
The Guardian - 15 hours 25 min ago
Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms Iran is awaiting an official US response to its proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East war as Donald Trump was reported to have rejected the deal. Iran raised the diplomatic initiative at the UN general assembly in New York, saying it had been transmitted to the Americans via Qatari mediators and could reopen the strategic waterway and put an end to hostilities...

The Guardian - 18 hours 57 min ago
The French president's resolve seems to have rubbed off on the leaders of other middle powers' On the first day of the United Nations general assembly this week, two world leaders outlined competing visions for the future. Donald Trump's speech was disturbingly familiar to those he's given before: a litany of false boasts and odd tangents, peppered with grim military threats against a variety of nation states. Discussing his seven-month war with Iran, he mused over whether to "annihilate...

The Guardian - 18 hours 57 min ago
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans stray from the script Donald Trump stood before the United Nations on Tuesday and threatened to "annihilate" Iran . Yet even as the most powerful man on the planet flexed his military muscles, he was powerless to keep the gravitational pull of domestic politics at bay. Heading into the UN building in New York , the US president was questioned by Kaitlan Collins , an anchor at CNN , which he had banned...

BBC - 19 hours 48 min ago
CNN was scheduled to fly with US President Donald Trump for his trip to Tennessee on Saturday.

The Guardian - 19 hours 57 min ago
From a difficult economic landscape to decisions on oil and gas drilling, welfare spending and the Chagos Islands, we look at what's on the horizon Andy Burnham is riding high ahead of the Labour party conference after a successful first meeting with Donald Trump, and with his party faithful excited by their uplift in the polls. He plans to bring a message of hope and optimism to the autumn gathering in Liverpool, and will benefit from goodwill among members as he makes his first speech as leader...

CNBC - 19 hours 57 min ago
In May, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Donald Trump whether the countries could avoid destructive rivalry. Now, it seems, he thinks they can...

NPR - 20 hours 15 min ago
The White House has signaled that CNN will be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip in the latest media restriction in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications.

The Raw Story - 21 hours 57 min ago
Donald Trump Jr.'s ex-fianc e has used her ambassadorship to promote one foreign firm while keeping its paid lobbyist at her side. Kimberly Guilfoyle , whom President Donald Trump named ambassador to Greece, has repeatedly pressed Balkan governments to work with Aktor Group, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Aktor is a Greek construction company that only recently moved into the natural gas business. Christos Marafatsos, who lobbies for the firm, has joined Guilfoyle at so many meetings...

Deadline Hollywood - 22 hours 39 min ago
The White House has blocked CNN from flying on Air Force One as the TV pool network traveling with Donald Trump on his trip to Tennessee on Saturday. A CNN spokesperson confirmed reports that the network was pulled from its scheduled rotation providing coverage of the president. Trump banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW from […]...

Huffington Post - 22 hours 42 min ago
President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress.

The Guardian - 23 hours 26 min ago
Outlet had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, network said Friday The White House has blocked CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One on Saturday, impeding its TV press pool duties in the latest escalation of the administration's battle with the news media. CNN had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, the network said on Friday . The White House confirmed CNN's exclusion when it did not list the network...

The Guardian - 23 hours 57 min ago
President using rare power to revoke expenditure with bipartisan approval to aid immigrant services Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1bn in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. Trump's office of management and budget described the funding cut as focused on "the most harmful government spending". Continue reading...