US politics
Wall Street rallies as America celebrates 250 years
US financial markets began the new trading week with renewed confidence following the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations, as investors returned...
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Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s decade-old anti-Trump essay
The Atlantic has republished a 10-year-old essay by US Vice President JD Vance in which he sharply criticised Donald Trump,...
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Trump hails ‘golden age of America’ at 250th anniversary celebration
US President Donald Trump declared that the United States was entering a new “golden age” during a high-profile speech marking...
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Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack
United States President Donald Trump officially launched the country's 250th Independence Day celebrations with a politically charged speech, warning that...
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Trump’s crypto ventures generated more than US$1bn in 2025, financial filing reveals
Businesses linked to US President Donald Trump generated more than US$1 billion in revenue from cryptocurrency-related activities during 2025, according...
Read moreDetailsSupreme Court ends Trump’s appeal in E. Jean Carroll case
The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal of the 2023 civil verdict that found...
Read moreDetailsBiden says Trump has diminished America’s global standing
Former US President Joe Biden has launched one of his strongest public attacks on successor Donald Trump, accusing him of...
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Trump peace board faces scrutiny over sweeping immunity plan
A draft resolution linked to Donald Trump's Board of Peace has raised serious legal and diplomatic concerns after documents reportedly...
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Venice prepares fresh protests as US ambassador’s superyacht heads for lagoon city
Venetian activists are preparing a new wave of demonstrations against the planned arrival of the US ambassador to Italy, billionaire...
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JD Vance says Watergate would be just a ‘12-hour news story’ today
US Vice-President JD Vance has argued that the Watergate scandal, which forced President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974, would...
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