US president also praises Hungarian leader’s hardline stance on immigration during friendly White House summitThe US has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions on importing oil and gas from Russia, according to a White House official, after Viktor Orbán pressed his case for a reprieve during a meeting with Donald Trump in Washington.Last […]

Judge had ordered Trump administration to make full payments by Friday amid government shutdown The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, even as the administration said it will fund the program this […]

President asks justice department to open an investigation but provides no proof to support his allegations Donald Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the US and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The Republican president announced the move on social media days after […]

Administration has long accused South Africa of allowing white Afrikaner farmers to be persecuted and attacked Donald Trump said Friday that no US government officials would be attending the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers. The US president had already announced he would not attend […]

Officers found Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez dead after she accidentally went to a wrong property Authorities in Indiana are considering whether to charge a homeowner who they say shot and killed a woman after she mistakenly went to the wrong address where she thought she was turning up to clean a property. Police […]

US president heads to his Florida resort and presses senators to stay in Washington DC to work toward ending the government shutdown Andrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest Viktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin […]

Ticket sales at about 40% unsold compared with before president made himself chair of US performing arts center The Washington National Opera (WNO) is considering moving out of the Kennedy Center, the company’s home since the US’s national performing arts center opened in 1971. The possibility has been forced on the company as a result […]

Self-styled ‘ultra-Maga’ Republican representative has ramped up attacks on Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul US politics live – latest updates Elise Stefanik, a Republican New York representative and staunch supporter of Donald Trump, has officially launched her long-anticipated campaign for governor. Reports indicate that Stefanik has been working behind the scenes to secure endorsements from key […]

In Marana, residents crowded into a town hall recently to learn the fate of a building that’s been closed for two years In an Arizona town where farmers have long wrested a living off the arid land, reports that a former prison complex may be turned into an immigration detention center have sparked a fierce […]

Judge had ordered Trump administration to make full payments by Friday amid ongoing government shutdown The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving […]

Damage from Typhoon Halong underscored the vulnerability of villages in western Alaska to climate crisis Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy land. He is one of seven residents […]

US president calls Hungarian prime minister a ‘great leader’ as they meet at the White House Andrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest Viktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help […]