Deference was deafening as US president rolled out red carpet for world’s biggest jailer of journalists – perhaps he was seeking tips One is an authoritarian who represses the media with a strong allergy to democratic elections. The other is head of the Chinese Communist party. Donald Trump welc
Man left bloodied and hurt after immigration enforcement agents tried to arrest him in Evanston, a Chicago suburb An eyewitness has described how two federal immigration agents allegedly beat and badly injured a US citizen in a botched arrest attempt in Illinois , and left the man dazed and bleeding
Increase comes after Fed decision to raise interest rates, as Americans struggle with high prices and stagnant wages US mortgage rates surpassed 7% for the first time since January 2025, according to federal lender Freddie Mac, aggravating a housing market that has endured years of high interest rat
Chinese president’s proposals for lessening tensions come amid period of intense competition between the two countries over AI and trade Trump-Xi summit – latest updates Xi Jingping has called for extensive cooperation with Washington to avoid the “Thucydides trap” that could put the US and
Xi arrived at the White House on Thursday morning ahead of major talks, which are expected to cover trade, AI, Taiwan and more In the first row in front of the leaders sit US vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance, Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her daughter Arabella, US secretary of s
US attorney general Todd Blanche says justice department will ask high court for help after lower court rejected policy The Trump administration will ask the US supreme court to allow it to deport immigrants to countries other than their own, the latest effort to seek approval for a controversial po
Mario David Coronado Juarez was killed when his car struck a tree and burst into flames as he attempted to avoid ICE Leading Democrats and immigration advocates in Michigan are demanding transparency from federal authorities after a man died in a fiery car crash as he attempted to avoid agents from
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters The fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations, lea
A federal judge had ruled Trump administration must immediately return the outlets’ press passes and said ban likely unconstitutional Sign up for US Breaking News emails Yesterday evening, after briefly taking the case under consideration, a federal judge ordered the White House to temporarily res
Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal raise concerns in new letter about officials’ handling of Gautam Adani case The Trump administration is facing growing questions over its decision to abandon a fraud and bribery case against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after he promised to invest $10
US district judge orders temporary lifting of Trump’s ban on the three media outlets, saying it was likely unconstitutional A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House access to journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico, saying his ban on the
Hung Cao, acting US navy secretary, answered questions from US senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter Eight US navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group have attempted suicide since the start of their lengthy deployment as part of the US war on Iran, Hung Cao, the actin