Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now has access to the US Treasury’s payment system, raising concerns over trillions in federal funds and sensitive taxpayer data. Lawmakers and advocacy groups fear potential disruptions to Social Security and Medicare, while protests grow nationwide
Kash Patel, US President Donald Trump’s FBI nominee, attended Senate confirmation hearing with his close friends and family and his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins. The 26-year-old is an American country music artist, writer and media personality
Donald Trump has set in motion plans for a US sovereign wealth fund, aiming to leverage government-owned assets for national wealth generation. With comparisons to global funds like Norway’s and Saudi Arabia’s, questions arise about funding sources, potential investments — including TikTok — and its long-term impact on America’s economy
Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) faces intense scrutiny over her views on Edward Snowden, Russia, and US foreign policy. With Republican senators undecided and a divided Senate Intelligence Committee set to vote, her confirmation hangs in the balance
Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington, where the two leaders will discuss the Gaza ceasefire, Israeli-Saudi normalisation, and countering Iran. With the Israeli PM facing political challenges and Trump pushing for regional deals, will their alliance succeed in redrawing the West Asia?
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the US Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund and said it may purchase TikTok
Billionaire Elon Musk, leading Trump’s cost-cutting drive, has called USAID a 'criminal organisation' and pushed for its dissolution. With the agency’s website down and top officials removed, over $72 billion in annual aid funding hangs in the balance
Canada and China have announced plans to challenge US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), citing violations of trade commitments. Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods and 10 per cent on Chinese exports, prompting legal action. But can the trade body stop him?
Billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to "rapidly shut down illegal payments" made by the US Treasury after his DOGE team gained access to the department's payment system, known for dispersing trillions of dollars worth of grants every year
Donald Trump has imposed steep tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China. With businesses and consumers bracing for higher costs, economists warn of inflationary pressures and potential trade wars. While Trump insists tariffs will bolster US manufacturing, retaliatory measures from affected nations could disrupt global supply chains and economic stability
Senior Canadian ministers have turned to ‘video diplomacy’ to convince the Trump 2.0 administration to refrain from imposing tariffs aimed at improving border security. They shared footage of newly bought Black Hawk choppers in action during border patrols to show there are no illegal crossings
Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved swiftly to install allies at the agency known as the Office of Personnel Management
The NTSB member Todd Inman said that the black box appeared to be "undamaged" emphasising that they can retrieve more information about the incident
A small plane carrying two people onboard crashed near a mall in north Philadelphia, setting multiple homes ablaze. The crash took place just 30 seconds after the aircraft took off
Patel, who has been a longtime Trump supporter and was part of the president's first stint in the White House tried to distance himself from the statement he made on numerous podcasts and in the appendix of his book 'Government Gangsters'
While speaking to the local reporters, the US National Transportation Safety Board said that the recorders are the key component of determining the final moments and the circumstances that led to the tragic incident
American Eagle Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, plunged into the Potomac River, with President Donald Trump announcing Thursday there were no survivors
US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed there were "no survivors" after a military helicopter collided midair with a passenger plane carrying 64 people
President Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, on Thursday greeted his parents with "Jai Shri Krishna" during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing and expressed gratitude to them for travelling from India to be with him on the day
US President Donald Trump's nominees to lead the US intelligence community and the FBI faced intense scrutiny on Thursday during contentious Senate confirmation hearings, as critics highlighted their lack of experience and controversial past decisions
While Joe Biden's presidency has been characterised by a quieter, more measured approach, Trump has already spoken over 22,000 words on Inauguration Day and another 17,000 during disaster site visits in North Carolina and California
Here's a look at how the idea of sending struggling migrants to one of the strictest prisons in the world can end up going against Trump.
As authorities scramble to find survivors, the Potomac River becomes the scene of yet another tragic aviation disaster, starkly contrasting the 'Miracle on the Hudson' with its own dark history
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon signed an order that called for the opening of a detention centre at Guantánamo Bay to house undocumented migrants. The order came shortly after he signed the Laken Riley Act
One order called 'Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling' seeks to limit teachings on race-related issues and gender identity, while establishing a commission to promote 'patriotic education' that paints the United States in a positive light
President Donald Trump's administration pulled back a proposed spending freeze that threatened to disrupt hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to US programmes, a White House official said on Wednesday
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the US Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, according to a report, citing sources familiar with the matter
During a tense confirmation hearing for the position of the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to respond to questions regarding potential reforms for Medicaid and Medicare, the government health care programmes relied upon by millions of disabled, low-income, and elderly Americans
Like Musk's directive at Twitter, the government memo called for an end to remote work, restructuring across federal agencies, and heightened performance expectations. It carried the same subject line as Musk's 2022 email: "A Fork in the Road"
President Trump ordered a freeze starting Tuesday on potentially trillions of dollars in federal funding to Americans, impacting everything from education grants to small businesses loans - and sparking accusations that he is violating the constitution