news2shortsWeeks of tough talk from the US president, who now says he will be ‘very nice’ to China, had rattled investors Stock markets have risen around the world after Donald Trump said his tariffs on China would come down “substantially” and he had “no intention” of firing the chair of the US central bank, Jay … Read more
Researchers left at US climate agency say drastic cuts could leave air ‘not breathable’ and water ‘not drinkable’ The Trump administration has shunted one of the US federal government’s top scientific agencies onto a “non-science trajectory”, workers warn, that threatens to derail decades of research and leave the US with “air that’s not breathable and … Read more
Illinois senator, 80, plans to leave office in 2027 at end of term, so voters will elect his replacement in midterms US politics live – latest updates Dick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the US Senate, announced he will not seek re-election in 2026, bringing an end to a Senate career that spans nearly … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: GOP Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is launching a video campaign to remind gun manufacturers in Colorado that if they move just a few hundred miles to the north, they can be free of one of the nation’s most restrictive gun control bills signed into law earlier this month in their state. “Do … Read more
Whitney Plantation has two grants for Black history and culture terminated in ‘furtherance of president’s agenda’ The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS ) has terminated two grants for Black history and culture that were awarded to the Whitney Plantation, a former plantation in Louisiana that focuses on the truths of slavery and the … Read more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) charged an illegal immigrant with the murder of a mother in Maryland on Wednesday, just five days after Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., returned to the state from his high-profile El Salvador visit to try to retrieve a deported alleged MS-13 member. ICE arrested Keycy Robinson Alexis Barrera-Rosa, a … Read more
The US vice-president, JD Vance, has said it is time for Moscow and Kyiv ‘to either say yes or for the United States to walk away from this process’ of talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine. He also suggested ‘some territorial swaps’ would be needed to freeze the conflict along roughly its current lines … Read more
Airplane manufacturer says it is lobbying Donald Trump over ‘unfortunate’ decision to impose tariffs Boeing will try to divert as many as 50 planes ordered by Chinese airlines to customers elsewhere after steep tariffs prompted by Donald Trump’s trade war. The US manufacturer said it was confident it could find other buyers for the planes, … Read more
Palestinian green-card holder was arrested by US immigration authorities in Vermont on 14 April Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and student at Columbia University who was detained by the Trump administration on 14 April, will have a hearing next week on his request for release on bail, a federal judge decided on Wednesday. Judge … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed plans to install two “beautiful” 100-foot flagpoles on the White House lawns that will each fly an American flag. Trump told reporters about the plans after he was spotted touring the North Lawn of the White House with Dale Haney, head White House groundskeeper. “We’re putting up a beautiful, … Read more
