Supreme Court Allows Trump to End TPS Protections for Haitian and Syrian Migrants
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitian and 6,100 Syrian immigrants, removing a humanitarian safeguard that had...
New York Freezes Rents for One Million Regulated Apartments in Landmark Housing Decision
New York City has approved a rent freeze for nearly one million rent-regulated apartments for up to two years, delivering on a major campaign promise made by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. In a 7-1 vote,...
Trump Seeks $11 Billion More in Aid for U.S. Farmers Amid Rising Iran War Costs
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Congress to approve more than $11 billion in additional financial assistance for American farmers grappling with rising fuel and fertilizer costs linked to the Iran war. The proposed...
White House Seeks $1.4 Billion to Strengthen Ebola Outbreak Response
The White House has requested more than $1.4 billion in emergency funding from Congress to combat the expanding Ebola outbreak, including $800 million for humanitarian response efforts. The proposed funding includes the establishment of...
Shopify to Ban Vape Sales Amid U.S. Crackdown on Illegal E-Cigarette Market
Shopify is set to prohibit the sale of all vape products on its e-commerce platform as early as this week, following sustained pressure from a bipartisan coalition of 25 U.S. state attorneys general seeking...
Spain Ex-Transport Minister Sentenced to 24 Years in Major Corruption Case
Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos to 24 years in prison after finding him guilty of multiple corruption offences, including criminal organisation, bribery, embezzlement and influence peddling. The...
US-Iran Interim Accord May Be Signed in Switzerland on Friday
An interim accord between the United States and Iran aimed at helping end the ongoing conflict in the Middle East could be signed on Friday at the Buergenstock mountaintop resort in central Switzerland, according...
U.S., Mexico Resume USMCA Talks as Trump Questions Trade Pact’s Future
U.S. and Mexican negotiators began a second round of talks in Washington on Tuesday aimed at revising the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), with discussions focusing on agriculture and energy. The negotiations come amid uncertainty...
US Halts Anthropic AI Model Access Over National Security Concerns
The U.S. Commerce Department has ordered artificial intelligence company Anthropic to suspend global access to its latest AI models, Mythos and Fable 5, citing concerns that the technology could be exploited by military intelligence...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Judge Pauline Newman’s Appeal Against Suspension
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from 98-year-old federal judge Pauline Newman, leaving in place her suspension from judicial duties that was imposed in 2023 during an investigation into her...