The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the country’s leading aid agency, could be nearing its end after US President Donald Trump ordered a halt to foreign aid. Trump said the agency was run by “lunatics”, while billionaire Elon Musk called it “criminal”. The US provides $72bn to 180 countries – but that aid…
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all directly-hired staff of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to be placed on leave as part of the Republican’s drive to radically shrink the government. USAID said on Tuesday that all direct hire personnel would be put on leave from Friday, apart…
NewsFeed Trump doubles down on US ‘ownership’ of Gaza In a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump doubled down on remarks about the United States owning and redeveloping Gaza. “It’s something that could change history,” Netanyahu added. Published On 5 Feb 20255 Feb 2025
Washington, DC – As President Donald Trump called for ethnically cleansing Gaza and for the United States to “own” the territory, hundreds of protesters outside the White House warned him that “Palestine is not for sale”. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday evening to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to…
United States President Donald Trump has welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, marking the first visit of a foreign leader during his second term. But Tuesday’s meeting was steeped in controversy as Trump repeatedly weighed in on the future of war-torn Gaza — and whether Palestinians should return to live in…
United States President Donald Trump has said the US will “take over” and “own” Gaza after resettling Palestinians elsewhere under an extraordinary redevelopment plan that he claimed could turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. In a shock announcement upending decades of US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Trump said on Tuesday…
NewsFeed ‘Gaza is not a place for people to be living’ says Trump “Gaza is not a place for people to be living.” US President Donald Trump said the only reason Palestinians want to live in Gaza is because they have no alternative. He said they could be moved to a new area with “really…
NewsFeed How plausible is Trump’s plan to send 30,000 deportees to Guantanamo? US President Donald Trump wants to send up to 30,000 undocumented immigrants to the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Using the facility to house the migrants would not be unprecedented. US officials said the first flight carrying migrants was to depart…
Inside Story Is US President Donald Trump using tariffs as a negotiating tactic? US trade taxes on Canada and Mexico have been paused for 30 days. Read more US President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico are on hold for a month, averting for now a devastating trade war among North…
A United States federal judge has said that parts of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI to halt its conversion to a for-profit entity might go to trial, adding that the Tesla CEO will have to appear in court and testify. “Something is going to trial in this case,” US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in…
