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Sam Altman, Tim Cook, Other Tech Leaders Lauded Trump at White House
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates was seated next to the first lady at the dinner. Gates previously tried to convince the Trump administration to preserve critical global health programs and to reconsider cuts to USAID. The last time he publicly sat down for dinner with Trump was shortly after the 2024 election at Mar-a-Lago. Gates again pushed for both advancements and…
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U.S. and Japan finalize trade deal with 15% Trump tariffs
Newly manufactured cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, on March 27, 2025. Issei Kato | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday stateside to implement a trade deal with Japan, with 15% baseline tariffs on most Japanese goods, including autos. The deal had been reached in July after months of negotiations,…
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After Boat Strike, Rubio Says U.S. Will Help Other Nations ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups – The New York Times
After Boat Strike, Rubio Says U.S. Will Help Other Nations ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups The New York Times US designates two Ecuadorian criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations CNN The U.S. is designating Ecuador’s largest gangs as terrorists NPR Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuador gangs as foreign terrorist groups: “Vicious animals” CBS News ‘It’s a war’: Marco Rubio labels Ecuadorian cartels ‘foreign…
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What polls show about views on US childhood vaccine mandates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school. But as Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate childhood vaccine mandates, U.S. adults are also less likely to think these immunizations are important than they were several decades ago. Routine childhood vaccine rates are falling, and fewer Americans – particularly Republicans – now say…
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Watch as RFK Jr pressed on vaccines and CDC turmoil at Senate hearing
RFK Jr’s HHS controversies pile uppublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 14:24 BST Madeline HalpertUS Reporter Image source, Getty Images Since taking the helm at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in February, Kennedy has made a number of moves that have alarmed health experts and caused chaos at health agencies. A vaccine sceptic, Kennedy has attempted to…
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Trump says strike on Venezuelan gang will lead cartels to think twice
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by the United States to send an unmistakable message to Latin American cartels. Asked why the military did not instead interdict the vessel and capture those on board, Trump…
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Louisiana prison chosen for immigration detainees due to its notoriety, says Noem | US immigration
The Trump administration purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the US illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. A complex inside the Louisiana state penitentiary, an immense rural prison better known as Angola, will be used to detain those whom Noem described as…
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How Venezuelans abroad feel the tension with the US
Facebook Tweet Email Link “They use us. Some use us as pawns in their political schemes, and others as collateral damage.” This is how Adelys Ferro, who works at an NGO that advocates for the rights of Venezuelan immigrants, sums up the feelings of many Venezuelans living abroad after witnessing the growing tension between Venezuela and the United States, amid…
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Federal officials to restore health and science data after lawsuit settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data under to a lawsuit settlement with doctors groups and other organizations who sued. The settlement was announced this week by the lead plaintiffs in the case, the Washington State Medical Association. Soon after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, federal health officials deleted or removed information…
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Firefighters work to contain rapidly moving blaze in California gold mining town
TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without containment on Wednesday. The fire rapidly expanded to 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) in size, forcing the evacuation Tuesday of the Chinese Camp Town…
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