afghans, Cameroonians
The Trump administration has terminated temporary deportation protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., a U.S.
April 11, 2025
Political|US
US judge will not curb immigration enforcement in places of worship
A federal judge on Friday refused to limit the Trump administration's immigration enforcement activities in places of worship, ruling against a group of 27 religious
April 11, 2025
Business|Economy|Europe|Political|US|World
US, Ukraine hold tense talks as mineral deal remains elusive, source says
U.S. and Ukrainian officials met on Friday on a U.S. proposal to gain access to Ukraine's mineral wealth, a source with knowledge of the matter said, adding
April 11, 2025
Education|Political|US
US military academies end race consideration in admissions
The U.S. Military Academy and the U.S.
April 11, 2025
Crime|Political|US
Judge rebukes Trump administration, demands to know status of illegally deported man
A U.S. federal judge said on Friday it was "extremely troubling" that the Trump administration failed to
April 11, 2025
Europe|Political|US|World
Trump envoy's embrace of Russian demands worries Republicans, U.S. allies
Less than 48 hours after dining with a negotiator sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington last week, Steve
April 11, 2025
Business|Economy|Political|US
Trump can shrink consumer protection agency but cannot dismantle it entirely, appeals court says
Trump can shrink consumer protection agency but cannot dismantle it entirely, appeals court says
April 12, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|Stock Markets|US|World
The Latest: Trump administration offers no details on mistakenly deported man after court ruling
A federal judge lambasted a government lawyer who couldn’t explain what, if anything, President Donald Trump’s administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador
April 11, 2025
Education|Europe|Political|Science|US|World
Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe
David Die Dejean is passionate about studying tuna.
April 11, 2025
Crime|Political|US
What we know about the Social Security Administration listing thousands of living immigrants as dead
The Trump administration’s move to classify thousands of living immigrants as dead and cancel their Social Security numbers is an escalation of the president’s crackdown on people who were legally allowed to live in the U.S. under programs instituted by his predecessor
April 11, 2025
Political|US
From classifying immigrants as dead to deportation: A guide to actions on Trump immigration policies
President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is playing out in hearings in key cases
April 11, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
'Extremely troubling' that US can't provide details on mistakenly deported man, judge says
Lawyers for the Trump administration say they are unable to provide information on the location and status of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador
April 11, 2025
Political|US
Trump administration lists thousands of immigrants as dead in new policy
Trump administration lists thousands of immigrants as dead in new policy
April 11, 2025
Political|US
Federal judge sides with Trump in allowing immigration enforcement in houses of worship
A federal judge is siding with the Trump administration in allowing immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations at houses of worship despite a lawsuit filed by religious groups over the new policy
April 11, 2025
Environment|Political|Science|US
Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately
Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately
April 11, 2025
Americas|Crime|Political|US
Trump administration says man was deported to El Salvador in error
U.S.
April 01, 2025
Business|Economy|Environment|Political|US
White House plans for Alaskan oil and gas face some hurdles – including from Trump and the petroleum industry
Donald Trump says he is a big fan of oil and gas. His actions may not be of great interest to the industry. And the results may not be what he says he wants.
April 11, 2025
Business|Economy|Finance|Political|US
OPEC output hikes, trade wars have US oil producers wary of 'drill baby drill'
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON Reuters) - President Donald Trump moved on his first day in office to increase U.S. oil and gas production, but the country's oil industry is actually starting to think
April 11, 2025