Crews are still working to recover the bodies of 10 people killed in a plane crash in Alaska, officials have said. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board,…
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USA: Trump says Nippon Steel will ‘invest heavily’ in US Steel, drop takeover bid
President Donald Trump has said Japan’s Nippon Steel will drop its $14.9bn (£12bn) bid to acquire US Steel. Speaking alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House, Trump…
USA: Musk to rehire Doge aide who resigned over racist posts
Elon Musk has said he will rehire an employee of his newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) who resigned after being linked to a racist social media account. “He…
Canada: Trudeau says Trump threat to annex Canada ‘is a real thing’
Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told a group of business leaders he believes President Donald Trump might be serious about annexing his country. Trudeau suggested Trump has floated…
USA: Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records
A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury Department records, according to court documents.…
USA: Trump faces moment of reckoning on trade after delaying tariffs
For the first week of Donald Trump’s presidency, tariffs – a favourite talking point during last year’s presidential campaign – were the dogs that didn’t bark. Trade seemed to take…
USA: Trump suspends tariffs on small packages from China
US President Donald Trump has suspended tariffs on small packages from China, after his sudden order ending duty-free treatment for shipments worth less than $800 (£645) left the US postal…
USA: How Japan sparked Trump’s 40-year love affair with tariffs
When Donald Trump’s fortunes took a downturn in the 90s and he needed to raise cash fast, he sailed his 282ft (85m) superyacht, the Trump Princess, to Asia hoping he…
USA: Missing Alaska plane found with three confirmed dead – US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard has said the wreckage of a small plane that went missing in Alaska on Thursday has been found, with three people confirmed dead. The coastguard said…
USA: Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of USAID staff on leave
A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen.…