The TOI Correspondent from Washington: The India-born President of Tufts University and an Indian-American judge are caught up in the turbulence surrounding the detention and prospective deportation of a Turkish scholar Rumeysa Ozturk, accused of pro-Hamas activism on the campus of an institution with more than 1200 international students, and strong ties with India. Sunil…
From left, FBI director Kash Patel, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA director John Ratcliffe, and defense intelligence agency director Jeffrey Kruse, appear as the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats, at the Capitol, in Washington. (Pic credit: AP) The shocking national security breach within US President Donald Trump’s administration has…
Indian research scholar Badar Khan Suri (File photo) A federal judge on Thursday ordered US immigration officials not to deport Indian research scholar Badar Khan Suri, who was detained earlier this week by the Trump administration. Suri’s legal team is fighting for his immediate release, arguing that he is being targeted for his academic work…
Violent attacks on Tesla dealerships spike as Musk takes prominent role in Trump White House (Photo-AP) TOI Correspondent from Washington: Tesla is getting torched — both in showrooms and on the stock market. And President Trump, his major domo Elon Musk, and MAGA are getting real mad. Once viewed as an icon of liberals, the…
NEW DELHI: Amid increasing fears of US isolationism under President Trump, visiting Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday that the president’s America First policy should not be misunderstood as “America alone”. Addressing the Raisina Dialogue, she said America First is similar to PM Modi’s commitment to India First.“This is the expectation of any…
WASHINGTON : The smackdown was swift, but the blowback was brutal. The Trump White House on Monday reaped a whirlwind in history after sowing the wind with a snarky putdown to a French politician’s suggestion that the United States should return the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, because Americans have chosen tyranny over…
The White House has confirmed that multiple Houthi leaders were killed in US airstrikes in Yemen on Saturday, while issuing a stark warning to Iran over its backing of the rebel group and its attacks on Red Sea shipping.National Security Adviser Michael Waltz stated that the strikes had successfully “targeted multiple Houthi leaders and took…
US President Donald Trump (File Photo/AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration is finalizing a three-level travel restriction that would curtail entry to the United States by citizens from 41 countries, including a “red list” of 11 countries, notably Afghanistan and surprisingly Bhutan, for whom doors to the US would be closed. India and…
TOI correspondent from Washington: An Indian doctoral candidate at Columbia University — alma mater of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, architect of India’s constitution among other desi luminaries — has self-deported from the US after the Trump administration, calling her a “terrorist sympathiser,” revoked her student visa last week.The Department of Homeland Security released video footage at…
US Vice President JD Vance gave his insights on various policies and concerns as the Trump administration establishes its stronghold after coming back to the White House in January.During the Fox News‘ “The Ingraham Angle” on Thursday, he addresses multiple topics including deportation of green card holders, immigration, border security and trade policies. Deportation of…
