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Trump attack suspect allowed to hire expert to inspect rifle's operability

A suspect accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump last September in South Florida can hire an expert to examine the rifle recovered from the scene, but only to determine its operability, a federal judge said Tuesday. Ryan Wesley Routh' s attorneys had asked that their expert be allowed to inspect, photograph and test the rifle in order to evaluate a government expert's findings, as well as test it for other information that they thought was relevant. In Tuesday's order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon limited the testing to just its operability, with a May 15 deadline. Routh's trial is scheduled for September. Prosecutors say Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as Trump played golf on Sept. 15, 2024, at his West Palm Beach country club. Before Trump came into view, Routh was spotted by a Secret Service agent. Routh allegedly aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon

Iran rejects direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter

Iran's president said on Sunday that Tehran had rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter from President Donald Trump over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme. The remarks from President Masoud Pezeshkian represented the first official acknowledgment of how Iran responded to Trump's letter. It also suggests that tensions may further rise between Tehran and Washington. Pezeshkian said: Although the possibility of direct negotiations between the two sides has been rejected in this response, it has been emphasised that the path for indirect negotiations remains open. It's unclear, however, whether Trump would accept indirect negotiations. Indirect negotiations for years since Trump initially withdrew America from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018 have been unsuccessful. Trump's overture comes as both Israel and the United States have warned they will never let Iran acquire a nuclear weapon, leading to fears of a military confrontatio

The real culprit on trade: China, not Trump, broke trading system

The interregnum of a Democratic administration under President Joe Biden did little to reverse Mr Trump's original actions destabilising the global trading order

Tribeca, Kundan Spaces to develop Rs 2,500 cr project under 'Trump' brand

Realty firm Tribeca Developers has partnered with Kundan Spaces to develop a Rs 2,500 crore worth commercial project 'Trump World Center' in Pune, marking the entry of US-based Trump Organisation in Indian commercial real estate. Tribeca Developers and Kundan Spaces on Wednesday announced the launch of Trump World Center Pune. "This new development marks The Trump Organisation's first foray into commercial real estate in India and will join the extensive portfolio of Trump residential properties in the region," said Tribeca Developers, who brought the Trump brand to India. Trump-branded residential projects are being developed in Pune, Kolkata and Gurugram. The 4.3-acre project is expected to generate sales exceeding Rs 2,500 crore. Spanning over a decade, The Trump Organisation and Tribeca have partnered to bringing iconic properties, including residential and now commercial buildings all throughout India. The project 'Trump World Center Pune' will span over 1.6 million (16 lakh

Watch: Macron fact-checks Trump in real time on European aid to Ukraine

US President Trump has refrained from calling Vladimir Putin an aggressor and instead focused on brokering a deal with Russia, raising concerns among European allies

Could US aid cuts open opportunities for China to expand global influence?

Experts argue that freezing foreign aid weakens USA's soft power, allowing China to strengthen its influence, especially in Southeast Asian countries

Donald Trump's memecoin can now be used to buy watches and sneakers

In recent days, other businesses, such as the travel site Travala.com, also began accepting $Trump for payment

Trump fills govt with billionaires after running on working-class message

President Donald Trump's brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the US economy's trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south Florida. His second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his administration. The world's richest man, Elon Musk, is overseeing a new Department of Government Efficiency. Billionaires or mega-millionaires are lined up to run the treasury, commerce, interior and education departments, NASA and the Small Business Administration, and fill key foreign posts. He's bringing in folks who have had great success in the private sector, said Debbie Dooley, an early 2015 Trump supporter and onetime national organizer in the anti-establishment Tea Party movement. If you need to have brain surgery, you want the proven brain surgeons. Others raise ...

Opportunity, risks for India in Quad's Trump card to counter China

Grouping's first meeting under new US President reaffirms its commitment to Indo-Pacific security, though experts flag concerns, writes Bhaswar Kumar

Europe extends hand to US President Trump, warns of 'race to bottom'

Von der Leyen did not mention Trump by name, but referred to the increasing use of sanctions

Impact of Trump's presidency to be short-lived on Indian rupee: SBI

Historical analysis of US presidencies, dating back to the Nixon era, reveals that the rupee tends to perform more stably during Republican administrations compared to Democratic ones

Trump announces Leo Terrell as Senior Counsel to Assistant Attorney General

Trump said, I am pleased to announce that Leo Terrell will be Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the United States Department of Justice

SC rejects Trump's bid to delay sentencing in New York hush money case

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York. The court's order clears the way for Judge Juan M. Merchan to impose a sentence Friday on Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a USD 130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied any liaison with Daniels or any wrongdoing. Merchan has said he will not give Trump jail time, fines or probation. But Trump's attorneys have argued that evidence used in the Manhattan trial violated last summer's Supreme Court ruling giving Trump broad immunity from prosecution over acts he took as president. At the least, they have said, the sentencing should be delayed while their appeals play out to avoid distracting Trump during the presidential transition. Prosecutors pushed back, saying there's no reason for the court to take the extraordinary step of intervening in a state case now. Trump's ...

Donald Trump's relentless Greenland fixation puts Denmark in spotlight

Greenland has become a source of growing tension between the US and Denmark

Donald Trump calls to 'open up' North Sea and get rid of windmills

Oil companies have been steadily exiting the North Sea in recent decades with production declining

Planning to attend funeral services of Jimmy Carter, says Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, "I'll be there. Pressed on whether he'd spoken to members of Carter's family, Trump said he'd rather not say. Funeral services honouring Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, beginning Jan. 4 and concluding Jan. 9. Trump was a frequent and fierce critic of Carter on the campaign trail ahead of November's election, using the rising inflation rates of the 1970s to unfavourably compare President Joe Biden to Carter and his administration. But the president-elect was gracious about the former president in posts on his social media site after Carter's death Sunday, writing that the nation owed him a debt of gratitude. While I strongly disagreed with him philosophically and politically, I also realized that he truly loved and ..

Trump urges Republicans to be smart against Senate Democrats' delay tactics

Musk and Ramaswamy, both foreign-origin leaders heading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have reignited the debate over H-1B visas

Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt pushed back to Sept

A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won't be tried until September 2025, a federal judge ruled this week. Ryan Routh's trial will begin September 8 instead of the previously scheduled Feb. 10, 2025 start date, US District Judge Aileen Cannon said in an order released on Monday. Routh, 58, a Hawaii resident, has pleaded not guilty. Routh's attorneys had asked the judge to delay the trial until no earlier than next December, saying they needed more time to review the evidence against him and decide whether to mount an insanity defense. Routh owned 17 cellphones and numerous other electronic devices, and there are hundreds of hours of police body camera and surveillance videos that have been provided to the defense, Routh's attorneys argued during a hearing two weeks ago in Fort Pierce, Florida. In her order, Cannon said she wanted to err on the side of providing more time given the seriousness of the allegations, but that starting

Trump denies claims he's ceded presidency to Musk, calls it 'hoax'

Trump told a conservative audience in Phoenix, addressing growing complaints about the outsized role the Tesla boss has already had in his incoming administration

Amazon, Starbucks workers strike, possible Trump link raises questions

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and Friday followed other recent standoffs between corporate America and organized labor. Large and established labor unions secured meaningful employer concessions this year following strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip. But workers at Starbucks, Amazon and some other prominent consumer brands still are fighting for their first contracts. Amazon refuses to acknowledge the organizing efforts of drivers and warehouse workers many of whom have voted to unionize even though the powerful Teamsters union says it represents them. Starbucks long resisted the unionization of its stores, but had agreed to ..