A second United States federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order which aims to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. “Today, virtually every baby born on US soil is a US citizen upon birth,” said Maryland District Judge Deborah Boardman. “That is the law and tradition of our country. That law and…
US federal employees face Trump’s resignation deadline
US President Donald Trump has given the Departments of the Treasury and Commerce 90 days to come up with a plan to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). “We’re going to create a lot of wealth for the fund,” Trump told reporters. “And I think it’s about time that this country had a sovereign wealth…
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he will skip Group of 20 (G20) talks in South Africa amid an escalating spat between Washington and Pretoria over a controversial land expropriation law. Rubio’s announcement on Wednesday came days after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to South Africa over its passage…
Counting the Cost Could Trump’s tariffs upend the world’s economic order? US President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Mexico and Canada are on hold for now, but the trade dispute with China rumbles on. Read more United States President Donald Trump has delayed imposing tariffs on his closest trading allies for a month after Canada and…
Palestinians pledge to ‘never leave’ Gaza; Israel quits UN rights body
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Under the order signed on Wednesday, federal government funding will be denied to educational institutes that allow trans girls and women to participate in female sports and use female locker rooms. Recommended Stories list…
The Central American country of Guatemala has agreed to ramp up the number of deportation flights it receives from the United States, after a visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. At a news conference on Wednesday, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo also announced that his country would accept non-citizens sent from the US. Recommended Stories…
When Donald Trump reassumed the presidency of the United States of America in January, eternal New York Times foreign affairs columnist and Orientalist extraordinaire Thomas Friedman took to the pages of the US newspaper of record with some advice: “President Trump, You Can Remake the Middle East if You Dare.” And while punitive imperial makeovers…
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine – Wasayef Abed woke up on Wednesday to murmurs among her fellow displaced Palestinians in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. The discussion was centred on United States President Donald Trump and his announcement that the US would “take over” Gaza. In Trump’s comments, made as he stood next to Israeli Prime Minister…
