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…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration has a clear message to foreign students and green card holders who espouse views inimical to the security of the United States: expect to be deported to your home country. In a significantly broader interpretation of existing US laws with regards to deportation of legal residents, Senior Trump…
File photo: Tulsi Gabbard (Picture credit: PTI) The TOI Correspondent from Washington:US intelligence czar, Tulsi Gabbard, a self-professed Hindu-American close to the BJP-RSS establishment, will be the first high-level official from the Trump II administration to visit India later this week, indicating that despite the tangle over tariffs, Washington is keen advance its Indo-Pacific strategy…
Mahmoud Khalil (Image Credit: AP) A US judge on Monday has issued an order to prevent the Trump administration from deporting Palestinian Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained on Saturday night for playing a prominent role in University’s protests against Israel.The court will hear the case on Wednesday and till that Khalil has been…
Seven weeks into President Trump’s second term, Elon Musk has become a disruptive force in Washington, wielding his influence over policy decisions and reshaping political dynamics. His close ties with the White House, unconventional governing style, and aggressive budget cuts have unsettled even Republican lawmakers while energizing Democrats eager to turn him into a campaign…
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio (File photos) A high-stakes White House meeting erupted into a showdown between Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, exposing deep rifts within the Trump administration over the billionaire’s sweeping government overhaul.The meeting that boiled overAccording to a report by the New York Times, the tensions had been…
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said that the United States is “prepared” to go to war with China, following warnings from Beijing over rising trade tensions.Hegseth’s response came amidst an X post from China’s US Embassy, which said, “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war…
