On Tuesday, Donald Trump said he has sent his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to confer with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, as the US president aims to finalise an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that there were “merely a few outstanding points of contention”—however,…
Following months of barbs, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met cordially at the White House on Friday, where they exchanged pleasantries and committed to working together to address crime and affordability in the nation’s largest city. The ideological adversaries — a Republican billionaire and a young democratic socialist…
On Saturday, a man in Chicago discharged firearms at US Border Patrol agents during an immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security; however, the Chicago Police Department reported no injuries. The Department of Homeland Security reported that the individual, operating a black Jeep, is still at large. The Chicago Police Department reported…
On Monday, President Donald Trump announced the deployment of 800 National Guard troops to Washington, alongside a temporary takeover of the city’s police department. This move marks a significant exercise of presidential authority in the capital. Trump’s decision to circumvent the city’s elected officials highlights a defining characteristic of his second-term strategy. This approach has…
On Sunday, President Donald Trump committed to remove homeless individuals from Washington, D.C., and to incarcerate offenders, even as the city’s mayor contended that there is no significant increase in criminal activity at this time. Amidst a backdrop of uncertainty regarding the specifics of the initiative, a US official has informed Reuters that the administration…
On Thursday, Israel’s security cabinet convenes to deliberate the potential decision for a complete military takeover of the Gaza Strip, a course of action that the United Nations warns could lead to “catastrophic consequences.” Reports from Israeli media indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu views this as the sole strategy to eliminate Hamas and secure…
On Friday, President Donald Trump dismissed a senior official from the Labour Department following the release of disappointing job market figures that rattled the markets. He accused her, without providing evidence, of tampering with the data, further intensifying worries regarding the reliability of economic statistics released by the federal government. In a notable turn of…
Iran has announced that new discussions with European powers are set to take place on Friday in Istanbul, according to reports from the country’s state media. This marks the first round of talks since the United States launched an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities a month prior. Diplomats from Iran are set to engage with…
Syria’s interim president has declared it a “priority” to safeguard the nation’s Druze citizens, following Israel’s commitment to dismantle government forces it blames for assaults on members of the religious minority in Suweida province. In a televised address following Israel’s air strikes on Damascus on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a stark warning, asserting that Syrians…
The US Supreme Court, currently facing divisions, has granted President Donald Trump the authority to continue his efforts to dismantle the Education Department, effective Monday. A court with a conservative majority has, in an unsigned order, lifted a stay previously imposed by a federal district judge regarding mass layoffs at the department. In a notable…
