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9 September, 2024

Kristi Noem is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confirmation hearing in Washington on January 17. Photo: AP

Kristi Noem confirmed as Homeland secretary, as Trump pushes migrant crackdown

The ex-South Dakota governor shares the US president’s hardline views on illegal immigration, which she has called an ‘invasion’.

26 Jan 2025 - 2:10AMvideocam

Who is Mariann Edgar Budde, the so-called ‘radical left hard line Trump hater’?

24 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM

US federal judge blocks Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship

24 Jan 2025 - 4:59PMvideocam

Pentagon orders 1,500 extra troops to secure US-Mexico border

Border security is a key priority for the US president, who declared a national emergency on his first day in office.

23 Jan 2025 - 2:54PMvideocam

Migrants dressed in camouflage walk south of the US-Mexico border near Sasabe, Arizona. Photo: Reuters

India set to take back 18,000 citizens from US to placate Trump

In return, New Delhi hopes student and H-1B visas – a large proportion of which go to Indian citizens – will be protected.

22 Jan 2025 - 8:16AMvideocam

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Trump calls Washington bishop ‘nasty’ after criticism from cathedral pulpit

The US president was forced to sit through a sermon by a bishop who begged him to have ‘mercy’ on gays and poor immigrants.

22 Jan 2025 - 4:27PMvideocam

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Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Immigration crackdown, withdrawal from WHO and Paris Agreement among Trump’s first acts

A slew of executive orders, extending to climate, TikTok and the WHO are signed as US president moves swiftly on pledges.

22 Jan 2025 - 7:05PMvideocam

An attendee bears a sign at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Trump promises ‘brand new day’ at pre-inauguration victory rally

Donald Trump plans the largest deportation effort in US history, pardon many involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

20 Jan 2025 - 11:33AM

Trump prepares to carry out large immigration raid in Chicago

About 200 officers will be part of the operation expected to start the day after he takes office, according to The Wall Street Journal.

18 Jan 2025 - 11:09AMvideocam

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

If the US wants to reassert its merits as a global hegemon, let it clarify the values of nationality that Trump’s security agenda means to protect.

17 Jan 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Security fencing encircles the US Capitol building in Washington, US, on January 4. Photo: Reuters

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

Inflationary pressure and a growing deficit would turn the US into a liquidity-sucking force.

15 Jan 2025 - 4:46PMvideocam

US president-elect Donald Trump at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, on January 7. Photo: AP

Mexico is not subordinate, Sheinbaum says as Trump prepares to take office

Sheinbaum said Mexico will keep US ties strong, respectful as Trump threatens action over illegal migration and drug trafficking.

13 Jan 2025 - 1:52PMvideocam

Mexico’s president trolls Trump, suggests US be renamed ‘Mexican America’

Claudia Sheinbaum was responding to the US president-elect’s proposal to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America instead.

9 Jan 2025 - 4:51AMvideocam

‘Taken down and stripped’: Trump’s second term set to wipe government language

Experts predict a shift in government language, with references to diversity and other issues being removed or downplayed.

8 Jan 2025 - 12:53AMvideocam

Donald Trump’s second term may see drastic removal of climate change, LGBTQ, and immigration references from government websites, potentially reversing Biden’s policies. Photo: Reuters

On Balance | Fact is, the US needs foreign talent to compete with China tech

US president-elect Donald Trump continues to rail against ‘open borders’ but at least some on his team realise the country needs tech talent to compete with China.

6 Jan 2025 - 9:30PMvideocam

US president-elect Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19 in Brownsville, Texas. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

‘Awful’: Biden responds to Trump’s plan to end US birthright citizenship

Birthright citizenship confers citizenship on anyone born in the US regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

6 Jan 2025 - 1:20PM

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

Tensions within the president-elect’s coalition over high-skilled immigration are symptomatic of larger problems in the US economy.

6 Jan 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

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Indian-Americans slam ‘racist’ comments by Trump supporters over visa scheme

The furore was sparked by a call from Donald Trump’s handpicked AI adviser Sriram Krishnan to remove country caps on green cards.

1 Jan 2025 - 11:57PM

Supporters of former president Donald Trump gather at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

‘Americans don’t want these jobs’: US farmers fret over Trump deportation plans

Despite claims that immigrants are stealing jobs, farmers rely on undocumented workers because Americans are unwilling to do the hard, dangerous jobs.

1 Jan 2025 - 4:58AMvideocam

Musk vs Maga: billionaire clashes with Trump’s allies over immigration

The billionaire says foreign talent ‘essential for America to keep winning’ but Trump’s backers want Musk to stay out of immigration debate.

28 Dec 2024 - 10:37AMvideocam

US-China relations

What fate awaits undocumented Chinese migrants in the US under Trump?

President-elect’s plan unlikely to affect recent wave of border crossers who entered during the Biden administration, at least initially.

25 Dec 2024 - 11:13PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Man accused of burning New York woman to death ‘fanned flames with shirt’

Sebastian Zapeta allegedly set the victim’s clothes on fire inside a subway train and then watched her die.

25 Dec 2024 - 6:34AMvideocam

Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a subway train, appears in court in New York on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Fame and celebrity

Meet Bryon, husband to Kristi Noem, Trump’s Homeland Security secretary-to-be

The pair met in high school and share a love of South Dakota’s rural culture; Kristi was passed over as Trump’s running mate this year after reports of an alleged years-long affair with one of his aides.

18 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM

Trump says he will use military for deportations to fullest extent of law

He also plans to pull resources from across federal government for the deportation effort and declare a national emergency.

13 Dec 2024 - 12:16AMvideocam

Macroscope | Could Trump be a catalyst for the reforms China and Germany need?

As Beijing and Berlin face pressure to stimulate their economies, challenges posed by Trump’s approach could prompt much-needed policy changes.

12 Dec 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

An image of US president-elect Donald Trump is displayed as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on November 26. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

For US to edge China in tech, add visa options to lure quantum workers: official

‘Significant’ labour shortfall runs into tens of thousands as Washington and allies worry about Beijing cracking their encryption.

11 Dec 2024 - 12:01AM

An empty parcel of land surrounded by water on three sides including Lake Michigan to the east that PsiQuantum, an American quantum-computing company, plans to build on the border between Illinois and Indiana. Photo: Chicago Tribune/TNS

US-China relations

Chinese students in US advised to return to campus before Trump takes office

American universities are trying to address an outpouring of concern among anxious international students fearing ‘worst-case scenario’.

9 Dec 2024 - 5:43PMvideocam

Mexico seeks deal with Trump to avoid deported migrants from other countries

Mexico’s president wants the US to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries as mass crackdown looms.

6 Dec 2024 - 10:12AM

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