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A portrait of President Trump in the Colorado state capitol is being taken down after the president criticized the artwork on social media, calling it “purposely distorted.”

Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited Laced with terms such as “censorship” and “political interference”, the Belgium-based jobs advert was far from typical. The promise of academic freedom, however, hinted at who it was aimed at: researchers in the US looking to flee the funding freezes, … Read more

With the US threatening unilateral withdrawal, even from the top Nato military post, five European nations must fill the vacuum In the face of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s destabilisation of the Atlantic alliance, an embryonic European security council is taking shape on the hoof. Whether it will prove strong enough to … Read more

The Trump administration filed new allegations against Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student who was detained due to his pro-Palestinian activism on campus. NBC News’ Antonia Hylton has the latest on the allegations. 

The Trump administration has begun an interagency effort to end what it describes as the “exploitation of housing programs” by illegal aliens. In a statement published on Monday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it had established the “American Housing Programs for American Citizens” Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The agreement … Read more

Catastrophic security leak sparks calls for investigations. Here is your roundup of key US politics stories from 24 March 2025 Senior Trump administration officials have triggered bipartisan outrage after broadcasting classified military plans through a Signal group chat to which they had inadvertently added a prominent journalist. According to reporting in the Atlantic, the editor … Read more

Trump and his allies repeatedly went after Hillary Clinton for not using proper government channels to send messages containing classified material.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a stern warning to those engaged in government fraud at the most recent Cabinet meeting on Monday. Speaking with President Donald Trump present at the meeting, Bondi thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk for uncovering “fraud, waste and abuse” through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative. “A lot of … Read more

President Donald Trump has revoked former U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ Secret Service protection, starting Monday. The Secret Service confirmed to Fox News Digital that, per an executive memorandum from the president, the protective detail for Mayorkas was discontinued. No other details were provided, to ensure the integrity of the Secret … Read more

Even some Republicans have called president’s public demand to remove the painting ‘petty’ US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump critics aimed ridicule at the president after he publicly demanded the removal of his portrait at Colorado’s state capitol building, calling it “truly the worst”. In a post on his Truth Social platform on … Read more