The move would match the United States’ tariff rates on imports to the levels that other countries impose on US goods.

US President Donald Trump’s administration filed a lawsuit against New York on Wednesday accusing the Democratic-ruled state of hindering federal efforts to crack down on undocumented migrants. The legal action comes a week after the Justice Department sued so-called “sanctuary” city Chicago and the Midwestern state of Illinois on similar grounds. “We sued Illinois and […]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it would not be “practical” to grant Ukraine membership to NATO, a key sticking point in that country’s conflict with Russia. Trump was speaking with reporters at the White House, hours after he spoke with the leaders of both Ukraine and Russia and promised an immediate start to […]

Trump, who began his second term last month, has launched a crusade led by his top donor Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to downsize or dismantle swaths of the US government.

“He wants to attack us for securing our border? He’s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not?… We can’t have a wall around the United States.”

“I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations,” he wrote Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, a former Illinois governor whose jail sentence for corruption he commuted five years ago during his first term.

Trump said he would probably speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the timeline he had just proposed.

Trump also emphasised reaping a return on investment with US aid to Ukraine, suggesting a trade for Kyiv’s natural resources, such as rare minerals.

US President Donald Trump’s administration has informed staff at the country’s consumer protection agency that it is temporarily shuttering its headquarters and pausing all work, according to an email shared Monday with AFP.