Trump approves U.S. Metal merger with Japan’s Nippon Metal

Trump approves U.S. Metal merger with Japan’s Nippon Metal

US President Donald Trump receives a gold helmet with his name on it during a visit to US Steel – Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2025, to mark the ‘partnership’ between Nippon Steel and US Steel. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday … Read more

UK financial system shrank sharply in April as Trump tariffs kicked in

UK financial system shrank sharply in April as Trump tariffs kicked in

U.S. President Donald Trump \with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Feb. 27, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The U.K. economy shrank sharply in April as global trade tariffs and domestic tax rises kicked in, data showed Thursday. The latest monthly growth figures … Read more

Trump urges Iran to succeed in nuclear deal ‘earlier than there’s nothing left’

Trump urges Iran to succeed in nuclear deal ‘earlier than there’s nothing left’

President Donald Trump looks on during a National Economic Council meeting in the Oval Office at the White House March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning urged Tehran to reach a nuclear deal “before there is nothing left,” hours after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes against … Read more

Democrats make a mark of their rowdy pushback to Trump

Democrats make a mark of their rowdy pushback to Trump

All week, officials in the Trump administration hailed the images of protests against their deportation campaign in Los Angeles, saying their opponents were playing right into their hands. But on Thursday, the administration was put on the defensive. A video of Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., forced to the ground and handcuffed after he interrupted Homeland … Read more

Decide blocks Trump administration from deploying members of California Nationwide Guard in L.A., pauses personal order

Decide blocks Trump administration from deploying members of California Nationwide Guard in L.A., pauses personal order

A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, writing Thursday that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the temporary restraining order after an hourlong hearing in a San Francisco federal court. California’s attorney general challenged the deployment, … Read more

Trump thanked California Nationwide Guard earlier than it arrived in L.A.

Trump thanked California Nationwide Guard earlier than it arrived in L.A.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted to social media congratulating the work of California’s National Guard in response to immigration raid protests in Los Angeles.  In fact, the guards only arrived in the city later that morning, according to several news reports. “Thank you to the National Guard for a job well … Read more

Protests at G7 summit in Alberta set to be largely peaceable, concentrating on Trump insurance policies

Protests at G7 summit in Alberta set to be largely peaceable, concentrating on Trump insurance policies

Protests during the upcoming G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis, Alta., may be starkly different than demonstrations happening this week against immigration crackdowns in the United States. A University of Toronto research group that has been monitoring the meetings of world leaders since 1998 says its analysis shows Canadian protests are more peaceful and smaller – … Read more

Trump wished an Iran nuclear deal quick. Now he might get navy confrontation

Trump wished an Iran nuclear deal quick. Now he might get navy confrontation

The IRGC Navy Martyr Hassan Bagheri warship and an IRGC speed boat are sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade, which is commemorating the Persian Gulf National Day, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the seaport city of Bushehr, Bushehr province, in the south of Iran, on April 29, 2024. Morteza … Read more

Trump indicators resolutions blocking California’s pro-EV guidelines

Trump indicators resolutions blocking California’s pro-EV guidelines

It also has put Trump at odds with his onetime close adviser, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with whom he had a very public falling out last week, though tensions between the two have since cooled. Trump had blamed the split in part on his move against electric vehicles. At Thursday’s news conference, Trump said of … Read more

Trump calls Fed chief Powell ‘numbskull’ as he urges rate of interest reduce

Trump calls Fed chief Powell ‘numbskull’ as he urges rate of interest reduce

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell waits to speak during a conference marking the 75th anniversary of the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump ripped Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as a “numbskull” on Thursday as … Read more