Donald Trump

Trump fined $2m for misusing charity foundation

A judge orders President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities as a fine for misusing his own charitable foundation to further his political and business interests.
8 November 2019, 06:10 AM

US judge blocks Trump's health insurance rule for immigrants

A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.
3 November 2019, 04:58 AM

Kim and Trump have special relationship

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump have a "special" relationship, a top Pyongyang official says, echoing remarks this week by the American head of state.
24 October 2019, 04:37 AM

Trump says Turkey and Kurds needed to fight 'like two kids'

US President Donald Trump has said that he allowed Turkish and Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because the two sides were like children who needed to fight each other.
18 October 2019, 05:12 AM

Trump, Modi vow relentless fight on extremists in mass rally

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declare themselves united in a relentless fight against "terrorism," vowing a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans.
23 September 2019, 04:29 AM

Trump to meet Imran, Modi for talks focusing on Kashmir

US President Donald Trump has said that he will meet both Indian and Pakistani leaders in the next few days while claiming that “a lot of progress is being made” in defusing tensions between South Asia’s two nuclear-armed neighbours.
18 September 2019, 04:48 AM

Trump claims Modi sought help on Kashmir, India denies

US President Donald Trump makes a startling claim that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sought his help on the Kashmir issue, a claim promptly denied by India.
23 July 2019, 04:42 AM

Dhaka worried over Trump's Golan Heights decision

Bangladesh has expressed deep concern over the recent announcement of the US's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
27 March 2019, 20:11 PM

Democrats launch sweeping probe

US Democratic lawmakers has launched their most ambitious investigation yet into alleged obstruction of justice and abuse of office by Donald Trump, targeting dozens of individuals in the president's inner circle.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Graham says Trump slowing down planned withdrawal from Syria

President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday.
31 December 2018, 04:36 AM

Pakistan PM fires back after Trump criticism

Pakistan's prime minister fired back Monday after President Donald Trump accused the country of harboring Osama bin Laden despite getting billions of dollars in American aid.
20 November 2018, 04:36 AM

US says 'confident' NKorea's Kim will fulfill commitments

The United States remains confident that denuclearization "promises" made during a historic summit between Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will be fulfilled, a State Department spokesperson says.
16 November 2018, 04:20 AM

'I'll never forgive Trump': Michelle Obama slams Trump in new book

Former US first lady Michelle Obama says she can "never forgive" Donald Trump for questioning her husband's American citizenship, saying the president and other "birthers" put her family at risk, in her hotly anticipated new memoir.
11 November 2018, 04:47 AM

US voters give verdict on Trump as control of Congress at stake

After a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race, immigration and other cultural issues, Americans vote to determine the balance of power in the US Congress and shape the future of Donald Trump's presidency.
6 November 2018, 17:28 PM

Trump, Obama in frenzied final push

Donald Trump, his Republicans and their Democratic rivals steeled themselves for a final frenzied day of campaigning yesterday on the eve of contentious US midterm elections, when voters render their verdict on the president's first two years in office.
5 November 2018, 18:00 PM

US to build up nuke arsenal

President Donald Trump said the United States is ready to bolster its nuclear arsenal after announcing it is abandoning a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, as Russia warned the withdrawal could cripple global security.
23 October 2018, 18:00 PM

US judge dismisses porn star's case

President Donald Trump scored a legal victory Monday against porn star Stormy Daniels when a federal US judge rejected her defamation suit against him.
16 October 2018, 18:00 PM

'It comes and goes'

President Donald Trump, a longtime climate change skeptic, said Monday on a tour of hurricane damage in the southern United States that "something" is happening -- but that the change is not permanent.
16 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Kavanaugh sworn into US Supreme Court after divisive fight

Brett Kavanaugh is sworn as US Supreme Court justice following the closest Senate confirmation vote in more than a century, marking a major win for President Donald Trump's drive to move the country's political institutions to the right.
7 October 2018, 04:14 AM

New bombshell revives debate on Trump fitness for office

Donald Trump faces a new challenge to his authority after US media reported that his deputy attorney general had discussed ways to force him from office on grounds of incompetence, just months into his presidency.
22 September 2018, 04:36 AM