President Donald Trump

February 13, 2025 8:48 AM

About 75,000 US federal workers accept Trump administration buyout program

About 75,000 U.S. federal workers accepted the deferred buyout program of President Donald Trump's administration, a spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said late on Wednesday. The buyout is one of many approaches Trump is taking to slash a civilian workforce of 2.3 million that he has blasted as ineffective and biased against him. He has also ordered government agencies to prepare for wide-ranging job cuts, and several have already begun to lay off recent hires who l...

February 7, 2025 6:08 PM

Trump imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court

U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of U.S. citizens or U.S. allies such as Israel, drawing condemnation - but also some praise - abroad. The ICC is a permanent court that can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression against the territory of member states or by their nationals. Trump's move, on Thursday, coincided with a visit ...

February 6, 2025 9:31 AM

Trump order seeks to ban transgender women and girls from female sports

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday attempting to exclude transgender girls and women from female sports, a directive that supporters say will restore fairness but critics say infringes on the rights of a tiny minority of athletes. The order directs the Department of Justice to make sure all government agencies enforce a ban on transgender girls and women from participating in female school sports under Trump's interpretation of Title IX, a law against sex discrim...

February 5, 2025 5:34 PM

Iran is willing to give Trump diplomacy ‘another chance’, senior Iranian official says

Iran is ready to give the United States a chance to resolve disputes between the arch foes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump restored his "maximum pressure" campaign on the country. The official said Tehran disagreed with "any displacement of Gazans, but Iran-U.S. talks are a separate matter", referring to Trump's remarks that the U.S. would take over war-ravaged Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" after resettling Palestinians e...

January 31, 2025 1:14 PM

Gabbard faces criticism over Russia, Snowden in intelligence confirmation hearing

Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of national intelligence, faced harsh criticism of her past defense of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and comments seen as supportive of Russia at a confirmation hearing on Thursday. Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed doubts about the choice of Gabbard, a 43-year-old former Democrat and combat veteran without deep intelligence experience, to serve as the nation's top spy overseeing all 18 U...

January 22, 2025 9:57 AM

Quad leaders reaffirm commitment to strengthen free and open Indo-Pacific

The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the "Quad" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. In a joint statement after the talks in Washington, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first day in the job, the foreign ministers of the Quad reiterated their shared commitment to fostering a free and open Indo-Pacific where "sovereignty and territorial integrity are u...

January 21, 2025 9:04 AM

Donald Trump signs executive order to withdraw US from Paris Climate Accord

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Treaty -- just as he did in his first term. It's among a slew of executive actions he signed in front of thousands of supporters at Capitol One Arena. However, the Trump administration's move against the 2015 Paris accord in 2017 was reversed by Joe Biden on his first day in office in 2021. Paris Agreement is an international agreement to combat climate change, and nearly 200 countries have...

January 21, 2025 12:08 AM

Trump announces national emergency at border, tariff body

President Donald Trump on Monday said he will declare a national emergency along the border, and all illegal entry be immediately halted and he will start the process of sending back people who came to the US illegally. Trump also said he will be ordering troops to secure the border. Trump was administered the oath of office by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. J D Vance was administered his oath as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. “I will declare a national ...

November 6, 2024 9:52 AM

Whether it is Trump or Kamala Harris both will have strong relationship with India: Sant Chatwal

Sant Singh Chatwal, an Indian-American businessman believes that regardless of who wins the US presidential election - whether Republican former president Donald Trump or Democratic vice president Kamala Harris, both will maintain a strong relationship with India. "Trump had very good relations with Modi ji. But don't underestimate Kamala Harris. I strongly feel that she is looking forward to her visit to India...I am very positive that America would like to develop very close relations with In...

September 16, 2024 3:24 PM

US Presidential Polls: Donald Trump refuses another presidential debate with Harris

The possibility of a second meeting between the two US Presidential candidates before election day was dashed on Thursday when former President Donald Trump announced he would not take part in another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. He asserted that he won Tuesday's debate with Harris despite some polls showing otherwise. "When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, 'I WANT A REMATCH'. Polls clearly show that I won the debate against Comrade Kamala Harris,...