For children of deported parents, lonely journeys to a new home

Across the United States, cities with large immigrant communities are primary targets of Trump's virulent anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric
14 December 2025, 02:31 AM

Trump features in newly released Epstein photos

Congressional Democrats released 19 new images from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including photos of now-President Donald Trump, as a deadline for an extensive release of documents related to the disgraced financier nears.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM

White House steps up attacks on CNN

The White House on Thursday intensified its attacks on CNN, the news network at the center of a financial battle that President Donald Trump is tied up in politically and through family.
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM

ChatGPT blamed for US murder-suicide in lawsuit

The estate of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the ChatGPT chatbot fueled her son’s paranoid delusions and contributed to her murder.
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Architects of AI Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

Time magazine named the architects of artificial intelligence its “Person of the Year” yesterday, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines with transformative technology.
11 December 2025, 21:29 PM

Donald Trump launches $1m ‘gold card’ visa programme

President Donald Trump’s administration officially launched his “Trump Gold Card” visa programme on Wednesday to provide a pathway, with a steep price, for non-US citizens to get expedited permission to live in the United States.
11 December 2025, 21:24 PM

US seizes sanctioned oil tanker off Venezuela

The US has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas.
11 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump launches gold card programme for expedited visas with a $1 million price tag

The website Trumpcard.gov, complete with an "apply now" button, allows interested applicants to pay
11 December 2025, 05:27 AM

US seizes sanctioned oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says

Signals new effort to go after Venezuela's main revenue source
11 December 2025, 02:39 AM

US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories

The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to an official notice.
10 December 2025, 18:25 PM

Trump supporters say prices too high, but president has cure

Several told AFP they are worried about high prices but stopped short of blaming the 79-year-old billionaire
10 December 2025, 02:09 AM

Huge rotating structure in cosmos detected

Scientists have observed the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos - a gargantuan thread-like assemblage of hundreds of galaxies, gas and dark matter that makes up a filament in the macrostructure of the universe called the cosmic web.
9 December 2025, 18:43 PM

Rising living costs dim holiday sparkle for US households

Republican President Donald Trump too has acknowledged an affordability "problem" recently, after repeatedly dismissing it as a "hoax" and a "con job" by rival Democrats
9 December 2025, 02:45 AM

Trump says 'a little bit disappointed' Zelensky has not read peace proposal

The US plan has been through several drafts since it first emerged last month
8 December 2025, 05:40 AM

Trump airs doubt about Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros.

US President Donald Trump commented Sunday on Netflix's effort to acquire storied Hollywood studio Warner Bros., saying the streaming giant already has "a very large market share" and "it could be a problem.
8 December 2025, 01:58 AM

At the 2026 World Cup draw, the winner is ... Donald Trump

Trump awarded FIFA's inaugural peace prize for promoting dialogue
6 December 2025, 05:38 AM

US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries

The US plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Thursday.
5 December 2025, 18:52 PM

Trump strategy shifts from global role

President Donald Trump laid out a radical realignment of US foreign policy yesterday, shifting the longtime superpower’s focus from global to regional, brutally criticizing Europe as facing “civilizational erasure” and putting a top priority on eliminating mass migration.
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM

US vaccine committee scraps recommendation for hepatitis B shot in newborns

Although a win for Robert F Kennedy Jr, the move will reverse decades of public health gains
5 December 2025, 16:04 PM

Bribery case: Trump pardons Democratic congressman

US President Donald Trump has pardoned a Democratic member of Congress in a bribery case, saying the justice system had been “weaponized” by his predecessor Joe Biden.
4 December 2025, 18:26 PM