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Elon Musk’s DOGE given more power to slash federal workforce
In Washington – the White House has handed more power to the billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE team to slash the federal workforce – while ordering all government agencies to cooperate.
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Is Putin the winner from America’s changing stance on Europe?
We spoke to the former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt and Maria Mezentseva, a Ukrainian MP from President Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party.
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Hegseth: European security not ‘primary focus’
Goodbye to the old world order – now America says it’s focusing on Asia.
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Tariffs will add to inflation, ex-Obama economics advisor says
We spoke to Professor Jason Furman who spent four years as the most senior economic adviser to President Obama.
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How will new Trump tariffs hit the global economy?
The UK steel industry has warned that US tariffs could deal it a “devastating blow”, affecting thousands of jobs across the country.
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Trump tariffs: US threatens 25% import tax on steel and aluminium
Donald Trump is expected to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on all steel and aluminium coming into the US.
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Trump’s executive orders: what’s happening behind the scenes?
Legal efforts to block some of President Trump’s efforts to dismantle swathes of the US federal government have continued.
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Trump’s Gaza plan ‘would be ethnic cleansing’ – UN
US humanitarian funding supports aid organisations around the world, among them the United Nations – where US dollars make up almost half of all humanitarian support.
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Why Trump wants to close USAID | Explained
President Trump has called for the complete closure of the Agency for International Development – accusing it of fraud and corruption.
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Trump pushes forward with Gaza plan, despite global opposition
In Washington, President Trump is pushing forward with his notion for the US to take over Gaza despite intense global opposition and objections from both Republicans and Democrats, and attempts by the White House to play down the idea.
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Is Donald Trump’s tariff war about to totally backfire?
Donald Trump’s long promised trade war has begun, sort of – the US president threatened to slap tariffs on America’s biggest trading partners, before backtracking and striking a deal with Mexico and Canada.
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FactCheck: what is a tariff and why is Donald Trump introducing them?
President Donald Trump’s tariffs against China are now in place after they were announced at the weekend, whilst Canada and Mexico have managed to get theirs delayed by a month.
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Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza
President Trump announced at the White House that the United States would take over the Gaza Strip, level it and redevelop it into what he called the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
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The Evangelical Christians and Israeli Settlers backing Trump
Later today President Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, the first foreign leader to visit him in the Oval Office. Maintaining the ceasefire in Gaza will be at the top of their agenda.
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Why are Musk and Trump going after USAID?
Staff at the US Agency for International Development have been barred from its headquarters, which was blocked off this morning by Homeland Security officers.