US politics

Donald Trump seeks to withhold $1 billion in Congress-approved funds

The move was the latest salvo in a fight between Donald Trump’s administration and US Congress over control of the nation’s spending.

A bipolar world is taking shape. Can the US and China manage it?

China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump speak on the North Portico steps of the White House ahead of a State Dinner in Washington, DC, on Sept 24.

Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to intervene to allow third-country deportations

The Supreme Court previously sided with the administration.

Trump’s pick to lead FDA health agency grilled by Senate

Heidi Overton was questioned extensively about health policies put forward since vaccine-sceptic Donald Trump took office in 2025.

Trump presidency ‘as we know it’ ends in November, says California’s Gavin Newsom

Governor of California Gavin Newsom is pictured during a recorded interview with AFP in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Sept 23. Newsom is widely seen as a leading contender for the Democrats’ 2028 presidential nomination.

Republicans unleash spending blitz in record US midterms

Between now and Election Day on Nov 3, Republicans and their allies have booked around US$888 million of advertising.

US senators pressing for quick Chinese vehicle ban this week as Xi visits

The drive to permanently ban Chinese vehicles from the US is led by Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan (left) and Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio.

Trump is checking out of his presidency

Confronting a midterm electoral defeat amid intractable wars, Donald Trump announced on Sept 21 that his planned Washington triumphal arch would also be a “top grade military complex”.

As resistance mounts, Trump reaches for a familiar shield: National security

A demonstrator protests US President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch at its proposed site in Memorial Circle on Sept 21.

News analysis

Breaking news? Trump likely to fail this time in latest battle against the media

By banning CNN, the White House has thrown a staple of TV news coverage into disarray.

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