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The US has halted some weapons shipments to Kyiv, the White House has said, as Russia’s war against Ukraine has intensified. The decision was taken “to put America’s interests first” following a Department of Defense review of US “military support and assistance to other countries”, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said on Tuesday. The US […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a pause in sending a shipment of missiles and ammunition to Ukraine amid concern about the U.S. military’s stockpiles, according to two defense officials, two congressional officials and two sources with knowledge. Hegseth ordered the delay weeks after he issued a memo ordering a review of the U.S. stockpile […]
Elon Musk took a swipe at President Trump’s signature domestic policy legislation, saying it would add to the national deficit. He complained to administration officials about a lucrative deal that went to a rival company to build an artificial-intelligence data center in the Middle East. And he has yet to make good on a $100 […]
Brandon Drenon and James FitzGerald BBC News Reuters On Tuesday, Harvard University students held a protest in support of international students US President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered US embassies around the world to stop scheduling appointments for student visas as it prepares to expand social media vetting of such applicants. An official memo said […]
The US Department of Defense has announced the suspension of military helicopter flights near Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia. Activities in the area were put on hold due to an incident involving a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk maneuver that caused two commercial planes arriving at the airport to abort their landings. The […]
The Department of Defense is suspending helicopter training flights in the Washington, D.C., region, specifically near the Pentagon. This change comes just days after the Army resumed training flights in the area following January’s deadly midair collision between a Black Hawk and American Eagle CRJ-700. On Thursday, two separate commercial flights—operated by Republic Airways and […]
Temu, a low-cost retailer based in China, has overhauled its business model by halting shipments of Chinese-made goods to customers in the U.S. The move follows the May 2 expiration of the so-called de minimis exemption from tariffs for low-value parcels sent to the U.S. from abroad. The Trump administration’s move earlier this year to […]
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of accused Venezuelan gang members. A civil liberties group is suing the administration over planned deportations of Venezuelans detained in north Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. On Saturday, the Supreme Court ordered the government to “not remove any […]
The Trump administration has halted construction of a vast wind farm off the coast of New York, which was designed to provide enough electricity to power 500,000 homes. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the Biden administration had “rushed through” the approval of the Empire Wind 1 project “without sufficient analysis”. The halt is a major […]
Hong Kong Post said on Wednesday it had suspended goods mail services by sea to the US and will suspend its air mail postal service for items containing goods from 27 April due to “bullying” US tariffs. When sending items to the US, people in Hong Kong “should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable […]