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White House's legal rep confirms wrongly deported Maryland man is in high-security El Salvador prison
Lawyers representing the Trump administration confirmed that the wrongly deported Maryland man is currently confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador

Louisiana judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views, considers Rubio's undated memo as evidence
An immigration judge in Louisiana allows the deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil based on an undated memo shared by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Why is the world so heavily invested in US Treasuries?
Long considered the world's safest investment, US Treasuries are now facing new doubts amid shifting global politics and economic uncertainty

Will Trump tariffs make economically slowing China strategically more formidable?
Trump’s tariffs, meant to weaken China, may have actually strengthened it by driving innovation and industrial growth

Kissing my a**: The language Trump uses when talking of countries
From ‘yippy’ to ‘a**-kissing,’ President Trump’s unique brand of language is rewriting the rulebook on what it means to be presidential

Model for world: RFK Jr boasts about his response to measles outbreak after attending funeral of a victim
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said that his agency's response to the measles outbreak should be a 'model for the world'. However, experts raised alarms about the underreporting of the cases

Trump tariff impact: ‘US Treasuries are no longer the global fixed-income safe haven’
The US Treasuries are no longer the global fixed-income safe haven, as the sell-off in these traditionally safe assets signals heightened investor concern, according to a report

Trump's Liberation Day tariffs are anything but reciprocal: 3 things
What Trump calls reciprocal tariffs are, in practice, miscalculated, unevenly applied and untethered from real trade policy goals, according to experts

Trump’s tariff blitz: Musk’s net worth drops below $300 bn first time since Nov 2024 election
Once worth over $400 billion, Elon Musk now sees his empire shaken by politics, protests, and plummeting stock prices

Apple to ship more iPhones from India as Trump's China tariffs cause worst 3-day rout in 25 years
Facing steep new tariffs and a historic stock rout, Apple accelerates iPhone shipments from India to protect margins and stabilize its supply chain

Trump wanted to fire Waltz, not for the Yemen war plan leak, but for having Atlantic editor's number
In the end, Trump decided against removing Waltz, primarily to avoid handing out what he saw as a victory to the Atlantic and the media houses in US

Trouble in White House: Elon Musk slams main man behind Trump tariffs
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk took jabs at Navarro, a Harvard-educated economist who advises Trump on trade

Obama slams Trump tariffs and federal cuts, urges Americans to defend democratic values
Former US President Barack Obama slammed current POTUS Donald Trump's proposed tariffs and federal cuts. He urged Americans to defend democratic values and call out 'what is not right' with the current administration

First lawsuit against Trump tariffs filed in Florida: A look at what it claims
Lifestyle influencer and Simplified stationery business founder Emily Ley filed the federal lawsuit in Pensacola, Florida on Thursday

US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to block teacher-training grants that promote DEI
While five of the court’s conservatives – Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh supported the block, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson all dissented

LA agrees to pay $4 billion to settle thousands of sex abuse claims
A 2020 state law gave victims of childhood sexual abuse an extended window to take legal action, long after the usual statute of limitation had lapsed

Several injured after a man with 'altered mental state' went on a stabbing spree in Washington DC
The man went on a stabbing spree in the area of Montello Avenue and Meigs Place NE, in the Trinidad neighbourhood, police said

Trump sacks 6 National Security Council staffers after meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer
US President Donald Trump sacked six staffers of Mike Waltz's National Security Council after holding a meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer in the Oval Office, where she presented an opposition research report

Average American household to pay $2,100 more due to new tariffs: Report
The average American household will spend an additional $2,100 per year for goods due to the new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, according to a report

‘Liberation Day’ tariffs highlights: Countries, experts and markets rattled by fresh duties, react sharply
Donald Trump tariffs announcement live updates: Economists and analysts have expressed concerns about the potential repercussions of these tariffs. There is apprehension that levies could hike consumer prices, disruptions in global supply chains, and lead to trade wars

Trump declares national economic emergency as he rattles world with highest US tariff since 1800s
US President Donald Trump declared a national economic emergency on Wednesday, unveiling the worst American tariffs since the 1800s. White House argued that these tariffs are being imposed to deal with the large US trade deficit.

Trump claims the Great Depression would never have happened if US levied tariffs
US President Donald Trump claimed that the Great Depression that hit America in 1930 would have never happened if the country had continued charging tariffs on foreign goods

Musk will step back from key role in coming weeks, Trump informs inner circle
While President Trump continues to appreciate Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, both have agreed recently that it is time for Musk to return to his business ventures and assume a more supportive role, according to a report

Barriers to business: What American and Indian businesses want Trump and Modi to do
As trade tensions between India and the US escalate with President Trump's latest tariff announcement, longstanding concerns over market access, regulatory barriers and digital trade policies continue to test the resilience of one of the world's most dynamic economic partnerships

Trump admin begins mass layoffs of 10,000 health agency staff amid federal budget cuts
The Trump administration on Tuesday began mass layoffs of 10,000 staff at US health agencies, with security personnel denying entry to some employees just hours after they received termination notices

Nasdaq 12% down, S&P 7%: Why US markets are shaking since Trump took office
Since Trump has taken office, Nasdaq is down 12.44 percent, S&P has tanked 7.23 per cent, and Dow Jones has fallen 4.5 per cent. Bitcoin has sunk 21.2 per cent while Ethereum dropped over 43 per cent

‘Unnecessary, extraordinarily expensive’: Trump administration spends $40 mn to jail 400 immigrants at Guantanamo
Since February 4, a total of 395 people have passed through Guantanamo. Of those, 177 Venezuelans were deported via Honduras on February 20, while most others were quietly returned to US-based facilities, often within days of arriving

'This story is boring': Trump slams 'fake news media' for their 'never-ending' coverage of Signal scandal
US President Donald Trump lambasted the media for their coverage of the Signal chat leak scandal, calling the story 'old and boring'.

Under pressure: Companies spend token amounts for ads on X to avoid getting on Musk's bad side
Corporates wary of antagonising billionaire owner amid legal threats and ties to Trump administration

Most staff of the US Institute of Peace laid off in Trump's latest crackdown on federal agencies
The emails were sent to personal accounts because most of the staff members had lost access to the organisation's system