All news on the topic: United States

02 Feb 2025 607

Trump imposes tariffs, prompting retaliation from Canada and Mexico

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported from America’s three largest trading partners, China, Mexico and Canada.

World

01 Feb 2025 681

Trump announces precision air strikes on ISIS leaders in Somalia

The U.S. military conducted coordinated airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump’s second term.

World

01 Feb 2025 774

Black Hawk helicopter was on a doomsday practice run before the crash in Washington DC

The army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the Washington DC air disaster was on a training mission rehearsing what to do in the event of a doomsday attack on the US, officials say.

Politics

01 Feb 2025 716

Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, citing unfair treatment

President Donald Trump has announced he will hit Mexico, Canada and China with tariffs starting tomorrow.

News

01 Feb 2025 612

Philadelphia plane crash kills six, including a girl, marking the second US aircraft tragedy in two days

A crash involving a Learjet 55 has been confirmed in the area of Northeast Philadelphia, just two days on since a devastating crash claimed the lives of 67 people in Washington DC.

News

31 Jan 2025 676

LBC host ejects ’numbskull’ US columnist from live show for supporting wild Trump claim

Iain Dale ordered Kurt Schlichter to be taken off air after the US columnist supported Donald Trump’s ludicrous claim that diversity hiring was to blame for a tragic plane crash in DC

Tech

31 Jan 2025 791

US investigates if DeepSeek acquired Nvidia chips through Singapore firms, bypassing export restrictions

US officials are probing whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek bought advanced Nvidia Corp. semiconductors through third parties in Singapore, circumventing US restrictions on sales of chips used for artificial intelligence tasks...

Tech

31 Jan 2025 864

China accuses US hackers of DeepSeek cyber strike, calling it a brute force attack

DeepSeek launched a free AI assistant, challenging US artificial models and sparking concerns in America’s AI industry.

World

31 Jan 2025 686

Russia’s new ’Iskander-1000’ ballistic missile features twice the range and improved accuracy

Multiple sources have reported that Russia is close to beginning serial production of a new derivative of the Iskander-M ballistic missile system, the official designation of which has not been confirmed.

World

31 Jan 2025 723

China constructs world’s largest military command center, ten times the size of the Pentagon

Facility near Beijing, 10 times size of Pentagon, may have been under construction since mid-2024.

Politics

31 Jan 2025 648

Former US Senator convicted of bribery and acting as a foreign agent

Historic conviction makes Menendez the first U.S. senator found guilty of acting as a foreign agent, as court hands down lengthy prison sentences in bribery and corruption case linked to Egypt.

Finance

30 Jan 2025 776

Trump’s memecoin appears to be a classic financial scam

Donald Trump, who promised during his election campaign to make the United States the global crypto capital, launched his own cryptocurrency just days before his inauguration.

World

30 Jan 2025 718

US military deportation flight likely costlier than first class

U.S. President Donald Trump’s military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.

News

30 Jan 2025 867

Syrian intelligence files reveal clues in the case of abducted American reporter

Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine turned journalist, vanished in 2012 while covering Syria’s civil war.

World

30 Jan 2025 725

In Washington, a priest finished his speech with a ’Zig Heil’ gesture

The clergyman concluded his address in Washington with a confident ’Roman salute.’

30 Jan 2025 717

Several US figure skating team members were on American Airlines plane that crashed into Potomac River

Several members of the US figure skating team were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.

30 Jan 2025 730

Comedian Ken Flores, 28, dies while on tour

Ken Flores has died aged 28 in the midst of his tour, Butterfly Effect.

Politics

30 Jan 2025 633

Key facts about Guantánamo Bay, where Trump plans to send ’criminal aliens’

President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center...

World

30 Jan 2025 561

Map reveals doomed American Airlines jet’s route before Blackhawk crash at Ronald Reagan Airport

An American Airlines plane has crashed into the Potomac River after a Blackhawk military helicopter collided with it mid-air while attempting to land near Washington DC.

30 Jan 2025 852

Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over ban

US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m).

World

30 Jan 2025 853

American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter disaster: at least 18 bodies recovered

An American Airlines plane has crashed into a river after colliding with a US Army helicopter mid-air in Washington DC. Hopes are dwindling for survivors with officials warning there are "many, many" dead after the jet plunged into Potomac River and split in two.

Politics

29 Jan 2025 649

Mandelson admits his criticism of Trump was mistaken

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".

Investigation

29 Jan 2025 1131

Beyond China: Other countries supplying precursor chemicals to Mexico

On September 21, 2021, Javier Algredo Vázquez was on his way to a US law enforcement office to reclaim chemical substances authorities had seized from him days earlier. In some respects, his trip that day was a remarkable act of hubris.