Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy
The most violent day in the history of Washington DC, leaving aside the War of 1812, was 6 January 2021, and the instigator was Donald J Trump, who this week has endeavored to seize...
Category: Politics
This Is the Moment Democrats Have Been Talking About for Years
After months of hand-wringing and finger-pointing, Democrats are still learning how to navigate a political landscape dominated by Donald Trump’s Republican Party. With Democrats locked out of power in Washington, the burden has shifted...
Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine
US president makes announcement amid growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin. United States President Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine as his administration signals growing disillusionment...
Summer and after-school programming for 1.4 million students at risk
These children attend after-school and summer programming at a Boys & Girls Club, YMCA or public school for free thanks to funding set Congress set aside for academic support, enrichment and child care to...
US widens public benefit restrictions for undocumented immigrants
Health Department says immigrants will lose access to 13 more federal programmes, including an educational project for low-income children. United States officials are cutting down further on undocumented immigrants’ access to healthcare programmes and...
U.S. diplomats brace for mass layoffs after months in limbo
The layoffs are part of an agency reorganization that has been in the works for months. U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to...
Canada plans to hit NATO spending target early and reduce reliance on US defense, Carney says
Canada will meet NATO’s military spending guideline by early next year and diversify defense spending away from the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday, asserting that Washington no longer plays a predominant...
Critics slam Mexico’s gentrification protests as xenophobic. Activists say they’re fighting for their human rights
The words “Get out of Mexico” are still visible on one shop window as protestors violently kicked in the glass pane. In another clip, “Kill a gringo” is spray-painted on a wall in Mexico...
US cuts visa validity for most Nigerian applicants
The United States has announced sweeping changes to its non-immigrant visa policy for Nigeria, cutting the duration and conditions under which most Nigerian travellers can enter the country. From 8 July, the US Department...
Trump says he will impose 50% tariff on copper imports
President Donald Trump said he will impose a 50% tariff on copper imports on Tuesday, and suggested more steep sector-specific duties are on the way. “Today, we’re doing copper,” Trump said during a Cabinet...