Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts
Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision.
California mayor proposes tackling homelessness with fentanyl
A mayor in Southern California is facing a backlash after suggesting the city of Lancaster could address homelessness by providing vagrants with “all the fentanyl they want,” according to the Los Angeles Times. The US has been grappling with a severe opioid crisis.
Trump ‘doesn’t know’ what Congo is
US President Donald Trump has said he has no knowledge about the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), but claims that many illegal immigrants in the US come from there, Africanews reports.
Deadly US strikes hit Yemen fuel port used by Houthis
The US military said it had destroyed a key Yemeni fuel port as it targets the country's Houthi rebels, who said Friday that 20 people had been killed in the strikes.
Deadly shooting erupts at US university
Two people have been killed and several others injured after a gunman opened fire on the Florida State University campus
China replacing US oil with Canadian – Bloomberg
Beijing has reportedly slashed purchases of American crude by 90% amid the tariff war
Trump chides Italy’s Meloni over military spending
NATO’s target for members to spend 2% of GDP on defense is insufficient, the US president has said
In latest media crackdown, White House limits newswire access to Trump
Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said on Tuesday, as it moves to exert greater control over who gets to ask him questions and report on his statements in real time.
Palestinian student detained at US citizenship interview
US immigration authorities on Monday arrested another Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests, detaining him as he attended an interview to become an American citizen.
Harvard sees $2.2 billion in funding frozen after defying Trump
Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.
Ukraine conflict is ‘Biden’s war’ – Trump
The former US leader could have prevented the hostilities “if he had any brain,” the current president has said
Helicopter company that ran deadly New York tour shuts down
The helicopter tour company behind a crash in New York that killed six people last week is shutting down, US authorities said Sunday.