The Hill - 19 hours 21 min ago
"It's an opportunity for Mexico to go after the cartels," said Ray Donovan, the former DEA chief of operations.
The Guardian - 19 hours 22 min ago
Germany's Olaf Scholz calls US president's plan selfish' but reports suggest idea may have come from Kyiv Donald Trump wants to negotiate an agreement with Ukraine in which Kyiv guarantees supplies of rare earth resources critical elements used in electronics in exchange for US military aid. The US president was immediately accused of exploiting Russia's invasion for material gain, with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, calling the plan "selfish". However, Ukrainian media...
NBC News - 19 hours 22 min ago
President Donald Trump's ally Elon Musk targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development and its $40 billion budget as Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is now its executive director. It comes as the DOGE team is granted access to the Treasury Department's payment systems and Musk is given top secret security clearance. NBC's Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.
The Hill - 19 hours 27 min ago
"If they don't recede, you're gonna see dead bodies all over the place and that's coming soon," O'Reilly says.
Boston Herald - 19 hours 28 min ago
China has countered President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs of its own on multiple U.S. imports...
Forbes - 19 hours 28 min ago
U.S. president Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will create a sovereign wealth fund, sparking speculation it could be used to buy bitcoin...
NBC News - 19 hours 31 min ago
China is retaliating after President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese goods, which aims to stop the trade of narcotics into the United States, the White House says. This comes as the tariffs against Canada and Mexico are pulled back with added security promised at the northern and southern border. NBC's Christine Romans reports for TODAY.
Financial Times - 19 hours 32 min ago
As Donald Trump tears up America's rule book, the minority party can't work out how to respond...
The Independent - 19 hours 36 min ago
Dozens of countries have already been directly affected by Trump's threats of tariffs and the withdrawal of US aid since he assumed office two weeks ago...
The Guardian - 19 hours 38 min ago
Italian politician said a video posted online showed Trump Jr with a ruddy shelduck while on hunting trip A politician from Italy's Veneto region says he has reported Donald Trump Jr to the authorities for allegedly killing a protected species of duck while hunting in Venice lagoon. Andrea Zanoni, the regional counsellor and environmentalist, said an online video from Field Ethos published by Trump Jr and marketed as a "premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man" showed "some...
Newsweek - 19 hours 38 min ago
Trump said his administration wants to make a deal with Ukraine to access its key natural resources in exchange for continued U.S. support.
Fox News - 19 hours 43 min ago
MSNBC host Katie Phang attacked President Donald Trump' during her Saturday show for his plan to house criminal illegal immigrants at Guantanamo Bay.
The Guardian - 19 hours 43 min ago
Office of personnel management workers say anxiety is palpable amid intimidation and threat of dismissal US government workers are describing an atmosphere of "fear" and "madness" as they grapple with a barrage of executive orders issued by Donald Trump and threats to their jobs from the office of personnel management, the agency tasked with managing the federal civil service, which has been taken over by the billionaire Elon Musk. Weeks before the administration transition, federal...
Vox - 19 hours 43 min ago
Employees and supporters protest outside the headquarters for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday, February 3, 2025, after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency. | Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images About two and a half months ago, I wrote a piece about what foreign aid might look like in the second Trump term. Reading that piece now feels bizarre. I thought that Trump's second term would look...
The Raw Story - 20 hours 8 min ago
by Isabel Kua with Danny Kemp in Washington and Daniel Rook in Mexico City China said Tuesday it would impose tariffs on imports of U.S. energy, vehicles and equipment, firing a return salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced sweeping measures against major trade partners Canada and Mexico, with goods from China hit with an additional 10 percent tariff on top of the duties they already endure. Minutes after...
The Raw Story - 20 hours 13 min ago
by Danny KEMP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as Israel and Hamas say they are ready for negotiations on a new phase in their fragile Gaza ceasefire. Netanyahu, the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Trump returned to power last month, will discuss the truce's future and efforts to end the Gaza war. Hours before their meeting, Netanyahu's office said Israel would send a delegation to the Qatari capital Doha later...
Newsweek - 20 hours 16 min ago
Backlash to the proposed shuttering of the department and halting of aid is ongoing.
The Guardian - 20 hours 22 min ago
China also announced an investigation into Google in an apparent retaliation. Plus, the Senate confirms a fracking executive as energy secretary Good morning. Donald Trump has fired the opening salvo of his trade war, imposing tariffs on China on Tuesday that prompted instant retaliation from Beijing and fears about the global economic repercussions. What could be the impact on ordinary Americans? Economists have warned Trump's tariff plans risk raising prices for millions of Americans just...
The Raw Story - 20 hours 22 min ago
Two Panamanian lawyers filed a complaint Monday to cancel the concession of a Hong Kong-based company for operating two ports on the Panama Canal, following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to seize the vital waterway. A subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings -- owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing -- manages two of the canal's five ports, an arrangement in place since 1997 via a concession from the Panama government. But Norman Castro, one of the lawyers in the case brought before...
The Hill - 20 hours 23 min ago
In today's issue: President Trump agreed Monday to delay for a month the aggressive tariffs he levied on Canada and Mexico over his advisers' misgivings, receiving in return pledges from both trading partners to help him strengthen U.S. border security. But China struck back against new U.S. tariffs with a targeted tit-for-tat warning. Trump's initial...
The Raw Story - 20 hours 25 min ago
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet President Donald Trump on a visit to the United States this week, top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday. "If circumstances permit, he will visit the United States from February 6-8 and hold (his) first face-to-face Japan-US summit meeting with President Trump in Washington DC," Hayashi said. "Through this visit we hope to build a strong relationship of trust with the new US administration and take the US-Japan alliance...
The Independent - 20 hours 29 min ago
Donald Trump has issued a demand to Ukraine in which Kyiv guarantees supplies of rare earth minerals to the US as payment for war aid.
The Raw Story - 20 hours 34 min ago
by Oliver HOTHAM China has made good on its threats to retaliate in the escalating trade war with the United States, imposing tariffs on American imports of energy, cars and machinery parts. That came just minutes after a 10 percent tariff hike on Chinese goods, announced by US President Donald Trump on Saturday, came into effect. Here's the state of play in the rocky US-China trade relationship: - How much trade is at stake? - Trade between China and the United States, the world's two largest...
Newsweek - 20 hours 41 min ago
Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to meet with Trump since his return to the Oval Office and comes as the prime minister's popular support is faltering.