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Trump 'not confident' Gaza deal will hold

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was not confident a ceasefire deal in Gaza would hold, despite trumpeting his diplomacy to secure it ahead of his inauguration

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Trump signs executive orders targeting illegal immigration, 'birthright citizenship'

Trump also signed an order expected to suspend the US refugee resettlement program

5h ago

Trump decrees end of diversity programs, LGBTQ protections

US President Donald Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality and issued new ones decreeing only two genders and ending government diversity programs Monday, definitively breaking with what he decries as "woke" culture

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Analysis / An early taste of Trump tariffs

Trump kicked off his second term with a whirlwind of mixed messages about his trade policies

6h ago

Trump signs order to pull US from WHO, citing funding disparities

Speaking at the White House hours after his inauguration, Trump said the United States was paying far more to the UN body compared to China

7h ago

Trump gives TikTok 75-day grace period from US ban

Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok, marking one of his first acts in office

8h ago

Trump returns to White House

Donald Trump vowed a new US “golden age” as he took the oath for a historic second presidential term yesterday, but focused most of his dark inaugural speech on touting hardline policies to reverse what he called “American decline”.

16h ago

Biden welcomes Trump to White House for courtesy visit

US President Joe Biden welcomed his successor Donald Trump to the White House for a courtesy visit on Monday, ahead of the latter's inauguration

19h ago

Who has Donald Trump threatened to prosecute as president?

Donald Trump has vowed to investigate or prosecute political rivals, former intelligence officials, the country's former military chief, prosecutors and judges, tech moguls, members of Congress and left-wing Americans after he becomes president on Monday..Here is a list of some of his pote

22h ago

Triumphant Trump set for return to power

The Republican vowed to unleash a blitz of executive orders undoing Joe Biden's legacy upon his return to the White House, and to launch immediate deportations of undocumented migrants

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Trump vows to end 'American decline' at inauguration eve rally

"I will act with historic speed and strength and fix every single crisis facing our country," he said

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TikTok goes dark for US users

TikTok stopped working for its 170 million American users late on Saturday before a law shutting it down on national security grounds took effect yesterday, but a day before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said “SAVE TIKTOK!” in a Truth Social post.

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Trump holds victory rally before inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump was due to take a victory lap yesterday with a campaign-style rally in Washington, DC, a day before he is sworn in for a second term four years after losing the White House to Joe Biden.

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Inauguration Day, Trump-style: What will happen?

Here is a preview of the pomp and circumstance that will unfold Monday when Trump is sworn in as the 47th president

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Trump team asks Bernicat, two senior diplomats to resign

Trump pledged during his presidential campaign to "clean out the deep state" by firing bureaucrats that he deems as disloyal

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Cops comb fire-charred LA for bodies

Sheriff’s deputies on horseback fanned out through charred brush on Friday, hunting for the remains of people who perished when huge wildfires raced through Los Angeles.

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Trump admin plans mass immigrant raids

US immigration authorities will carry out mass arrests of undocumented immigrants across the country on Tuesday, a top border official in the incoming administration of Donald Trump has said.

2d ago

TikTok's journey from fun app to US security concern

As a law that could get TikTok banned in the United States is poised to go into effect, here is a look at the rise of the video-sharing social media platform

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