Donald Trump

Trump campaign paid lawyer now representing son $50,000 in June

Donald Trump's campaign paid $50,000 to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. a little more than a week before news surfaced of an unreported meeting with a Russian attorney that has prompted new accusations of collusion.
16 July 2017, 08:50 AM

Trump says discussed forming cyber security unit with Putin

US President Donald Trump says in a tweet that he discuss forming a cyber security unit to guard against election hacking with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
9 July 2017, 04:26 AM

Trump backs NATO as he warns future of the West at stake

US President Donald Trump pledges his backing for NATO at the start of a high-stakes visit to Europe as he warned that the future of the West was at risk.
6 July 2017, 15:06 PM

Climate change could greatly widen US inequality: study

If the United States fails to take decisive measures to combat climate change, it will become a poorer country facing more dramatic inequality, according to a study.
30 June 2017, 04:28 AM

EU girds for stormy G20, climate battle with Trump

European leaders vow to defend the landmark Paris climate pact at a G20 summit next week, setting them on collision course with US President Donald Trump at what is expected to be a stormy meeting.
29 June 2017, 14:59 PM

Modi's Trump card

President Donald Trump in a joint statement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following their first meeting at the White House, made terrorism the cornerstone of mutual cooperation between the two countries. The statement went beyond the usual American position and while criticising Pakistan it also echoed Indian concerns regarding the Chinese-led Belt and Road Initiative.
28 June 2017, 18:00 PM

A reality check

On June 1 President Trump declared his administration's intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement (PA).
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Can US states right Trump's wrongs?

US President Donald Trump, with the help of a Republican-controlled Congress, is undermining many of the fundamental values that Americans hold dear.
14 June 2017, 18:00 PM

US bars throwing 'covfefe' parties for televised Comey testimony

US bars are offering $5 Russian vodka drinks, “impeachmint” cocktails and free drinks with every presidential tweet to draw crowds to watch fired FBI Director James Comey's televised testimony to Congress.
9 June 2017, 06:05 AM

Ex-FBI chief Comey says Trump pressured him on Russia probe

Fired FBI director James Comey says that Donald Trump urged him to drop a probe into former national security advisor Michael Flynn, prompting fresh allegations that the US president tried to obstruct justice.
8 June 2017, 04:30 AM

Stay the course with Rouhani

Hassan Rouhani has won re-election as Iran's president in a landslide, meaning that it is he who will be dealing with an antagonistic US President Donald Trump.
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump, in tweets, defends his sharing of information with Russians

US President Donald Trump defends his decision to disclose information to Russian officials during a White House meeting last week, saying he had an "absolute right" to share "facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety."
16 May 2017, 12:35 PM

US President Donald Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

US President Donald Trump ignites a political firestorm by firing FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign's possible collusion with Russia to influence the election outcome.
10 May 2017, 04:18 AM

Trump son-in-law Kushner to face Russia investigation panel

Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner will appear before a Senate panel investigating Russian interference in the US election, the White House said Monday.
28 March 2017, 04:58 AM

Trump tax bill revealed in fresh leak

The White House said President Donald Trump earned $150 million in 2005 and paid over $38 million in taxes, revealing previously undisclosed details as his tax return for that year was leaked.
15 March 2017, 04:26 AM

CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release: US officials

Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, US intelligence and law enforcement officials say.
9 March 2017, 10:51 AM

How Trump is testing democracy

World leaders seem to be at a loss about how to approach relations with US President Donald Trump, given his worrying positions and often-bizarre behaviour toward politicians and the media, allies and enemies alike.
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM

How war on Islam became central to the Trump doctrine

It was the moment the world sat up and started to take notice of the US presidential campaign. Donald Trump had made headlines before, in June 2015, when he had called for a “great, great wall” along the Mexican border.
2 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Football: Trump policies cloud potential US World Cup bid

President Donald Trump's controversial immigration policies could hurt an expected U.S. bid to host the 2026 World Cup although plenty of time remains for concerns to ease before the decision by world soccer's governing body FIFA.
1 February 2017, 08:58 AM

An American Brexit?

It was beyond the imagination, even of the many diehard 'Trumpians' who, reportedly, were invoking a miracle for a Trump win.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM