US politics

ABC, NBC will not air Trump’s election security speech on broadcast networks

US President Donald Trump’s speech is expected to focus on election security, four months before the critical midterm elections.

US wants to globalise fight against far-left ‘terrorism’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) crossing paths with fellow speaker and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller at the State Department event on July 16.

US to tighten visa regulations for foreign students, journalists

International students at American universities on F visas currently enjoy open-ended stays.

What to know about Trump’s immunity from IRS after Todd Blanche’s attorney-general confirmation hearing

Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be attorney-general in Washington, DC, on July 15.

Trump reverses suspension of ICE traffic stops after fatal shootings

A woman places a flower at a makeshift street-side memorial for Johan Sebastian Duran, a driver who was fatally shot on July 13 by US ICE agents.

US House defeats bid to cut off aid to Israel in vote dividing Democrats

Republican Thomas Massie is a fiscal hawk who opposes all foreign aid, but he said he was also responding to the heavy toll on civilians of Israel’s attacks in Gaza.

White House weighs releasing controversial intel on China and US elections, sources say

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and US President Donald Trump at a meeting on the sidelines of their visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15.

Biden announces memoir, says cancer treatment ‘going really well’

Former US president Joe Biden had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

Democrats are not in great shape

A voter at a primary day polling location at the City Hall in Henderson, Nevada, on June 9.

US House votes for permanent daylight saving time

The measure, fittingly named the Sunshine Protection Act, passed on a 308-117 vote.

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