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CNN  —  President Donald Trump is eagerly dismantling an agency that was once championed by his daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump. The work of the US Agency for International Development was important enough to the president that during his 2019 State of the Union address, he unveiled a new…

Time magazine's Friday cover depicts billionaire Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk in the White House's Oval Office, a seat typically reserved for the president, seeming to imply that the world's wealthiest man holds greater power in Washington than even President Donald Trump. Musk, who spent an estimated $288 million…

World Ukrainian officials want to get in front of U.S. President Donald Trump before he arranges to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump says he'll 'probably' meet with Zelenskyy next week, but won't go to Ukraine Geoff Nixon · CBC News · Posted: Feb 07, 2025 8:24 PM EST…

Good morning. Donald Trump has signed an executive order green-lighting sanctions against the international criminal court (ICC), accusing it of targeting Israel and the US with “illegitimate and baseless actions”. It means the US president can freeze assets and impose travel bans against ICC staff and their family if the…

Three weeks into office, President Trump has issued a slew of controversial executive orders, fired officials across government agencies, and started to dismantle significant chunks of the federal bureaucracy, which he derides as the “deep state.” A number of these actions—such as his executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship…

Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights activist Pius Kennedy is one of many humanitarian workers across the world who is effectively out of a job since U.S. President Donald Trump shut down the government's main agency for delivering humanitarian aid to other countries. The Africa Queer Network nonprofit where he works provides counselling…

South Africa civil rights organisation AfriForum says it is going to write an official letter to the United States government requesting that President Donald Trump not punish South Africans, but focus on the politicians responsible. AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel, sat down for an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday…

WASHINGTON – Ms Pam Bondi was confirmed by the US Senate to lead US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department on the evening of Feb 4 in Washington, letting her take over a sprawling agency central to the administration’s efforts on antitrust, immigration and policing white-collar crime. Ms Bondi, 59, who…

Washington — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ramped up its deportation efforts, targeting a significant number of illegal immigrants as part of a broader push to enforce immigration laws since Donald Trump's administration began. Data from ICE indicates that Somalia leads among African nations, with 4,090 of…

Wall Street was mixed in light trading early Tuesday as anxiety dissipated somewhat after President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada. Trump's imposed tariffs on China remained in place. Futures for the S&P 500 inched up 0.1% before the bell, while…