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US approves $3.5b missile sale to Saudis

The United States on Friday approved a $3.5 billion sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia, ahead of a visit to the kingdom by President Donald Trump.

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Trump signs order to cut NPR, PBS public funding

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the news outlets of being biased in his latest attack on traditional media.

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Trump proposes $163b cut to federal budget

US President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a $163 billion cut to federal spending next year, which would eliminate more than a fifth of the non-military spending excluding mandatory programs, it said in a statement.

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'Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Trump, says RSF

Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said its main index had fallen to its lowest-ever level.

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US judge says Apple defied order in App Store case

Apple's response to the trial order included charging a commission on purchases made linking out of its app store

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US reaching out to China for tariff talks: Beijing state media

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that China has reached out for talks on the tariffs -- claims Beijing has vehemently denied

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Trump says Putin wants peace in Kyiv

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin still wants to negotiate a peace agreement in his war with Ukraine as ceasefire talks mediated by Washington appear stalled.

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Trump fires Kamala Harris’s husband from Holocaust board

US President Donald Trump has removed Doug Emhoff, husband of his former rival Kamala Harris, from the Holocaust Memorial Council board, drawing an angry reaction.

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BRICS set to meet over Trump trade policies

Senior diplomats from BRICS countries will meet on Monday in Brazil.

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Trump seeks ‘free’ transit for US ships

US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals.

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US deports 3 American children, including cancer patient: rights groups

The deportations come as Trump pursues a hard-line immigration policy, calling for mass expulsions of undocumented migrants

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White House journos hold subdued annual gala in Trump era

The White House Correspondents’ Association stages its annual gala on Saturday, in what is expected to be a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump.

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Trump administration to restore foreign students' legal status, for now

The decision was announced during a court hearing

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Trump says India, Pakistan to settle dispute 'one way or another'

Trump was asked aboard Air Force One about crumbling relations between India and Pakistan as the fallout deepens from a deadly attack

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Trump claims Xi called him on tariffs

US President Donald Trump has insisted Chinese leader Xi Jinping called him despite Beijing denials of any contact between the two countries over their bitter trade dispute.

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US will ‘lead the pack’ if no nuclear deal: Trump

President Donald Trump said the United States will “lead the pack” in attacking Iran if talks over Tehran’s nuclear program do not result in a new deal, according to a Time Magazine interview.

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US will ‘lead the pack’ if no nuclear deal: Trump

President Donald Trump said the United States will “lead the pack” in attacking Iran if talks over Tehran’s nuclear program do not result in a new deal, according to a Time Magazine interview.

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US to restore int’l students’ legal status, for now

The Trump administration yesterday said that it is restoring the student visa registrations of potentially thousands of foreign students in the US whose legal status had recently been abruptly terminated.

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