Iran says new sanctions threatened by ‘desperate’ US will fail
Iran’s foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran.
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Supreme Court lets Trump continue work on White House ballroom for now
The US Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to continue construction of his White House ballroom project for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that would ...
Trump talks up his ballroom plan dozens of times but plays down Americans’ economic pain
Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, U.S. President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify ...
Federal funding for Trump’s ballroom in jeopardy after Senate ruling
A U.S. Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers ...
White House says US well on way toward controlling Iran airspace
The United States is well on its way toward controlling Iranian airspace, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday, adding that Washington expects the achievable US objectives to ...
Chief of Staff Wiles describes internal strains inside Trump White House in interviews
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles revealed internal tensions in the Trump administration over issues from immigration enforcement to government downsizing in comments published by Vanity Fair on Tuesday ...
White House says it takes Danish reports of Russian naval provocations seriously
The White House said on Friday it took reports of Russian naval provocations very seriously, after Denmark’s intelligence service earlier said Russian warships were taking repeated action in its ...
Trump admin to fight Harvard lawsuit over federal funding freeze
The Trump administration will respond in court to Harvard University’s lawsuit seeking to block a federal funding freeze imposed after the institution rejected a list of White House demands ...
press freedom
White House limits access for Reuters, Bloomberg in move raising press freedom concerns
Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said, as ...
Taking Trump seriously but not literally is the only way
Walking back statements the Trump makes as president is keeping the White House busy
How to judge US President Donald Trump’s plan to resettle the Palestinians of Gaza and ...
White House plans sovereign fund, Trump signals interest in TikTok
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the US Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund and said it may purchase TikTok.
“We’...
Mike Johnson elected speaker of US House as Trump’s Republicans unite behind him
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job on Friday in a lengthy vote that highlighted persistent divisions among Donald Trump’s Republicans ...
USA: Govt shutdown
Many Republicans reject Trump-backed spending deal, shutdown fast approaching
A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert ...
US won’t change nuclear posture after Russia lowers threshold, White House says
The United States was not surprised by Russia lowering its threshold for a nuclear strike and does not plan to adjust its own nuclear posture in response, the White House ...
US advisor praises ‘excellent’ Biden-Christodoulides meeting
Senior US diplomat Mike Carpenter, advisor to President Joe Biden on European affairs in the National Security Council, described the recent meeting between Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and President Biden ...
Christodoulides, Biden meeting a ‘clear message’ to Turkey
The messages sent by Wednesday’s meeting at the White House between President Nikos Christodoulides and US President Joe Biden underscored an upgraded role for Cyprus, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...
Christodoulides-Biden meeting to focus on Cyprob, energy and Middle East
President Nikos Christodoulides was on Tuesday night departing for Washington DC, where he will meet US President Joe Biden in a visit described as a “culmination of the strengthened relations” ...
US prepared for possible significant attacks in Middle East by Iran, White House says
The US has prepared for what could be significant attacks by Iran or its proxies in the Middle East as soon as this week, White House national security spokesperson John ...
US warns Venezuela’s Maduro of need for free election on Sunday
The White House on Thursday expressed concern about the threat of violence in Venezuela’s election on Sunday and warned President Nicolas Maduro of the need to hold a fair ...
US lawmakers advance bill to make it easier to curb exports of AI models
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to advance a bill that would make it easier for the Biden administration to restrict the export of artificial intelligence systems, ...
The floaty-bag problem: why four ‘flying objects’ were shot down
The United States has been having “a bit of a floaty-bag problem over its airspace,” as South Africa’s ‘Daily Maverick’ news-site put it.
Indeed it has. Four balloons or ...
White House ‘concerned’ about WHO Covid report, demands data from China
The White House on Saturday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has “deep concerns” about the way the findings ...