Trump administration is placing USAID direct-hire staffers on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration is placing USAID direct-hire staffers on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration is placing USAID direct-hire staffers on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential.
Critics mocked the president for seemingly speaking about himself without even realizing it.
The president's remarks took an uncomfortable turn.
Donald Trump claimed Elon Musk’s DOGE “geniuses” have uncovered “billions and billions” of dollars in fraudulent government payments. He singled out one payment of $9 million that he claimed was given “for somebody to stand in a store and see how they shop,” adding that it was “a disgrace.” He also claimed that $59 million was handed out to a “little small group” in New York City for a hotel — “not a luxury hotel” — for migrants.
The White House press secretary was mocked for her Trump-defending goof.
The conservative newspaper's editorial board predicted that it's a disaster in the making.
Chrystia Freeland threatened to ‘go after American stakeholders who matter to the White House’ in response to Trump’s tariffs
King Abdullah II of Jordan flattered and surprised President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a dance to deflect from the president’s Gaza takeover bid, which the monarch has publicly said he opposes. Abdullah said he would, however, facilitate a move to take 2,000 children in Gaza “that are either cancer children or in a very ill state to Jordan as quickly as possible.” Trump expressed astonishment and gratitude—and hope that the fig leaf would lead to broader Arab support for his controversial plan
First lady Melania Trump has not been seen or heard from since the end of last month, despite her husband flooding the zone. Melania was last seen by President Donald Trump’s side in North Carolina on Jan. 24, when she accompanied him on a tour of the Hurricane Helene disaster site. The same day, she watched as her husband partook in a very tense handshake with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after touching down in the state to survey the damage caused by the wildfires there. And this, or Newsom pl
A senior Labor minister has put a blunt question to the White House after Donald Trump announced brutal blanket tariffs on steel and aluminium.
The suspected spy’s gadgets were being monitored
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced Tuesday that she wants to use her new task force dedicated to uncovering “federal secrets” to question the investigators of President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. Her only issue? They are all dead. The congresswoman said during a press conference Tuesday that she hopes to use the “Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets” to speak to physicians and members of the Warren Commission, which was formed to look into Kennedy’s assassina
An American teacher who was jailed in Russia for nearly four years returned home to the U.S. on Tuesday after the Trump administration negotiated an exchange. Marc Fogel, 63, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after Russian authorities found him carrying medical marijuana in an airport outside of Moscow. The White House announced earlier on Tuesday that Fogel was coming home as part of an exchange. Wearing an American flag around his shoulders, Fogel met President Donald Trump at the White Hous
Two Aussie companies breached border rules designed to slow the spread of one of the world's worst invasive species. Find out more.
The White House press secretary told a bald-faced lie about the separation of powers.
The Gulf of Mexico is a major economic center for the US, Mexico and Cuba
One person said the only thing that would make Rep. Buddy Carter's bill more absurd is if "God Bless The USA" singer Lee Greenwood put it to music.
Russia has offered to make its fifth-generation stealth fighter jet Sukhoi Su-57 in India for the Indian Air Force, a Russian and an Indian official said on Tuesday, as Moscow looks to boost defence ties with New Delhi. Russia has for decades been the main weapons supplier to India, the world's biggest arms importer, and its fighter jets are part of India's military fleet.
US President Donald Trump suggested that Ukraine “may be Russian someday,” throwing into question the future independence of a sovereign country that, with Western backing, has defended itself against Moscow’s full-scale invasion for nearly three years.
The late night host said the president already had a “petty” reaction to this one.
President Donald Trump has axed two top officials from their positions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as pressure mounts for the federal agency to meet his ambitious deportation targets. Russell Hott and Peter Berg, two of most senior officials in ICE’s enforcement division, have been demoted and will be reassigned to the Washington field office and to St. Paul, Minnesota, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday evening, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. The news co