European Union leaders have been clear that they want to negotiate with the United States on trade to avoid a full-blown conflict. But with no deal in sight, officials announced a plan on Wednesday that is meant to hit back hard as steel and aluminum tariffs come into effect.President Trump has imposed 25 percent tariffs […]
Canada to impose 25% tariffs on nearly $30bn in US imports as trade war flaresIn response to 25% tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on steel and aluminum imports, Canada’s finance minister, Dominic LeBlanc, says his country will tomorrow retaliate with levies of the same amount on almost $30bn in imports from the United States.“I am […]
NASA on Tuesday said it has dismissed its chief scientist Katherine Calvin and 22 others in her office to comply with President Donald Trump’s orders. The move is the latest in a series of administration actions that have reduced the priority of research in the US.An AFP report, citing a spokesperson, said that while the […]
NASA will close several offices and reduce its workforce to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump.NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy will be shuttered, as will the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Accessibility Branch of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the agency […]
On this week’s edition of FNC’s “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for how he handled himself at the White House weeks earlier. However, the South Carolina Republican warned if the United States pulled the plug on Ukraine, the result would be “worse than Afghanistan.” Host Maria Bartiromo said, […]
There has been “significant success” on the border, President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, giving an example by noting that the number of daily apprehensions has decreased dramatically under Trump’s leadership. “President Trump’s a game changer,” Homan said. “I said from day one, ‘When he wins […]
One of President Donald Trump’s golf courses in Scotland was vandalised by a group of “pro-Palestinian” protesters, who defaced the property with graffiti and dug up the greens. The Palestine Action group claimed responsibility on Saturday for multiple acts of vandalism at the Trump Turnberry golf resort in South Ayrshire, Scotland. One of the buildings was splattered with […]
But the Golden Dome project will not come to fruition without novel technologies—for which development might not be easy. The U.S. Space Force is undertaking a significant defense project, known as the “Golden Dome,” as part of a new initiative under the Trump administration. The initiative, which hopes to establish comprehensive air and missile defenses […]
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On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz praised the Trump administration for ending $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University and stated that we have to “smash these bureaucracies, this intersectionality, and the DEI. All of this is destroying higher education.” Dershowitz said that the Columbia move […]