Princeton University said on Tuesday the US government froze several dozen research grants to the school, which became the latest academic institution targeted by the Trump administration in a crackdown on what it calls antisemitism on campuses. Princeton President Chris Eisgruber said government
Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, the Associated Press projected, maintaining the court's 4-3 liberal majority in a setback for President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk, who had backed her conservative rival. The election was widely see
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to visit Saudi Arabia as early as May to sign an investment agreement in what will be the first foreign trip of his second term, with stops also planned in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. “It could be next month, maybe a little later,&r
US President Donald Trump says the United States needs to take over Greenland for “world peace,” as he doubled down on his ambitions to annex the strategically placed, resource-rich Danish territory. "If you look at Greenland right now, if you look at the waterways, you have Chinese an
A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered on Friday barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza and was detained by US immigration officials this week. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken into custody by US immigrat
US immigration authorities have detained and revoked the visa of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University near Boston who had voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza. Rumeysa Ozturk's supporters say her detention, late on Tuesday, is the first known immigration arrest of a Bo
Multiple Latin American countries voiced disagreement on a U.S. government decision to impose tariffs on countries that purchase oil or gas from Venezuela. "We do not agree with the imposition of economic sanctions on (those) countries ... This is important because it doesn't affect a government o
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said US President Donald Trump risked damaging the US economy with additional tariffs and vowed to lodge a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over a trade levy on Brazilian steel. "It will raise the prices of goods and could lead to infla
Canada will soon respond to new tariffs on imported vehicles announced by US President Donald Trump and could impose retaliatory measures against the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday. Carney said Trump's move was "a direct attack" and told reporters he would be convening
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a 25 per cent tariff on imported cars and light trucks starting next week, widening the global trade war he kicked off upon regaining the White House this year in a move auto industry experts expect will drive up prices and stymie production. "What w
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that would require voters to prove they are US citizens and attempts to prevent states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The sweeping order also would seek to take federal funding away from states that do not c
Food banks across the country, already strained by rising demand, say they will have less food to distribute because of at least $1 billion in federal funding cuts and pauses by the Trump administration, according to Reuters interviews with organizations in seven states. Hunger in the U.S. has tic
US President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order declaring that any country buying oil or gas from Venezuela will pay a 25 per cent tariff on trades with the US, while his administration extended a deadline for US producer Chevron to wind down operations in the South American country.
