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October 7, 2025 10:52 PM

Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities

Donald Trump's threat to invoke a federal anti-insurrection law to expand his deployment of military personnel to U.S. cities has intensified his legal battle with Democratic-led cities over presidential authority, as hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas on Tuesday prepared to patrol the streets of Chicago. The president told reporters on Monday he would consider utilizing the Insurrection Act, a law enacted more than two centuries ago, to sidestep any court rulings restricting his orde...

October 7, 2025 10:34 PM

Canada’s Carney makes second White House visit to talk trade with Trump

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney made his second visit to the White House in five months on Tuesday under increasing pressure to address U.S. tariffs on steel, autos, and other goods that are hurting Canada's economy. Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump, both smiling, shook hands and chatted for a few seconds before entering the building. Their schedule calls for a face-to-face meeting followed by lunch. "From the beginning, I liked him, and we've had a good relationship," Trump told rep...

October 6, 2025 10:55 PM

US lifts sanctions on Paraguay’s ex-President Horacio Cartes

Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes said on Monday that the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had lifted sanctions imposed on him two years ago for his involvement in acts of alleged corruption. The announcement followed a statement on the OFAC's website in which the former president and several of his companies were removed from a list of what the OFAC calls "specially designated nationals." The OFAC had slapped Cartes with sanctions in 2023, citing "rampant corrupt...

October 6, 2025 4:40 PM

Negotiators gather for Gaza talks, mediators caution deal may not be swift

Hamas officials were in Egypt on Monday ahead of talks with Israel that the U.S. hopes will bring a halt to war in Gaza and release of hostages despite contentious issues like disarmament of the Palestinian militant group under Donald Trump's plan. Israeli negotiators were also due to travel to Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh later in the day for talks about freeing hostages, part of the U.S. president's 20-point blueprint for ending the two-year-old conflict. The Israeli delegation ...

October 5, 2025 5:03 PM

As shutdown drags on, US voters see blame game threatening Democrats and Republicans

Betty Snellenberg and Grace Cook stood on opposite sides of the walkway into the early voting center in Virginia Beach - one promoting the Democratic ticket for the November 4 statewide election, the other distributing pamphlets for the Republican nominees. Flanking the entrance, the two women embodied the country's partisan split as a days-old government shutdown threatened to cleave the political left and right further apart, with each side blaming the other for the paralysis in Washington. ...

October 5, 2025 5:04 PM

Putin says Tomahawk supply to Ukraine would destroy U.S. relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if the United States supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for long-range strikes deep into Russia then it would lead to the destruction of Moscow's relationship with Washington. Less than two months since U.S. President Donald Trump met Putin at a summit in Alaska, peace looks even further away with Russian forces advancing in Ukraine, Russian drones allegedly flying in NATO airspace and now Washington talking about direct participation in striking de...

October 5, 2025 3:42 PM

After Trump’s intervention, how close is the Gaza war to ending?

President Donald Trump has urged Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accepted some key parts of a U.S. peace plan - a shift that could mean a two-year-old war is finally coming to a close. Israel announced it would work on "immediate implementation" of the first stage of the plan, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved during a trip to Washington. Yet potential pitfalls remain - the precise timeline for implementing Trump's plan remains uncle...

October 3, 2025 10:27 PM

Trump gives Hamas until Sunday night to reach Gaza deal or ‘all HELL’ will break out

U.S. President Donald Trump gave Palestinian Hamas militants until Sunday evening to accept his proposal to end the nearly two-year-old war with U.S. ally Israel in the Gaza Strip or "all HELL" would break out. "An agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time," Trump posted on social media on Friday. "Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas...

October 3, 2025 3:58 PM

Trump’s powers in spotlight as new Supreme Court term looms

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to scrutinize presidential powers in major cases during its new term opening on Monday, including the legality of President Donald Trump's tariffs and his move to fire officials from the Federal Reserve and another agency set up by Congress with safeguards against political interference. As is its custom, the court starts its nine-month term on the first Monday of October, with rulings coming by the end of June in the various cases due to be argued. The court, whic...

September 30, 2025 10:55 PM

Trump says Hamas has three or four days to respond to Gaza plan

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas militants have about three or four days to respond to his Gaza peace plan proposal or face the consequences. Trump told reporters as he departed the White House that Israeli and Arab leaders had accepted the plan and "we're just waiting for Hamas". He said Hamas has about "three or four days" to respond. "Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it's not, it's going to be a very sad end," he said. Asked if there was room for n...