All news on the topic: Trump Administration

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Hegseth orders Ford carrier group to Caribbean as Trump expands anti-narcotics campaign
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.
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Anonymous ally’s $130 million donation to Pentagon sparks legal and ethical questions
The Trump administration plans to redirect a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump towards paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.
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Binance founder CZ receives presidential pardon as Trump ends ‘war on cryptocurrency’
Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.
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JD Vance visits Israel amid Trump team fears fragile ceasefire could collapse
Vice President JD Vance’s arrival in Israel on Tuesday comes as some Trump administration officials are concerned that the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could fall apart, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads not guilty to charges over classified diary notes
John Bolton, the former national security adviser to Donald Trump in his first term, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges relating to diary-like notes he shared that contained top secret information with relatives and stored classified documents at his home.
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Trump to meet Putin in Budapest, elevating Orban and sidelining Europe
Donald Trump’s pledge to meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest to discuss Ukraine will be seen in Europe as a painful blow.
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Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee plan drives foreign talent toward the UK
The Trump Administration has announced a crackdown on the H1-B visas that U.S. firms have historically used to bring foreign talent into the country.
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Trump tariffs threaten decades of library knowledge sharing
The Trump administration’s tariff regime and the elimination of fee exemptions for items under $800 is limiting resource sharing between university libraries, trapping some books in foreign countries, and reversing long-held standards in academic cooperation.
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US federal agent shoots Chicago motorist as protests spread, while a judge blocks deployment of troops to Portland
A US federal agent on Saturday, October 4, shot a motorist who was allegedly armed and blocking law enforcement vehicles in Chicago, while a judge blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to deploy troops into Portland.
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Jon Harrison removed as navy chief of staff after clashes over budget control
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, abruptly dismissed the navy chief of staff on Friday, removing an aide who had been central to the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the Pentagon.
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Washington’s push for 50-50 chip split sparks political backlash in Taipei
Taiwan has pledged to resist pressure from Washington to move half of its chip production capacity to the United States, challenging the Trump administration.
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Eisenhower library director forced out after resisting Trump’s bid to gift sword to King Charles
The director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library has left his position after opposing the gift of a sword from the collection to King Charles during Donald Trump’s recent state visit, according to US media reports on Thursday.
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Netanyahu issues rare apology to Qatari for violating sovereignty in strike
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Qatar over the Doha strike while at the White House, according to an Israeli source.
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New York Mayor Eric Adams drops out of re-election race
New York Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he is dropping out of his campaign for a second term, throwing the race into a spin just five weeks ahead of Election Day.
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Trump official ‘attacked’ at UN by pro-Palestinian protester
A Trump administration staff member was reportedly assaulted by a "deranged Leftist" while being chased around the United Nations General Assembly.
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FBI sacks agents who knelt at Washington demonstration after Floyd’s death
The FBI has dismissed agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, according to three people familiar with the matter, who spoke on Friday.
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Trump escalates fight with Federal Reserve, targets Governor Lisa Cook
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to allow it to fire the Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, as it continues its extraordinary attack on the central bank’s independence.
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Mexican drug lord profits as cocaine use surges: western U.S. sees 154% rise since 2019
Cocaine use is now more popular than ever in the U.S., with a major resurgence in recent years, allowing the Mexican drug lord largely responsible for the boom to profit.
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Israel launches ground offensive to occupy Gaza City, defying security chiefs’ warnings
The Israeli military launched its ground offensive Monday to occupy Gaza City, which the Netanyahu government says is aimed at rooting out Hamas, Israeli officials said.
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UC Berkeley shares personal data of students and faculty with Trump administration
The University of California, Berkeley, provided personal information to the Trump administration about roughly 160 students and professors as part of a federal investigation into campus antisemitism, outraging critics and faculty who compared the move to the anti-communist purges of the McCarthy era.
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Trump administration drafts plan to deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to Louisiana cities
The Trump administration has reportedly drafted plans to activate roughly 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops and send them to the state’s “urban centres” like New Orleans.
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US blocks Ukraine from using long-range Atacms to strike inside Russia — WSJ
US defense officials have blocked Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia since late spring as part of a Trump administration effort to get Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks, according to a report on Saturday.
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Five revelations from Ghislaine Maxwell’s explosive DOJ transcripts
Hundreds of pages of transcripts from Ghislaine Maxwell’s interviews with the US Justice Department have been made public.
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Epstein files finally head to Congress as DOJ caves to subpoenas
The US Department of Justice will start providing Congress with records related to Jeffrey Epstein to the House Oversight Committee beginning on Friday, as stated by a lawmaker.
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US revokes 6,000 student visas over crimes and terrorism links
The State Department has revoked over 6,000 international student visas due to violations of US law and overstays, the department informed the BBC.