Trump reiterates India will cut Russian oil after Modi call

US President Donald Trump has reiterated that India has agreed to reduce its purchase of Russian crude.

Trump said Indian PM Narendra Modi had assured him during a phone call on Tuesday that Delhi “was not going to buy much oil from Russia” as he too “wants the war end with…[Read more]

Zelenskyy holds out hope Trump will still provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles

Speaking with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” after his visit with Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged he didn’t get what he wanted — but it could still happen.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck a hopeful tone while on a trip to the U…[Read more]

At least 15 detained after protesters and police clash outside Chicago Ice center

Officers reportedly tackled and dragged several people after authorities told demonstrators to stay in ‘protest zones’

t least 15 people were taken into custody outside the Broadview Ice detention center in the Chicago area after heated confrontations between Ill…[Read more]

Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative walks free after being sentenced in April to more than seven years in prison for deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 people

Donald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former…[Read more]

Hamas needs more time to recover hostages’ remains, U.S. advisers say

Hamas will need more time to recover hostages’ remains still in Gaza, two senior U.S. advisers have said, as Israel’s military began to prepare for the possibility of renewed fighting amid anguish and anger about delays in the return of abductees.

Hamas handed over 20 liv…[Read more]

In Louisiana voting case, US Supreme Court ponders a ‘colorblind’ Constitution

In deciding a major case examining the racial composition of electoral districts in Louisiana, U.S. Supreme Court justices are facing the question of whether the U.S. Constitution should be seen as colorblind – even when remedies are sought under civil rights law for…[Read more]

How Trump got his Nobel Peace Prize after all

By giving the award to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has effectively crowned Trump’s vision of power and intervention as ‘peace’.

Although the White House immediately put the Nobel Committee on notice for putting “politics over peace” when it failed to deliver the peace prize…[Read more]

Partisan shutdown standoff ignores key risk to US stability: rising national debt

The ongoing shutdown debate between Democrats and President Donald Trump’s Republicans is largely avoiding the difficult fiscal issues clouding the country’s future – the rising national debt and the long-term financial health of Social Security and Medicare.
The…[Read more]

Vance says Trump is ‘looking at all his options’ as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance indicated in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Preside…[Read more]

What happened to MrBeast’s East Carolina University academic program? No one will say

The world’s most subscribed to YouTuber and the university chancellor are an odd pair on camera.

MrBeast, the internet personality most famous for his videos documenting random acts of extreme charity, is in shorts, animatedly talking and gesturing with his h…[Read more]

LeBron James’ hyped announcement? It’s not what you think.

LeBron James isn’t going anywhere, after all. At least not quite yet.

The announcement the Los Angeles Lakers star had teased Monday, Oct. 6 fueled speculation that it could address his playing future and possible retirement plans. It turned out to be an ad.

James and Hennessy l…[Read more]

Taylor Swift turned down the Super Bowl Halftime Show, but it’s not for the reason you think

Swift joined Jimmy Fallon on Monday to talk about “Showgirl,” her recent engagement and reclaiming her master recordings.

No, Taylor Swift is not headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show next year, but it’s not because the NFL wouldn’t allow her to own…[Read more]

Canada’s Mark Carney visits Trump amid frosty relations between the longtime allies

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday at a time when one of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances has been fractured by Trump’s trade war and annexation threats.

Carney’s second visit…[Read more]

What has Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs been convicted of?

On Friday, American music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs learned his fate: He was sentenced to 50 months in prison.

The rapper, who was accused of running a sprawling sex-trafficking operation, was found guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution.

His high-profile trial ended in July with…[Read more]

Bid to end shutdown fails in Senate; Trump freezes aid to Chicago

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another Democratic city of funds as a bid to end the government shutdown failed again in the Senate.
On the shutdown’s third day, Trump ramped up pressure on Democrats to…[Read more]

‘Will they change course?’: US Senate in deadlock over government shutdown

The third day of the US government shutdown has yielded no breakthrough as Democrats and Republicans split on spending.

“ Well, the shutdown melodrama continues.”

That’s how, with the verbal equivalent of a sigh, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana summed up the third d…[Read more]

EU leaders discuss drone defence and assistance for Ukraine

Against the backdrop of recent airspace violations by Russian fighter jets and kamikaze drones, EU heads of state and government are today discussing joint efforts to improve deterrence and defence. Plans are already on the table for a “drone wall” that would detect, track and int…[Read more]

Germany arrests suspected Hamas members accused of procuring weapons to target Jewish or Israeli institutions

German police arrested three suspected Hamas members who were allegedly procuring weapons “for assassinations targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions,” German prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday.

The three accused, who police onl…[Read more]

Merz wants to use Russian assets for Ukraine loan

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to make almost 140 billion euros available to Ukraine in the form of an interest-free loan, financed with the Russian Central Bank’s assets frozen in Europe. “This loan would not be repaid until Russia has compensated Ukraine for the damage it has cau…[Read more]

Germany’s Merz says Europe still far too dependent on software from US

Germany still depends far too much on software from the United States, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday, calling for Europe to focus more on digital sovereignty and its own data centers.

“I want us in Europe, not just us in Germany, but we in Europe as a whole, to bec…[Read more]