The Trump administration’s top officials have urged a US court to uphold the president’s sweeping tariff powers, warning that a legal setback could upend an “asymmetric” trade truce with China, embarrass Washington and reignite conflict between India and Pakistan. The officials claimed that Trump used his tariff power to broker a ceasefire between New Delhi … Read more
President Donald Trump green-lit disaster relief for eight states on Friday, assistance that some of the communities rocked by natural disasters have been waiting on for months. The major disaster declaration approvals allow Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas access to financial support through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Several states requested … Read more
After intense two-day negotiations with China in Geneva recently, the United States agreed to postpone its “reciprocal tariff” on China for 90 days, with both sides cutting additional tariffs mostly to 10 per cent. In yet another example of US President Donald Trump taking people by surprise, he declared the climbdown a “historic trade win”. … Read more
First Lady Melania Trump speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a bill signing event for the “Take it Down Act’ in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Monday, May 19, 2025. EVAN VUCCI / AP President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, on Monday, May 19, were hosting a signing … Read more
US Vice-President J.D. Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of US-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Vance gave the first American pope a letter from US President Donald … Read more