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It is well past time to pull the plug on California’s high-speed rail project. A US Senate Transportation Committee revealed that the cost is now projected to be $231 billion — seven times the original estimate.
El presidente Donald Trump se reúne con el canciller alemán Friedrich Merz en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 3 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein, archivo)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning Wednesday from skeptical Democrats over a costly conflict being waged without congressional approval.
Oil extended gains Thursday on signs of a prolonged U.S. blockade of Iranian exports and stalled nuclear negotiations, stoking fears that supplies will remain tight for longer.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany, with a decision to be made over "the next short period of time," after he decried European allies over a lack of support for the US-Israeli war against Iran.
New Delhi has to be wary of any move to challenge the US dollar as it seeks to sign an interim trade deal with Washington, analysts say
New Delhi has to be wary of any move to challenge the US dollar as it seeks to sign an interim trade deal with Washington, analysts say
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (right) offered an unusually pointed rebuke of the US earlier this week, prompting Donald Trump to lash out. Source: Getty
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A US government court filing on Wednesday raised questions about officials’ initial assertions that a gunman shot a Secret Service officer while allegedly attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
With less than three weeks to go the Trump-Xi summit in China, the scramble for leverage and superiority - whether in terms of the Iran war or the just as important supply chain of rare earths - is on. That explains why the Pentagon’s push to get its hands on the rarest of the rare-earth elements leads all the way t…
Cole Allen, the latest alleged wannabe Trump assassin, was an enthusiastic user of the rancid left-wing echo chamber known as the social media platform Blue Sky.
President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
US president’s threat comes after Germany’s Friedrich Merz suggests Trump team is being outplayed in its negotiations with Iran
A new poll in the California governor’s race shows Democrat dark horse Xavier Becerra in the lead as he quietly consolidates support from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s key allies.
El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Mike Johnson, responde preguntas en una conferencia de prensa tras una reunión a puerta cerrada del Partido Republicano en el Capitolio, en Washington, el martes 21 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
There are 38,000 U.S. troops and personnel stationed in Germany, and cutting forces there would face opposition on Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday he will stay on as a central bank governor for an undetermined period of time when his leadership term ends next month, amid hopes that ongoing political attacks on the institution will start to settle down.
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the end of the German-Brazilian intergovernmental consultations at Herrenhausen Palace, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Pulling out of international organisation would see Beijing expand its influence and leave Washington at major disadvantage, lawmakers say
Pulling out of international organisation would see Beijing expand its influence and leave Washington at major disadvantage, lawmakers say
GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman dared rival Gov. Kathy Hochul to come to Long Island to debate — after her campaign sent her running mate on an “anti-Blakeman” press tour.
The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.
The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.
A conservative influencer defended her viral reaction to the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where she posted a kissy-faced selfie and echoed other media outlets’ reporting that the gunman was dead.
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States is weighing a possible reduction of American troops in Germany, with a decision to be made over "the next short period of time," after he decried European allies over a lack of support for the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen following a media tour intended to show building damage, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a phone call in which Putin put forward ideas to resolve the conflict over Iran’s nuclear programme.
Court documents include these images of a selfie that Cole Tomas Allen took in his hotel room, according to prosecutors. (Supplied: US District Court for the District of Columbia)
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The astronauts joined president in Oval Office for a press conference, and it wasn’t long before he praised himself
WASHINGTON — President Trump is reviewing options, including renewed strikes on Iran, as negotiating progress stalls.
Jerome Powell said he plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month “for an undetermined period of time,” saying the “unprecedented” legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation’s central bank at risk.
President Trump has yet to pay a visit to his most vocal critics in daytime television at The View. But the ABC talk show got the next best thing in his former White House counselor and personal attorney, Alina Habba.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday for taking credit for the Trump administration’s sweeping fraud crackdown in the North Star State.
With things in the Persian Gulf and the Iran War 'stuck'... it's apparently time to pivot back to that other 'stuck' war, in Ukraine. President Trump on Wednesday spoke over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, with the call reportedly lasting an impressive 1.5+ hours, and the talk centered on find…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with U.S. President Donald Trump on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier docked at Yokosuka City, Japan, late last year. © Kyodo
PANAMA CITY — The US State Department accused China of violating Panama's sovereignty over a port dispute in the Central American nation, triggering another fierce back-and-forth on Wednesday as the Chinese government called the Trump administration hypocritical.
Plans to issue specially designed US passports featuring an image of President Donald Trump have triggered a wave of online criticism this week, with opponents calling the move a “vanity project” and drawing comparisons to monarchies that the US was founded to reject.
Florida’s Republican-dominated state legislature has approved a new congressional map, the latest salvo in an unprecedented national battle of redistricting before the midterm elections in November.
The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s bashing of migrants from “s—hole countries” and other fiery immigration rhetoric came back to haunt him during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spent months cultivating what appeared to be a solid roster of Democratic recruits for 2026. He cleared the field in Ohio, North Carolina, and Alaska — all states where flipping the seats would be a major victory for the Democrats and potentially hand them a majority in the upper…
Jules Hurst, acting comptroller of the Pentagon (left), Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense (centre) and John Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced congressional questions over the war. Source: Getty / Bloomberg
A Democratic-led effort to limit US President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force against Cuba without congressional authorization has failed in the Senate.
