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Trump casts doubt on Nato mutual defence clause

President Donald Trump yesterday cast doubt over the United States’ commitment to defending its Nato partners, suggesting there were “numerous” definitions to the cornerstone of the alliance’s mutual defence clause.

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US top court allows 3rd country deportations to resume

A divided US Supreme Court paved the way on Monday for the Trump administration to resume deportations of undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own.

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Pro-Palestinian protest leader details 104 days spent in US custody

Khalil had been in custody since March facing potential removal proceedings

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Strikes on Iran: Democrats assail ‘erratic’ Trump

Democrats bristled over US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch air strikes on Iran without seeking authorization from Congress, accusing the Republican of violating the constitution and demanding a vote to rein in his war powers.

1d ago

Trump gambles on force over diplomacy

For nearly a half-century the United States has squabbled with Iran’s Islamic Republic but the conflict has largely been left in the shadows, with US policymakers believing, often reluctantly, that diplomacy was preferable.

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US judge blocks Trump ban on foreign students at Harvard

A federal judge on Friday indefinitely paused Donald Trump’s bid to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students as the US president said a “deal” with the Ivy League school was in the works.

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US moving third aircraft carrier to Middle East

The USS Gerald R. Ford will depart for Europe next week, a Navy official said Friday, placing a third American aircraft carrier in closer proximity to the Middle East as Israel and Iran trade strikes.

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Trump hosts Pakistani army chief, disagrees with India over India-Pakistan war mediation

The lunch meeting was the first time a US president had hosted the head of Pakistan's army

5d ago

India-Pakistan ceasefire reached without US mediation, Modi tells Trump

Modi says India had paused its military actions following a request from Islamabad

1w ago

Harvard secures extension of court order blocking Trump's international student ban

US District Judge Allison Burroughs, at the end of a hearing in Boston in Harvard's legal challenge to the restrictions, extended to June 23 a temporary restraining order that had been set to expire on Thursday. She said she wanted to give herself more time to prepare a ruling

1w ago

Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says

The directive was part of an immigration crackdown Trump launched this year at the start of his second term

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Trump flexes military might at parade as protests sweep US

Trump hailed the United States as the "hottest country in the world"

1w ago

Gunman kills Minnesota state lawmaker, husband

A gunman posing as a police officer killed a senior Democratic state assemblywoman and her husband yesterday in an apparent “politically motivated assassination,” and wounded a second lawmaker and his spouse, said Minnesota Governor Tim Walzand law enforcement officials.

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Trump reports more than $600m in income from crypto, golf, licensing fees

Donald Trump reported more than $600 million in income from crypto, golf clubs, licensing and other ventures in a public financial disclosure report released on Friday that provided a glimpse of the vast business holdings of America’s billionaire president.

1w ago

Israeli strikes on Iranian nuke sites: Trump’s ‘peacemaker’ pledge takes big hit

On the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump promised to end the world’s hottest conflicts and usher in global peace, but nearly five months in, with Israel attacking Iran and bloodshed in Gaza and Ukraine unabated, those hopes are in shambles.

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Indo-Pak Tensions: Trump vows to bring rivals together

US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday he would bring India and Pakistan to the table together after recent fighting, saying he can “solve anything.”

1w ago

Trump to set unilateral tariffs within weeks

President Donald Trump plans to inform trading partners of unilateral US tariff rates in the coming weeks, as a July deadline approaches for steeper levies to kick in on dozens of economies.

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