The billionaire’s aggressive efficiency drive has critics warning of a constitutional crisis. Allies say he’s just getting started Before Donald Trump re-entered the White House last month, his top donor Elon Musk’s grand plan to slash trillions of dollars in US government spending appeared to consist of little more than a logo of a dog wearing sunglasses, and a stream of provocative social media posts. But behind the scenes,…

Beijing may be better prepared this time for renewed trade conflict with Trump, analysts say  China’s embassy in Washington said on Sunday that it has imposed retaliatory tariffs on the US,hitting about $14bn worth of goods and dashing hopes that a trade war between the world’s two largest economies could be avoided. Beijing announced the tariffs last week in response to a US decision to impose an additional 10 per…

He (Putin) wants to see people stop dying – Donald Trump The war in Ukraine may be approaching a resolution as former U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding ending the conflict, according to an exclusive report from the New York Post. During an interview aboard Air Force One, Trump acknowledged multiple discussions with the Russian leader but refrained from revealing specific…

Andrew Gwynne is alleged to have written a series of racist and sexist comments in a WhatsApp group with other local Labour Party figures. A Labour minister has been sacked and suspended from the party after messages were exposed in which he said he hoped pensioners who did not support him would die before the next set of elections. Andrew Gwynne, who was a health minister, was also accused of…

Donald Trump’s shock tactics may have pushed Beijing away from negotiating table, experts say China and the US risk renewing a full-blown trade war unless the two largest economies can defuse the dispute before Chinese tariffs on $14bn of American exports take effect on Monday, analysts warned. President Donald Trump last week unveiled an extra 10 per cent tariff on Chinese goods to force Beijing to do more to…

A woman has died after being hit by debris from a tree which exploded when it was struck by lightning in a town south-west of Sydney on Saturday afternoon. Paramedics and a medical team rushed to the address in Cawdor about 5.30pm Saturday. New South Wales Ambulance said one woman had been fatally injured by shrapnel from the tree. A local cat grooming business posted statements online identifying the victim…

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the western Caribbean on Saturday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for the Cayman Islands as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were cleared of the threat. The temblor struck at 6:23 p.m. ET at a depth of about 6 miles below ground, about 130 miles south-southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Following an alert saying its islands…

A potential political realignment is brewing on the British right as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson explore a Tory-Reform alliance to oust Labour in the next general election, sources close to Reform UK have revealed. According to insider reports, Farage is open to working with Johnson “in the national interest”—a move that could reshape the UK’s political landscape. The discussions come as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government faces a…

President Donald Trump has directed the United States Secret Service to provide him “every bit of information” known about his two attempted assassins last summer during the presidential campaign. The president said he was convinced the Secret Service had been holding back such information because of former President Joe Biden. Speaking to the New York Post, Trump said, “I’m entitled to know,. “I want to find out about the two…

Two people, including the husband of the victim, have been charged in connection with the death of a Fort Campbell soldier, officials said Saturday. Sofia Rodas, 35, was charged with murder and tampering with evidence, and Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, 40, was charged with tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Pfc. Katia Dueñas-Aguilar, the Clarksville, Tennessee, police department announced in a social media statement. Cruz was Dueñas-Aguilar’s husband,…

…As part of ceasefire deal with Hamas Israeli forces began withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor on Sunday, Israeli officials said, part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead but faces a major test over whether the sides can negotiate its planned extension. Israel agreed as part of the truce to remove its forces from the 4-mile (6-kilometer) Netzarim corridor, a strip of…

The governor of California, Gavin Newsom signed laws weekend setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Donald Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans. One of the laws allocates $25 million for the state’s department of justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another sets aside $25 million in part for legal groups to defend immigrants…