The Trump administration said it was suspending $175m (£135m) in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over the school’s policy regarding transgender athletes. The move relates to a transgender…
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USA: Trump administration withdraws from Russian war crime investigations
The US government has defunded one programme and left another that both document alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The Trump administration cut funding for Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab…
Ukraine: Zelensky says lasting peace achievable this year as he and Trump hail ‘positive’ call
US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a “very good” hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia’s President Vladimir…
Russia: Putin agrees in Trump call to pause Ukraine energy attacks but no full ceasefire
Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate and full ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, following a call with US President Donald Trump. The Russian president…
USA: They had a fairytale American childhood – but was radiation slowly killing them
After Kim Visintine put her son to bed every night at a hospital in St Louis, Missouri, she spent her evening in the hospital’s library. She was determined to know…
USA: Texas authorities arrest midwife for allegedly providing abortions
A midwife in Texas has been arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions and operating a network of unlawful clinics in the Houston area. Maria Margarita Rojas has been charged with…
USA: Officials expected to release Prince Harry immigration records
A US court has ordered that Prince Harry’s immigration files must be made public by the end of Tuesday. District Judge Carl Nichols ordered the release of the documents based…
USA: Judge questions White House’s refusal to turn around deportation flights
Contains disturbing scenes.Video shows alleged gang members deported by US in El Salvador mega-jail A US federal judge has questioned why the Trump administration failed to obey his order halting…
USA: Police release new evidence in timeline of Hackman and his wife’s death
Authorities have discovered new information changing the timeline of when they believe Academy Award winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died. The couple were found dead in…