Donald Trump

Trump Targets Defense Contractors’ Profits, Rattling Wall Street and Signaling Overhaul of Military Industry

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to block major defense contractors from paying dividends or buying back shares until they significantly speed up weapons production, delivering a rare presidential strike at Wall Street norms that sent defense stocks sharply...
Greenland

US-Denmark Diplomatic Talks Set Amid Growing Controversy Over Trump’s Proposal to Acquire Greenland and Counter China-Russia Influence

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland, amid escalating tensions over President Donald Trump’s repeated proposals to acquire the Arctic territory. The move comes as NATO allies express alarm at...
Donald Trump

Trump to Meet Oil Executives to Discuss Rapid Revival of Venezuela’s Crumbling Oil Sector

President Donald Trump is set to meet with executives from major oil companies later this week at the White House to discuss strategies for reviving Venezuela’s ailing oil industry, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Two sources told...
US

Trump Administration Nearly Triples List of Countries Required to Post Up to US$15,000 Bonds for U.S. Visa Applications

The Trump administration has sharply expanded a controversial visa bond requirement, nearly tripling the number of countries whose citizens must post refundable bonds of up to US $15,000 in order to apply for a U.S. visitor visa. The dramatic move marks...
Aldrich Ames, CIA agent

Aldrich Ames, Infamous CIA Agent Who Spied for Soviet Union and Russia, Dies in Maryland Prison at 84

Aldrich Ames, the former CIA officer whose decade-long espionage for the Soviet Union and later Russia stands as one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison at the age of 84. The...
Venezuela Oil

Trump Claims $2bn Venezuelan Oil Deal as US Seeks to Divert Crude From China and Assert Control Over Caracas’ Energy Sector

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela will “turn over” approximately $2 billion worth of crude oil to the United States under a new arrangement that would redirect supplies away from China and ease pressure on Venezuela’s constrained oil...
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent

US to Be Exempt from Global Tax Deal Targeting Multinational Profits as OECD Waters Down Landmark 2021 Minimum Tax Pact

Nearly 150 countries have signed off on a reworked global tax agreement aimed at curbing profit shifting by multinational corporations, but a major exemption for the United States has sparked backlash from tax transparency advocates, who warn the deal risks...
Donald Trump

Trump Floats Military Action Against Colombia After Stunning US Raid Captures Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday (Jan 4) openly threatened military action against Colombia, dramatically escalating tensions in Latin America just days after a covert US operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and transferred him to New York to...
US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer

Democratic Lawmakers Say Trump Administration Misled Congress on Venezuela Regime Change, Demand Clear Plan as President Cites Risk of Leaks

Democratic lawmakers accused the administration of President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jan 3) of misleading Congress about its intentions toward Venezuela, saying senior officials had repeatedly denied any plan for regime change or major military action just weeks before the...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima, Jan 3, 2026.

Trump Says Venezuela’s Maduro Extracted by US Forces, Bound for New York as USS Iwo Jima Takes Center Stage

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife had been extracted by helicopter and transferred to a US Navy ship, from where they would be taken to New York to face federal charges,...
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