Donald Trump highlights: Marco Rubio is the first member of Donald Trump’s second administration whose position was confirmed by the Senate.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Donald Trump highlights: US President Donald Trump, who recently took office for the second time, has issued a new batch of executive orders while escalating his plans for a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country. Trump notably signed an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.…Read More
He also signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will revoke past government policies that “act as barriers to American AI innovation.”
One of his new orders is also aimed at the formation of an internal working group on crypto currency aimed at making America the world capital in crypto. The order also prohibits the establishment of central bank digital currencies.
In a series of executive orders signed on his first day in office, Trump declared plans to tighten border security and expedite deportations of illegal immigrants in the country. Trump has also taken steps to punish officials who resist enforcement of his orders.
On Thursday, raids were conducted in New Jersey by government officials arresting undocumented immigrants as well as US citizens.
New Jersey’s mayor Ras Baraka has condemned the action stating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents failed to produce a warrant as they detained not only undocumented citizens but also legal residents.
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Jan 25, 2025 2:56 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has paused all ongoing environmental litigation and reassigned four career Justice Department attorneys specializing in environmental issues, according to three sources familiar with the matter, as reported by Reuters on Friday.
The four officials, who are career employees rather than political appointees, were moved from their roles overseeing the natural resources, environmental enforcement, appellate, and environmental crimes sections. This is part of a series of similar actions as the new Republican administration restructures the federal government’s 2.2 million-strong workforce.
Jan 25, 2025 12:57 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump pledged to back anti-abortion protesters during his second term as tens of thousands gathered in Washington for the annual March for Life on Friday.
In a pre-recorded video message, Trump stated, “We will again stand proudly for families and for life.”
For decades, protesters travelled to Washington to push for the repeal of Roe v. Wade, which protected abortion rights. With the Roe decision overturned in 2022, the protesters now find themselves in a stronger position, as they seek to capitalize on the shift with Trump returning to the White House and Republicans in control of Congress.
Jan 24, 2025 11:55 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he has revoked security protection for Anthony Fauci, his former Covid advisor, who has faced death threats due to his pandemic response, AFP reported.
Speaking to reporters in North Carolina while inspecting flood damage, Trump said, “You can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government.”
Earlier this week, Trump also withdrew Secret Service protection from former national security advisor John Bolton.
According to The New York Times, Trump has similarly revoked government security for former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and a key Pompeo aide, Brian Hook.
Jan 24, 2025 10:51 PM IST
Donald Trump arrived in hurricane-hit North Carolina on Friday on his first official trip of his second term. “FEMA has really let us down. Let the country down. I don’t know if that’s Biden’s fault or whose fault it is, but we’re going to take over an we’re going to do a good job,” he told the media after landing at North Carolina.
He is also scheduled to visit Los Angeles that is battling with uncontrollable wildfires.
Jan 24, 2025 10:12 PM IST
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi by phone on Friday, China’s foreign ministry said, the first call between the two top diplomats since President Donald Trump’s administration took office on Monday, reported news agency Reuters.
The call is the first publicly disclosed contact between an official in the second Trump administration and a Chinese counterpart.
According to a Chinese foreign ministry readout of the call, the two discussed US-China relations and Taiwan.
Jan 24, 2025 9:28 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: A federal judge has barred Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and some other Jan. 6 defendants from entering Washington, D.C., as well as the U.S. Capitol, as a condition of their release from prison.
“You must not knowingly enter the District of Columbia without first obtaining the permission from the Court,” read the order signed by Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Jan 24, 2025 8:48 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: “He is not only a smart person, but a pragmatic person. I have a hard time imagining there will be decisions taken that are detrimental to the American economy,” Putin told state media.
Jan 24, 2025 8:20 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: “We have common topics to discuss with the US administration such as strategic stability, oil,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said to state media.
Jan 24, 2025 7:42 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Mexico President Claudia Sheinbuam has told reporters she has appointed a team of lawyers in place to analyse the ‘impact’ of US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Mexican drug cartels are ‘terrorist groups.’
Sheinbuam added that the Trump decree is not ‘helpful,’ and that collaboration between both governments would be ‘better.’
Jan 24, 2025 7:27 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The White House on Friday said that deportation of illegal immigrants from the United States has begun as it shared photos of people boarding a military aircraft.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, in a post on X, said that President Donald Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world. Read more
Jan 24, 2025 6:43 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas has invited Marco Rubio, the new US Secretary of State, a meeting with the bloc in Brussels.
“In my letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, I offered an open invitation for his participation in one of our meetings at his earliest convenience,” Kallas wrote to EU foreign ministers.
Jan 24, 2025 6:13 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: UK’s business and trade secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has told the BBC that the United States did not have a trade deficit with the UK on manufactured goods, which would make tariffs unnecessary.
“We’ve obviously got a services-based economy. The US does not have that deficit with us so if that’s the logic of that position, I think we’ve got an argument to engage with,” said Reynolds.
Jan 24, 2025 5:43 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The Afghan USRAP Refugees advocacy group has urged Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif to ‘ease’ a visa regime on ‘humanitarian grounds’ after President Donald Trump paused the US refugee programmes.
Jan 24, 2025 5:18 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump’s blitz of executive actions align with many of the ideas promoted in a conservative policy blueprint he once distanced himself from.
A Bloomberg Government analysis found that dozens of executive actions rolled out by the new administration this week mirror recommendations in the sweeping plan. In all, more than 30 out of Trump’s 47 initial executive actions as of Thursday afternoon match or partially align with ideas promoted in Project 2025, the analysis found.
(Bloomberg)
Jan 24, 2025 4:50 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: “For Indian nationals, whether in the United States or elsewhere, if they are overstaying or residing in a country without proper documentation, we will bring them back, provided the necessary documents to verify their nationality are shared with us,” said Randhir Jaiswal, official spokesperson for the ministry of external affairs (MEA). Read more
Jan 24, 2025 4:15 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: “All states are entitled to exercise their jurisdiction along their international borders, (but) they need to do so in line with their human rights obligations. The right to seek asylum is a universally recognised human right,” UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.
Jan 24, 2025 3:48 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Earlier, US President Donald Trump said, “My message to every business in the world is very simple. Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth. But if you don’t make your product in America, you will have to pay a tariff.”
Jan 24, 2025 3:20 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskvo has said ‘the ball is in Washington’s court,’ after US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted to ‘work towards cutting nuclear arms.’
“President Vladimir Putin has made clear he wants to restart nuclear arms cuts talks as soon as possible,” Peskov said.
Jan 24, 2025 2:43 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The World Health Organization will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after the U.S. announced its exit, its chief told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters.
“This announcement has made our financial situation more acute…,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a memo to staff dated Jan. 23. It said that the agency planned to significantly reduce travel expenditure and halt recruitment as part of a series of cost-saving measures.
Jan 24, 2025 2:18 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told NBC News he is “very grateful to President Trump” for signing an executive order today to declassify documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his late uncle, and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, his father.
“I think it’s a great move, because they need to have more transparency in our government, and he’s keeping his promise to have the government tell the truth to the American people about everything,” Kennedy said.
Jan 24, 2025 2:00 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump’s decision to categorize the Houthi militant group in Yemen as a terrorist organization marks “the beginning of their end,”, according to the vice president of Yemen’s United Nations-recognized government.
Yemeni Vice President Aidarous al-Zubaidi said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The decision will further boost the US’s “momentum in the region” at a time when Iran “has become toothless,” Zubaidi said.
Jan 24, 2025 1:21 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to Los Angeles, with wildfires continuing to burn, the President had criticising the state’s water policies.
In a memorandum titled “Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California”, Trump directed the agencies to allowed more water to be pumped for agriculture and cities against state environmental regulations.
“The recent deadly and historically destructive wildfires in southern California underscore why the state of California needs a reliable water supply and sound vegetation management practices in order to provide water desperately needed there, and why this plan must immediately be reimplemented,” the memo read.
Jan 24, 2025 1:04 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: A Haitian man who was arrested as part of raids by ICE agents to deport illegal immigrants cursed Trump as well as Biden.
Jan 24, 2025 12:49 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: A lawsuit has been filed against Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship by five pregnant women and several immigrant groups who have warned that the directive could render babies born to some asylum-seekers “stateless,” reported NBC News.
Jan 24, 2025 12:30 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded that OPEC countries lower oil prices in a speech via video to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately. And likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. “I’m also going to ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the cost of oil.” Trump said.
Jan 24, 2025 12:00 PM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US authorities have arrested 538 illegal migrants and deported hundreds in a mass operation according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Jan 24, 2025 11:46 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile said he would welcome tariffs against China by US President Donald Trump.
“The only way China will listen to others is when they don’t have money to splurge on ‘Belt and Road’ initiatives, create all these debt economies,” he said.
Jan 24, 2025 11:34 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The Justice Department plans to file papers next week to urge a Seattle judge to not extend a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s executive order on ending birthright citizenship.
A Justice Department spokesperson said that they plan to “vigorously defend” Trump’s order.
“We look forward to presenting a full merits argument to the court and to the American people, who are desperate to see our nation’s laws enforced,” the spokesperson said.
Jan 24, 2025 11:20 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: In a video posted on X, President Donald Trump announced low taxation rates for businesses ready to make their products in America.
“My message to every business in the world is very simple.Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth. But if you don’t make your product in America, you will have to pay a tariff,” he said.
Jan 24, 2025 11:08 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Congressman Jerrold Nadler, senior Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee slammed President Trump for his hardline immigration policies, including an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.
“Right now, if both parents have H-1B status, a child was born abroad, but who has lived in the United States for nearly their entire lives must leave the country when they turn 21 unless they have their own immigration status,” he said on Thursday.
“Does it make sense to send children who are born in the United States to countries that they don’t know, may never have been to and where they have no support network?” Nadler asked.
Jan 24, 2025 10:55 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump will visit western North Carolina which has been dealing with hurricanes and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, for the first trip of his second term in office.
The Republican president has criticized former President Joe Biden for his administration’s response in North Carolina, and expressed contempt on California leaders for water policies that he blames for the fires.
Jan 24, 2025 10:46 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said that he will issue an order removing windmills as an energy source.
“We don’t want windmills in this country. I’m going to put it — we’re putting an order out. I’ve already sort of done it. We don’t want windmills,” Trump said in a Fox News interview.
Jan 24, 2025 10:33 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Outgoing Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that American consumers will have to pay more if President Donald Trump decides to apply 25% tariffs on Canadian products.
Trudeau said that Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs and that “prices for American consumers on just about everything will go up.”
“We don’t think he wants that,” Trudeau said.
Jan 24, 2025 10:10 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: China’s currency Yuan gained after Donald Trump said in an interview that he would rather not have to use tariffs against China.
Previously, the Yuan had slipped against the dollar due to Trump’s threat that a 10% tariff was being considered on all Chinese imports due to China’s role in the global fentanyl supply chain.
Jan 24, 2025 9:58 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Kash Patel will appear before a US Senate committee on January 30 for a confirmation hearing to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Patel holds the title for the highest-ranking Indian-American nominated by President Donald Trump in his administration and if confirmed, would be the first-ever Indian American to lead the FBI.
Jan 24, 2025 9:39 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Representative Andy Ogles introduced a resolution that would amend the Constitution and allow Trump to seek a third term in office on Thursday.
“This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs,” Ogles said in a statement, as reported by NBC.
His resolution states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
Jan 24, 2025 9:31 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
The executive order has instructed the director of national intelligence to present a plan within 15 days for the “full and complete release” of all John F. Kennedy assassination records and to release the same for Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy’s assassination in 45 days.
“That’s a big one. A lot of people are waiting for years, for decades. And everything will be revealed,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Jan 24, 2025 9:21 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked former President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the country, calling the policy “blatantly unconstitutional,” reported CNN.
Judge John Coughenour, said it “boggled” his mind that any legal professional would assert the order’s constitutionality.
Jan 24, 2025 9:07 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump on Thursday stated that he would like to avoid levying tariffs on China, after previous declarations that he was considering a 10 per cent duty on Chinese imports due to China’s role in supplying fentanyl to Mexico and Canada.
“We have one very big power over China, and that’s tariffs, and they don’t want them. And I’d rather not have to use it. But it’s a tremendous power over China,” he said.
Jan 24, 2025 8:48 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Donald Trump again criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that he was “no angel” and “shouldn’t have allowed the war to happen”.
In an interview on Thursday he said, “Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful,” Trump said. “He shouldn’t have done that, because we could have made a deal.”
Jan 24, 2025 8:36 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Donald Trump in an interview on Thursday revealed that he plans to reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who he described as a “smart guy.”
“I got along with him. He’s not a religious zealot,” said Trump about Kim Jong Un. A working relationship had been developed between the two leaders during Trump’s first term.
Jan 24, 2025 8:34 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said that his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was “friendly” and that a trade deal could possibly be negotiated between the two countries.
“It went fine. It was a good, friendly conversation,” Trump said in an interview on Thursday.
When asked about whether a deal could be made regarding fair trade practices with China, Trump responded “I can do that.”
Jan 24, 2025 8:30 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the creation of a internal working group tasked with proposing new regulations for cryptocurrency in the country.
The order also banned the creation of central bank digital currencies which could compete with existing cryptocurrencies.
Jan 24, 2025 8:29 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will revoke past government policies which “act as barriers to American AI innovation”, reported AP.
Trump’s order says, “we must develop AI systems that are free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas. Under the order, all existing policies, regulations and orders under Joe Biden’s 2023 AI executive order will be reviewed and rescinded.
The order seeks to use AI to “promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security.”
Jan 24, 2025 8:20 AM IST
Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US immigration agents on Thursday arrested undocumented migrants as well as U.S. citizens during a raid in New Jersey in light of Donald Trump’s executive orders on illegal immigration.
New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka criticised the move saying that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents failed to produce a warrant as they detained “undocumented residents as well as citizens”.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned,” Baraka said.
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