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Donald Trump has promised an expanded immigration crackdown in several large Democratic-led cities as apparent vengeance for “No Kings” protests against his administration on Saturday that drew millions of people – despite questions over whether the agency in charge of the effort is set to run out of money. In new . . .
“Protection” is a lie—a pretext for state violence, militarism, and control, targeting the marginalized while masking harm as care. True safety comes not from oppressive systems, but from resistance and collective liberation. The language of “protection” saturates political rhetoric, from policing and incarceration to war and surveillance. But what and who is being protected? For […]
A flurry of red, white and blue American flags fluttered across the National Mall on Friday as more than 5,000 military veterans and their allies descended on Washington to protest against the planned elimination of 80,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the cancellation of hundreds of contracts for veterans services with […]
The exemption of smartphones, laptops and other electronic products from import tariffs on China will be short-lived, top US officials have said, with Donald Trump warning that no one was “getting off the hook.” “There was no Tariff ‘exception’, Trump said in a social media post on Sunday. “These products are subject to the existing […]
Anthony Zurcher and Tom Geoghegan BBC News, Washington and London BBC Donald Trump made a lot of promises while running for president. He pledged to cut taxes, reduce prices, stem undocumented migration, raise revenue and strengthen American industry with new tariffs and end wars. Some of his proposals were detailed by his policy team or […]
The Trump administration appeared to be making progress on Friday toward a deal that would give the United States valuable mineral rights in Ukraine. The movement came after a week in which President Trump, initially rebuffed on an agreement, turned up the pressure by assailing Ukraine and suggesting he would side with Russia in seeking […]
During a White House event celebrating Black History Month, President Donald Trump announced his commitment to honouring Black historical figures in the proposed National Garden of American Heroes. He revealed that more than 10 Black icons, including civil rights leaders, athletes, and musicians, would be featured in the monument. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott […]
Watch: Trump promises ‘brand new day’ at pre-inauguration rally On the eve of his return to the White House, President-elect Donald Trump promised to sign a blitz of executive orders on his first day as president, telling supporters that he would move with “historic speed and strength” in the hours after taking the oath of […]
The last time Donald Trump was president, he travelled to Youngstown, Ohio, among the most depressed of America’s rust belt cities, and promised voters the impossible. The high-paying steel, railroad and car industry jobs that once made Youngstown a hard-living, hard-drinking blue-collar boom town were coming back, he said. “Don’t move. Don’t sell your house,” […]
Outgoing US President Joe Biden has authorised Kyiv to use the long-range weapons against Russia. Russia has pledged to retaliate after it claimed to have shot down eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine at its border region of Belgorod. “On January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile attack […]