Immigrants seeking US citizenship may soon find their neighbours and coworkers questioned about their character, as the Trump administration reinstates a long-dormant vetting tool that has not been used in more than three decades. According to a policy memo dated August 22, 2025, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will again conduct “neighbourhood checks” as…
US President Donald Trump has demanded that Harvard University pay a $500 million settlement in order to restore its federal funding, calling the prestigious institution “very bad.” “We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, addressing Education Secretary Linda McMahon. He added, “They’ve…
US President Donald Trump signalled on Monday that he is prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and expressed willingness to revisit trade discussions with South Korea, even while harshly criticising his visiting ally, Lee Jae Myung. The comments came as South Korea’s new President, Lee Jae Myung, arrived in Washington for his…
A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday in favor of the Trump administration, temporarily halting a lower court decision that had preserved protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco approved an emergency stay, allowing the administration to proceed with plans to remove approximately…
Revenge is best served cold, comeback too, it seems. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, known for his military-style olive shirts, on Monday opted for a suit for a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House and used the occasion to land a perfectly timed comeback on a familiar critic, Brian Glenn. In February, Glenn made…
Six months after a bruising encounter in the Oval Office, Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned to the White House on Monday looking like a man who had learned his lesson. Gone were the fatigues, the defensive body language, and the tense exchanges that marked his February visit. In their place came a dark blazer, careful gestures, and…
Donald Trump’s self-styled image as the “world’s greatest dealmaker” has collapsed into the role of Vladimir Putin’s broker. What he brands as diplomacy is, in reality, capitulation. His summit with Putin in Alaska, followed by heavy-handed pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stands out as a striking act of betrayal of Ukraine, America’s allies, and US credibility…
United States President Donald Trump’s White House meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European leaders has concluded and here’s what the leaders said about the meeting and Trump: FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON: “This is why the idea of a trilateral meeting is very important because this is the only way to fix it….
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Washington, DC, on Saturday to protest President Trump’s attempt to take control of the city’s police department and his deployment of National Guard units alongside federal agents. The rally began in DuPont Circle, where protesters chanted “Shame” and “Trump must go now!” while demanding an end to the “crime emergency”…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office. Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News, ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “I will tell you, you know, you have…