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Lawmakers say dismissing head of US Cyber Command puts country at risk at a time of ‘unprecedented cyber threats’Top congressional Democrats are protesting against the firing of Gen Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), with one …
Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islandsTariffs send US markets tumbling to worst day since Covid crashTrade tariffs imposed on tiny Aust…
University says it has not yet been notified, but school was among dozens warned of academic crackdownThe Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding fr…
President accused of overstepping authority with order requiring new proof-of-citizenship and mail-ballot rulesA coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that a recent executive …
Former TV pitchman has close relationship with boss RFK Jr but regularly encourages Americans to get vaccinatedFormer heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr Mehmet Oz was confirmed on Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Oz b…
Defense chief and others discussed US military operations on messaging app that included journalistThe inspector general of the Department of Defense (DOD) is launching an investigation into Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the encrypted messag…
Four GOP senators rebuke president by voting to rescind 25% Canada tariffs, prompting praise from DemocratsUS politics live – latest updatesThe first signs of an internal US political backlash against Donald Trump’s declaration of a global trade war ar…
Education department memo requires public schools to confirm they are complying with anti-diversity policiesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has threatened to withhold federal funding from public schools that have not eliminate…
All three major US index funds close down as Apple and Nvidia, two of US’s largest companies, lose combined $470bnUS stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors parsed the sweeping change in global trading following Donald Trump’s announcement of a …
Donald Trump has introduced eye-watering tariffs on countries around the world. Will they ‘make America wealthy again’? Richard Partington reportsDonald Trump is on a mission to ‘make America wealthy again’. Speaking outside the White House, he said fo…