US President Extends Deadline for EU Trade Deal until 9 July
US President Donald Trump has agreed to extend the deadline for negotiating tariffs with the European Union until July 9, following a “good call” with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Last month, Trump imposed a 20% tariff on most EU goods, later halving it to 10% to allow talks. Despite earlier threats to […]
President Trump says US will impose additional 10% tariff on China
Donald Trump said he planned to hit goods from China with a new 10% tariff. Imports from China already face taxes at the border of at least 10%, after a Trump tariff order that went into effect earlier this month. Trump also said yesterday he intended to move forward with threatened 25% tariffs on imports […]
Trump Criticizes Ukraine Over Peace Talks Exclusion
US President, Donald Trump has said he was “disappointed” by Ukraine’s reaction to not being invited to peace talks in Saudi Arabia to end the war with Russia. Trump also appeared to blame Ukraine for starting the war – saying the country “could have made a deal” before the full-scale Russian invasion almost three years […]
US President Biden Announces $2.5bn Military Aid Package for Ukraine
US President, Joe Biden, has announced a $2.5 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Biden, in a statement, noted that the latest aid includes a $1.25 billion military “drawdown package”, which allows the Pentagon to take weapons from US stocks and […]
Biden should drop out of presidential race — Actor George Clooney
The Veteran Hollywood star George Clooney has urged President Joe Biden to drop out of the re-election race, citing his ongoing battle with age. The 63-year old George, writing in an opinion piece published in the New York Times, shared that the Biden of 2020 wasn’t the same man who Americans witnessed at the presidential […]
US President blocks release of interview audio
US President Joe Biden has blocked the release of audio recordings of his interviews from the investigation into his handling of classified files. A letter from the justice department yesterday to Republicans in Congress said Mr Biden had asserted executive privilege, and the recordings would not be released. Republicans had demanded the release of the […]