Trump set to meet Zohran Mamdani
AFP, New York
5 HOUR(s) United States
US warns of rapid escalation in war
Agencies
21 September 2026 United States
Trump says will not tolerate attempts to slow AI growth
AFP, Washington
21 September 2026 United States
US approves potential $2.7b air defence sale to Ukraine
AFP, Washington
20 September 2026 United States
Trump signs bill authorising Russia sanctions
AFP, Washington
20 September 2026 United States
US okays sale of 48 F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia
AFP, Washington
19 September 2026 United States
US has tools to keep AI safe
Reuters, Washington
15 September 2026 United States
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see a united Ireland
Reuters, Dublin
13 September 2026 United States
US braces for inflation report that may push Fed to hike rates
AFP, Washington
11 September 2026 United States

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
20 January 2025

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
20 January 2025

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
20 January 2025

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.
19 January 2025

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.
19 January 2025

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
19 January 2025

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
19 January 2025

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.
18 January 2025

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.
18 January 2025

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
18 January 2025

Severe cold forces Trump inauguration indoors, first time in 40 years

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will take place inside the US Capitol on Monday rather than outdoors because of severe cold, the first time in 40 years that US presidential inaugural ceremonies will be moved indoors
18 January 2025

Biden warns of threats to ‘fragile’ democracy

President Joe Biden warned Thursday against the dangerous erosion of the fundamental guardrails protecting an increasingly “fragile” American democracy.
17 January 2025

US top court upholds law banning TikTok

The US Supreme Court yesterday refused to rescue TikTok from a law that required the popular short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned on Sunday in the United States on national security grounds - a major blow to a platform used by nearly half of all Americans.
17 January 2025

Trump says ceasefire 'would've never happened' without his team

"If we weren't involved in this deal, the deal would've never happened," Trump said.
17 January 2025

Farewell speech:: Biden warns of Trump ‘oligarchy’

US President Joe Biden urged Americans Wednesday to stand guard against a “dangerous” oligarchy forming under Donald Trump as he delivered a dark farewell address before stepping down next week.
16 January 2025

Biden warns of Trump 'oligarchy' in dark farewell speech

Biden began his speech by touting the legacy of his four years in office
16 January 2025

US to ban smart cars with Chinese tech

The United States yesterday finalised a rule effectively barring Chinese technology from cars in the American market, taking aim at software and hardware from the world’s second-biggest economy over national security risks.
14 January 2025

Fire-hit LA faces new peril as winds ramp up

Hot, powerful winds yesterday threatened to rekindle and whip up major fires that have devastated the hills and suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at last 24 people and changing the face of America’s second biggest city forever.
14 January 2025

Search for bodies as LA firefighters brace for more wind

Rebuilding from fires will take 'tens of billions of dollars', says Biden
14 January 2025

Los Angeles races to contain fires

Firefighters were battling massive wildsfires yesterday that have ravaged Los Angeles and killed at least 24 people, with officials warning of incoming dangerous winds that could whip up the blazes further.
13 January 2025