43 h. ago Trump to send top U.S. officials to London for talks with China

Trump to send top U.S. officials to London for talks with China  MyHometownToday.com

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44 h. ago US and Chinese officials will resume trade talks in London on Monday, Trump says

US and Chinese officials will resume trade talks in London on Monday, Trump says  CNN

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46 h. ago Developing | Trump’s top economic officials to meet with China counterparts in London next week

Developing | Trump’s top economic officials to meet with China counterparts in London next week  South China Morning Post

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57 h. ago U.S. Trade Team to Meet Chinese Officials in London, Trump Says

U.S. Trade Team to Meet Chinese Officials in London, Trump Says  WSJ

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3 d. ago Trump and Elon's bromance officially dead as orange manbaby calls time on relationship

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3 d. ago Hegseth says Nato allies ‘very close’ to raising defence spending target to 5%

US defence secretary says he expects goal of 5% of GDP in next decade to be agreed this monthThe US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, said Nato allies were “very close, almost near consensus” to an agreement to significantly raise targets for defence spending to 5% of GDP in the next decade.The Trump administration official indicated he expected the increased target to be agreed at a summit in The Hague later this month – and confirmed that the headline figure was to be split into two parts. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump suspends Harvard University's foreign student visa program for 'undermining' national security

President Donald Trump has officially declared he will restrict foreign nationals from studying at Harvard University.

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3 d. ago Trump officials intensify Columbia dispute with accreditation threat

Education department accuses university of violating federal anti-discrimination laws and notifies accreditorThe Department of Education announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has notified Columbia University’s accreditor of an alleged violation of federal anti-discrimination laws by the elite, private university in New York that is part of the Ivy League.The alleged violation means that Columbia, in the Trump administration’s assessment, has “failed to meet the standards” set by the relevant regional, government-recognized but independent body responsible for the accreditation of degree-granting institutions, as a kind of educational quality controller. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump moves to officially strip $1 BILLION from 'radical left monsters' NPR and PBS

President Donald Trump's demand to strip $1.1 billion in federal funding from National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service came one step closer to reality

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4 d. ago Germany on tenterhooks for Merz’s first official meeting with Trump

Two leaders are on first-name terms after phone chats but German chancellor knows he may have to tread fine lineGermany’s new conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, is due in Washington on Thursday for his first official meeting with Donald Trump, putting political Berlin on tenterhooks like no other transatlantic encounter in living memory.Discussions between the German chancellor and the US president will focus on Ukraine, the Middle East and trade policies. How well or badly the talks go – during a small group meeting, followed by a lunch and then, perhaps most nailbitingly, a press conference in the Oval Office – may shape relations for decades to come, analysts say. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Prisons can’t ‘blindly submit’ to Trump’s ‘whims’ by denying gender

Reagan-appointed judge blocks prison officials from enforcing Trump’s executive order targeting trans people.

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5 d. ago New official presidential portrait of Donald Trump unveiled at White House

Donald Trump's new official portrait was unveiled by the White House on Monday, 2 June.

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5 d. ago Donald Trump’s new official portrait looks like his arrest mug shot

Donald Trump has updated his official portrait just months after taking office, in an apparent bid to appear less menacing

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5 d. ago Do we have a US trade deal or not? Business Secretary meets Trump officials amid fears there is STILL no timetable for terms to be finalised

Sir Keir Starmer and Mr Trump announced the broad terms of an agreement almost a month ago that would excise the UK from some of the US president's punitive levies on steel and cars.

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5 d. ago Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining

Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversedMillions of acres of Alaska wilderness will lose federal protections and be exposed to drilling and mining in the Trump administration’s latest move to prioritize energy production over the shielding of the US’s open spaces.Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, said on Monday that the government would reverse an order issued by Joe Biden in December that banned drilling in the remote 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), the New York Times reported. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago White House reveals brand new official Trump portrait with very telling detail

The White House released video of a new official President Trump portrait being hung on a wall, after a first version drew strong comparisons to his mugshot. Experts say there are signs of touchup.

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6 d. ago Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance

Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates saySenior officials at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have ordered that VA physicians and scientists not publish in medical journals or speak with the public without first seeking clearance from political appointees of Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned.The edict, laid down in emails on Friday by Curt Cashour, the VA’s assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, and John Bartrum, a senior adviser to VA secretary Doug Collins, came hours after the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a perspective co-authored by two pulmonologists who work for the VA in Texas. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Treasury secretary Scott Bessent insists US will ‘never default’ on its debt

Trump administration official seeks to assuage growing investor concern over the country’s public finances

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7 d. ago Treasury secretary Bessent insists US will ‘never default’ on its debt

Trump administration official seeks to assuage growing investor concern over the country’s public finances

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8 d. ago How Trump was wracked by a fatal doubt about Elon before his exit

Elon Musk has officially stepped down from his role in Donald Trump 's administration, bringing an end to one of politics' most unconventional partnerships.

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