During his commencement speech at the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 24, US President Donald Trump announced a $1 trillion US military budget, vowing that he would not cut even 10 cents. If realized, this would mark the beginning of a trillion-dollar defense era as early as fisc...
The United States Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification on May 22, barring the institution from admitting new international students for the 2025-26 academic year and forcing current ones to transfer schools or risk losing the...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country’s presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said. His conservative Democratic Center party released a statement calling it “an unacceptable ...
A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, April 15, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] NEW YORK -- The US State Department on Friday night instructed consulates worldwide to resume processing visa applications for international students admitted to Harvard Uni...
US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 30, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] NEW YORK -- US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has no intention to repair his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk and in...
Johnson Johnson manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina. Courtesy: Johnson Johnson Data from the New York Federal Reserve shows a majority of companies have passed along at least some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs onto customers, the latest in a growing body of evidenc...
Russia, China, France and the UK all voted in favour of ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’ The US again vetoes a UN security council resolution calling for an 'immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire' between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: AnadoluGetty Images The United S...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are seen ahead of a launch at Launch Complex 39A at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Elon Musk on Thursday said that his company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon s...
The high court’s decision was unanimous, finding that Mexico cannot sue seven gun manufacturers over allegations they aided cartels The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of seven U.S. gun manufacturers who were sued by the Mexican government over allegations they aided and abetted illegal gu...
Harvard University is suing the Trump administration over the president’s recent proclamation that bars the Ivy League school from enrolling new international students, extending the legal battle between the federal government and the nation’s oldest university. Harvard, in an amended lawsuit on Th...
Elon Musk reacts during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump not pictured, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025.Nathan Howard | Reuters Shares of Tesla fell 14% on Thursday as President Donald Trump threatened to pull government contracts for CEO Elon Musk’s compan...
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann delivers a speech to present the OECD Economic Outlook before the 2025 Ministerial Council Meeting at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France, June 3, 2025.[PhotoAgencies] The OECD has warned that the global economy is poised for its weakest growth since the ...
A Harvard sign is seen at the Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 27, 2025. Rick Friedman | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy L...
"We need a new bill that doesn't grow the deficit," Musk posted on X. Elon Musk is continuing his attacks on President Donald Trump's signature bill on Wednesday with a barrage of posts on X slamming the megabill, saying in one that no one "should be able to stomach it," while another instructed hi...
Trump framed the new restrictions, which primarily target African and Asian countries, as necessary to fortify national security and combat terrorism. In a return of one of the most controversial policies of his first term, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday banning nationals ...