The UK’s choice for the next ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, has described his previous criticism of Donald Trump as “ill-judged and wrong”. Speaking in an interview with…
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USA: Caroline Kennedy brands cousin RFK Jr a ‘predator’ before confirmation hearing
Caroline Kennedy – the cousin of Robert F Kennedy Jr – has urged US senators to reject her cousin as America’s next health and human services secretary in a scathing…
USA: What Trump has done since taking going back the White House
Donald Trump has started his second week back in the White House with a controversial halt of all federal aid. The funding pause, revealed in a memo sent to government…
USA: White House rescinds memo on freezing federal grants and loans
The White House says it has rescinded a memo authorising a federal freeze on hundreds of billions of dollars in grants and loans, which sparked widespread panic among millions of…
USA: Mysterious New Jersey drones were ‘not the enemy’ – White House
The mysterious drones that lit up skies across the US late last year were authorised by federal regulators and “not the enemy,” the White House has announced. The Federal Aviation…
China: DeepSeek AI on US national security radar
US officials are considering the national security implications of an apparent artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough by Chinese firm DeepSeek, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The announcement comes…
USA: Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s freeze on federal grants and loans
A US judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and loans, minutes before it was set to come into effect…
USA: Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months pay to resign
President Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal workers who do not want to return to the office, a major move designed to shrink the US government.…
USA: Democrats express ‘extreme alarm’ after White House halts federal grants
US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo verified by the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. The two-page memo, from…
USA: Tech stocks steady after DeepSeek AI app shock
US tech stocks were steady on Tuesday after they slumped on Monday following the sudden rise of Chinese-made artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek. Shares in chip giant Nvidia were up…