US midterms begin with chaos over mail-voting crackdown
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Trump's White House releases deportation video games
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US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
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4 September 2026 United States
US Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House
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1 September 2026 United States
Two dead after stabbing in New York's Times Square
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1 September 2026 United States
Trump threatens to bomb Oman
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18 August 2026 United States
Trump dismisses concerns over US aircraft carrier
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16 August 2026 United States
Five killed in Michigan shooting
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16 August 2026 United States
Five killed in Michigan shooting, suspect found dead, police say
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15 August 2026 United States

Trump scoffs at S Korea’s ‘Parasite’ Oscar win

US President Donald Trump on Thursday scorned the best picture Oscar for the South Korean film “Parasite,” asking how a foreign movie could get the honor.
21 February 2020

Russia meddling in US again

Russia is interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get Donald Trump re-elected, US intelligence officials have warned lawmakers in a briefing that infuriated the president, who then replaced his intelligence chief, US media reported.
21 February 2020

China to waive tariffs on US medical imports amid virus outbreak

China will waive trade-war tariffs on imports of selected US medical equipment from March 2, the government says, as the country battles to contain the new coronavirus epidemic.
18 February 2020

Trump threatens intelligence block over Huawei: US diplomat

The United States' ambassador to Germany says that President Donald Trump threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing with countries that dealt with Chinese tech firm Huawei.
17 February 2020

US bans visits by Lanka army chief

The United States yesterday said it would refuse entry to Sri Lanka’s army chief over “credible” evidence of human rights violations in the bloody 2009 finale to the civil war.
14 February 2020

Justice chief blasts Trump for making job ‘impossible’

US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president’s tweets were making his job at the Justice Department “impossible.”
14 February 2020

Trump exults over acquittal in US Senate impeachment trial

US President Donald Trump celebrates his acquittal on impeachment charges with a pair of caustic, freewheeling speeches that drew on White House pomp and the solemnity of an annual prayer breakfast to underscore the fact that he remained in office.
7 February 2020

US senate acquits Trump

President Donald Trump is acquitted by the US Senate following a historic impeachment trial that shone a harsh light on America's divisions, without ever shaking the loyalty of his voter base.
6 February 2020

Trump uses State of Union to campaign; Pelosi rips up speech [VIDEO]

A bitter feud between US President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, with Trump snubbing her outstretched hand and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back.
5 February 2020

Results delayed as Iowa Democrats conduct caucus meetings to search for Trump 2020 challenger

Iowa Democrats met at caucus sites around the state to kick off what could be a bruising months-long national presidential nominating fight, but the results are delayed and still unreported more than three hours after the process began.
4 February 2020

US forces recover two bodies near wreckage

US forces on Tuesday recovered two bodies near the wreckage of a military jet that crashed in a Taliban-controlled area of eastern Afghanistan, after Afghan forces trying to reach the scene clashed with insurgents.
29 January 2020

US troops injured in Iran missile strike rises to 50

The number of US troops injured by an Iranian missile strike in Iraq this month has risen to 50, according to new figures released by the Pentagon on Tuesday.
29 January 2020

Facebook to allow users to control third-party data

Facebook said Tuesday a new tool allowing users of the social network to view and delete data it collects from third parties is rolling out to the estimated two billion members of the leading social network worldwide.
29 January 2020

World reaction

The Palestinian Authority: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who has taken part in previous US-led peace talks with Israel but stayed away Trump’s proposal, vowed that “this conspiracy deal will not pass”.
29 January 2020

Trump to unveil ME peace plan

President Donald Trump hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday ahead of unveiling a “peace plan” already flatly rejected by the Palestinians -- but providing both leaders welcome distraction from their respective political crises.
27 January 2020

Trump denies explosive new Bolton allegations

President Donald Trump yesterday denied that he told his former national security advisor John Bolton that military aid to Ukraine was tied to Kiev investigating his political rivals.
27 January 2020

Trump agrees US-Iraq ‘security partnership’

President Donald Trump and his Iraqi counterpart Barham Saleh agreed on Wednesday on the need for a continued US military role in the country, the White House said.
23 January 2020

UN experts demand immediate probe

UN experts have demanded an immediate investigation by US and other authorities into allegations that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon boss and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
23 January 2020

Gabbard sues Hillary

US presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard, who is in near last place among Democrats in primary polling, filed a defamation suit Wednesday against Hillary Clinton after the former secretary of state called her a “Russian asset.”
23 January 2020

Show ‘courage’

Democrats on Wednesday accused Donald Trump at his historic Senate impeachment trial of seeking to cheat to ensure re-election in November, and called for “courage” by the president’s fellow Republicans while considering the case against him.
23 January 2020