US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered an immediate halt to work on virtually all existing foreign aid programmes ...

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Vanessa Wruble was a driving force behind the Women’s March in the US capital, inspired by the perceived threat Trump posed to reproductive and civil rights. For now, though, she is done marching.

US President Donald Trump said the US would take back the Panama Canal, decrying China’s influence over the important ...

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Donald Trump promised to act with “historic speed and strength” to end “American decline” as he addressed a jubilant crowd of supporters in Washington on the eve of his return to the White House.

Donald Trump imposed no new trade tariffs on the first day of his second term, as feared by markets, but the US president did lay out the official blueprint for an “America First Trade Policy”.

I expected to talk to 11-year-olds, the senior grade in the school, but was startled to be escorted into a kindergarten classroom of 5 and 6-year-olds. Thinking quickly, I asked the class which of ...

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From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council president António Costa and chief diplomat Kaja Kallas sent co-ordinated “best wishes”. “The EU looks forward to working closely with you ...