Brazil’s president rejects Trump’s effort to use tariffs to extract political concessions Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, firmly rejected Donald Trump’s demand that legal proceedings against former president Jair Bolsonaro be dropped and his claim that a 50% …
Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s mass federal layoffs The supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume carrying out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, key elements of his campaign to downsize and …
Call it the five-for-five summit. When Nato leaders meet in The Hague next week, European allies will sign up to a phoney transatlantic bargain in which they pretend they will spend 5% of their economic output on defence and Donald …
The house of Hermès descended on the North Bund Bay of Shanghai on a June evening to present the second chapter of its fall 2025 collection. One would be hard-pressed to name a brand that hasn’t staged a grand affair …
More US troops are in LA than in Iraq and Syria There are now more US troops deployed to Los Angeles than in Iraq and Syria combined, ABC News reports. There are 4,800 activated national guard and marine personnel in …
Federal prosecutor reportedly resigned over concern new investigation of Ábrego García was politically motivated A career federal prosecutor resigned in protest the same day that charges were filed against Kilmar Ábrego García, following an investigation that apparently began after the …
Donald Trump has signed a proclamation to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard University, the White House said on Wednesday. The order would suspend for an initial six months the entry into the US of foreign nationals seeking to study …
US trade court blocks Trump’s tariffs A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law. The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based court of international trade came …
New Pentagon spokesperson promoted antisemitic conspiracy theory last year The US department of defense, which has held just one news conference this year, announced on Friday that it has a new press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, who has repeatedly shared an …
First white South African ‘refugees’ arrive in US as Trump claims they face ‘genocide’ The Trump administration has welcomed 59 white South Africans it has granted refugee status in the US for being deemed victims of racial discrimination, Reuters reports, …
