Elise Stefanik, Donald Trump’s nominee to be the US ambassador to the UN, refused to say whether she believes Palestinians have a right to self-determination, but did say she agrees that Israel has a biblical right to the entire occupied West Bank.
The White House has said it will decide which journalists and media organisations can participate in press pools covering United States President Donald Trump’s administration, in a move critics have decried as an attack on press freedom. The pool system – which prioritises select television, radio, wire, print and photojournalists for coverage of smaller events…
Outgoing United States President Joe Biden has said he believes the “soul of America” remains at stake, less than a week before Donald Trump is set to enter the White House for a second presidential term. In a letter released on Wednesday morning, just hours before he is set to deliver a farewell address to…
United States President Donald Trump has reiterated his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico from Saturday while leaving open the possibility that oil imports could be exempted. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday, Trump said he “may or may not” exclude oil from the tariffs and would decide…
United States President Joe Biden has blocked the $14.9bn sale of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based US Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel. The move on Friday deals a potentially fatal blow to the merger plan, which had been under review by the US government for a year. Top Republicans and Democrats had been broadly opposed to the…
United States Vice President-elect JD Vance has said a deal between Israel and Hamas could soon be reached and the reason for the progress is “because people are terrified that there’re going to be consequences for Hamas”. “We’re hopeful there’s going to be a deal that is struck toward the very end of [Joe] Biden’s…
US President Donald Trump has intensified his attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and criticised moves by European leaders to rally around Ukraine’s leader. European countries, led by the UK and France, are looking at options for a proposal to halt Russia’s war on Ukraine after last week’s Oval Office rupture between Trump and Zelenskyy….
