Getty Images Harvard President Alan Garber has flatly rejected the White House’s sweeping list of demands The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students, after the institution said it would not bow to demands from Donald Trump’s administration. The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The meaning of the word “reciprocity” is being strained by the Trump administration. Not only did the White House use a…
Donald Trump has threatened China with an extra tariff of 50% on goods imported into the US if it does not withdraw a countermeasure and reiterated he would not pause on others tariffs as global markets tumbled for a third day. Speaking at the White House on Monday the US president said that he is…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose “far larger” tariffs on the European Union (EU) and Canada if they work together to combat trade tariffs. “If the European…
President Trump escalated his threats against people who vandalize Tesla cars, musing in a social media post on Friday that those convicted of damaging or destroying the vehicles — including U.S. citizens — could be sent to notorious prison complexes in El Salvador. “I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20-year jail…
Getty Images Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to “seize additional areas in Gaza” if Hamas does not free all remaining hostages. Israel Katz said on Friday that the military would continue its ground operation in Gaza “with increasing intensity” until all of the hostages “both living and dead” were returned. It is yet…
The Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funding from New York’s mass transit network if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority did not respond to a series of demands about efforts to prevent crime on the city’s subway and buses. Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, said in a letter that the M.T.A. must provide a…
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. An oil tanker carrying jet fuel was recently hit by a cargo ship while at anchor 13 miles off the east coast of England. This set off a series of large explosions and a huge plume of black smoke, while a still unknown…
President Trump threatened to escalate a trade war with the European Union after the bloc announced 50 percent tariffs on U.S. whiskey and several other American products to kick in on April 1, in retaliation to a batch of U.S. tariffs that took effect this week. “If this tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S….
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he attends the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon hosted by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 12, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hit back against Europe’s own retaliatory move to Washington’s…
