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US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jnr testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Trump’s health pick RFK Jnr grilled over vaccines and abortion in US Senate

Kennedy has made false claims about Covid jabs and is known for controversial stances on Aids and the role of germs in disease.

30 Jan 2025 - 6:02AM

Ex-US senator Bob Menendez gets 11 years in prison in gold bar bribery case

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Trump unveils plan to detain 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo

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Trump White House revokes spending freeze after widespread confusion

Dramatic reversal came after days of uncertainty and anxiety rocked US states and non-profit organisations.

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People protest against a funding freeze of federal grants and loans near the White House on Tuesday. Photo: AP

US drops classified documents case against Trump co-defendants

Valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira had been charged alongside Trump over files found at Mar-a-Lago.

30 Jan 2025 - 2:39AMvideocam

US judge temporarily pauses Trump’s freeze on grants and loans

Advocacy groups say the pause on various forms of financial aid would be devastating.

29 Jan 2025 - 7:52AM

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New Jersey drones ‘not the enemy’, White House says, dispelling Trump theories

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the flights were authorised by the US government, in a message she said came directly from Trump.

29 Jan 2025 - 5:15AM

The Biden administration had sought to tamp down conspiracy theories surrounding a series of drone sightings across New Jersey and other areas in the Northeast.. Photo: X/Zieron

Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury Secretary

Bessent’s first challenge will be managing federal cash flows after government hit statutory debt limit on Trump’s second day in office.

28 Jan 2025 - 9:06AMvideocam

Rubio warns of ‘very big’ bounties from US for Taliban leaders

The threat comes as the US secretary of state says more Americans may be detained in Afghanistan than previously thought.

26 Jan 2025 - 1:55PMvideocam

Trump urges Jordan and Egypt to ‘clean out’ Gaza, take in more Palestinians

Calling Gaza ‘a demolition site’, Trump says that he has discussed his vision in a call with King Abdullah II of Jordan.

26 Jan 2025 - 11:21AM

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. Photo: EPA-EFE

Trump approves supply to Israel of 2,000-pound bombs, ends Biden’s hold

Biden has put the hold on the delivery of the bombs due to concern over the impact they could have on the civilian population in Gaza.

26 Jan 2025 - 3:20PM

US President Donald Trump has ordered the end of a hold imposed by former president Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound (907kg) bombs to Israel. Photo: TNS

Trump says he may consider rejoining World Health Organization

The US president’s remarks come just days after he ordered the United States to leave the global health agency.

26 Jan 2025 - 6:39AM

Trump tours US disaster zones, says FEMA needs to ‘go away’

The US president visited storm-hit North Carolina and California areas ravaged by wildfires.

25 Jan 2025 - 1:17PMvideocam

Trump revokes protection for Covid adviser Fauci despite death threats

The US president said he would not feel responsible if harm came to the doctor, or to John Bolton, whose protection he also revoked.

25 Jan 2025 - 4:03AMvideocam

Anthony Fauci in Washington in 2022. Photo: TNS

UFOs and Extraterrestrial Life

US congressman says aliens exist under sea, large craft moves at incredible speeds

Congressman Tim Burchett says admiral told him about massive alien craft moving at ‘hundreds of miles an hour underwater’.

24 Jan 2025 - 1:40PM

A image obtained April 28, 2020 shows part of an unclassified video taken by US Navy pilots of interactions with ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’. File photo: US Department of Defence via AFP

Trump orders release of last JFK, RFK and MLK assassination files

The order is among a flurry of executive actions the US president has signed in the first week of his second term.

24 Jan 2025 - 1:55PM

US federal judge blocks Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship

Judge’s action halts enforcement of policy for 14 days, calling it ‘blatantly unconstitutional’.

24 Jan 2025 - 4:59PMvideocam

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Trump picks an agent who covered him in shooting to lead Secret Service

Sean Curran was part of Donald Trump’s security detail during an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last July.

23 Jan 2025 - 10:09AM

Sean Curran, right, was part of Donald Trump’s security detail. Photo: Reuters

Musk questions US$500 billion AI megaproject backed by Trump

World’s richest man Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data centre project.

23 Jan 2025 - 8:31AM

Hong Kong economy

Panama audit of Hong Kong’s Hutchison aims to counter US canal narrative

‘The [Panama government] needs concrete data to counter this China is controlling the canal narrative,’ insider says.

22 Jan 2025 - 11:26PM

Trump strips protection from ex-adviser Bolton, target of Iran murder plot

After leaving his White House job, Bolton had called his former boss ‘unfit to be president’ and said he would appease China and Russia.

22 Jan 2025 - 6:45AMvideocam

Former US national security adviser John Bolton adjusts his glasses during his lecture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in February 2020. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

‘You’re fired’: Trump announces purge of over 1,000 Biden appointees

US president named four individuals – Jose Andres, Mark Milley, Brian Hook and Keisha Lance Bottoms – as being immediately dismissed.

21 Jan 2025 - 3:42PM

US President Donald Trump signing numerous executive orders on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Read the full transcript of Trump’s inauguration speech

US President Donald Trump delivered a 30-minute speech from the US Capitol Rotunda, his second inaugural address.

21 Jan 2025 - 2:59PMvideocam

Elon Musk causes stir with hand gesture at Trump inauguration

Tech billionaire caused controversy with a gesture that appeared similar to a Nazi salute – but not everyone saw it that way.

21 Jan 2025 - 5:46PMvideocam

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Everything you need to know about Trump’s inauguration, from TikTok to Panama

From the first acts of Trump’s new term to the reception in China, here is everything you need to know about the US presidential inauguration.

21 Jan 2025 - 10:04AM

Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | How Trump’s use of kayfabe could unlock new era for US-China ties

Lanxin Xiang

28 Jan 2025 - 8:55PM

Opinion | If Trump has his way with Maga, it’s back to the law of the jungle

Zhou Xiaoming

24 Jan 2025 - 8:30PM

Outside In | Why Trump’s threats over Greenland and Panama Canal may be no joke

David Dodwell

17 Jan 2025 - 4:30PM

Opinion | Trump’s plans could trigger liquidity crises across Europe and Asia

Andy Xie

15 Jan 2025 - 4:46PM

Opinion | Trump’s Greenland gambit spotlights geopolitical tussle over the Arctic

Nong Hong

13 Jan 2025 - 8:30PM

Mohammed Sinan Siyech

Opinion | Why the H-1B visa has divided Trump supporters

Mohammed Sinan Siyech

6 Jan 2025 - 11:00AM

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