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October 7, 2025 10:56 PM

Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities

Donald Trump's threat to invoke a federal anti-insurrection law to expand his deployment of military personnel to U.S. cities has intensified his legal battle with Democratic-led cities over presidential authority, as hundreds of National Guard troop...

October 7, 2025 10:39 PM

Canada’s Carney makes second White House visit to talk trade with Trump

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney made his second visit to the White House in five months on Tuesday under increasing pressure to address U.S. tariffs on steel, autos, and other goods that are hurting Canada's economy. Carney and U.S. President Do...

October 7, 2025 9:20 PM

PM Modi interacts with US delegation led by Walter Russell Mead

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with a United States delegation comprising prominent thinkers and business leaders, led by noted American scholar and foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead. During the interaction, PM Modi appre...

October 7, 2025 9:29 AM

Illinois sues to stop National Guard deployment as Trump escalates clash with states

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sued President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking to block the deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, as hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas headed to the nation's third-largest...

October 6, 2025 11:00 PM

US lifts sanctions on Paraguay’s ex-President Horacio Cartes

Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes said on Monday that the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had lifted sanctions imposed on him two years ago for his involvement in acts of alleged corruption. The announcement followed a...

October 6, 2025 9:22 AM

US judge blocks Trump from sending California National Guard to Portland for now

A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday temporarily blocked Donald Trump's administration from sending some 200 federalized California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, a setback for the president as he seeks to dispatch the military to cities o...

October 5, 2025 5:07 PM

As shutdown drags on, US voters see blame game threatening Democrats and Republicans

Betty Snellenberg and Grace Cook stood on opposite sides of the walkway into the early voting center in Virginia Beach - one promoting the Democratic ticket for the November 4 statewide election, the other distributing pamphlets for the Republican no...

October 5, 2025 5:02 PM

Putin says Tomahawk supply to Ukraine would destroy U.S. relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if the United States supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for long-range strikes deep into Russia then it would lead to the destruction of Moscow's relationship with Washington. Less than two months since ...

October 6, 2025 7:13 AM

After Trump’s intervention, how close is the Gaza war to ending?

President Donald Trump has urged Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accepted some key parts of a U.S. peace plan - a shift that could mean a two-year-old war is finally coming to a close. Israel announced i...

October 3, 2025 10:32 PM

Trump gives Hamas until Sunday night to reach Gaza deal or ‘all HELL’ will break out

U.S. President Donald Trump gave Palestinian Hamas militants until Sunday evening to accept his proposal to end the nearly two-year-old war with U.S. ally Israel in the Gaza Strip or "all HELL" would break out. "An agreement must be reached with Ham...

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