Justice Elena Kagan decries idea that US supreme court ‘rubber-stamps’ Trump’s agenda
Kagan rejects notion that high court ‘does whatever the administration wants’, pointing to tariffs ruling and moreLiberal justice Elena Kagan has said...
Trump’s latest tariffs put UK at disadvantage to the EU, say experts
While overall levy for UK is unchanged, sectors not covered by Turnberry deal face tougher competitionDonald Trump’s latest round of tariffs has put U...
Trump’s new tariffs ‘a sales tax that will make life harder for Americans’, say Democrats – US politics live
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Scientists decry Trump’s ‘blame game’ after he claims Canada ‘poisoning’ US air
Trump told Mark Carney ‘you got to stop these fires from coming in’ as experts say wildfires symptom of climate crisisScientists have reacted with inc...
What to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countries
Tariffs ranging from 10%-12.5%, taking effect on Friday, are US president’s latest effort to circumvent CongressJust before a temporary levy on global...
‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit
Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AIElon Musk has admitted he became too...
The latest US troops killed in Trump’s Iran war are remembered for lives of service
Angel Rampersad, Michael Swinton, Isabella Gonzales and Tyler Feehan were among 18 US troops killed in the warA 30-year-old husband and father of two....
Trump’s war on Iran is unpopular and expensive. He’s perfectly OK with that
Trump’s response to the Iran war’s mounting death toll and astronomical costs? ‘It won’t have any impact on me’This was originally published in This W...
Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Canada: What to Know, and What’s Next
The president said punishing 50 percent tariffs would begin by Aug. 19, a significant escalation of the trade war between Canada and the U.S. that he ...
Wednesday briefing: How Trump’s Iran gamble has produced a crisis reshaping the global order
In today’s newsletter: A White House operating without expertise, strategy or restraint is stuck in a conflict with no easy way out, which is sendin...
Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world
The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has saved 26m lives globally, but slashing of funds and dismantling of USAID have forced clinics to shu...
‘Complete shock and dismay’: scientists unite against Trump’s $1tn grant attack
OMB proposal would upend entire grant-making system – and put vast sums into hands of political appointeesIt was a late Friday afternoon in Boston whe...
Trump’s rebranding of Palm Beach airport hasn’t taken off as he planned
Changes inside the Florida international airport are hardly evident as state and county hold back funds for full remodelOne of Donald Trump’s most gra...
One week, two killings: Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly – again
The fatal shootings of two men, both killed in their vehicles by ICE agents, have rekindled anger over the US’s militarized deportation pushLorenzo Sa...
DHS secretary doubles down on Trump’s baseless 2020 election claims
Markwayne Mullin at presser repeated many of Trump’s unverified claims from controversial primetime speechThe US homeland security secretary, Markwayn...
Takeaways from Trump's primetime speech. And, at least 2 dead in major Texas flooding
President Trump gave a primetime speech raising claims of voting vulnerabilities but offered no new evidence. And, at least 2 people have died in majo...
Trump's team says 'no children' died from USAID cuts. Consider these 3 cases
Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its f...