Donald Trump

View from the US: Donald Trump’s election

In anticipation of the election, a growing portion of Bangladeshis reported dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party.
15 January 2025, 10:48 AM

Trump's return threatens resurgence of trade wars

Even before taking office, Trump has raised the prospect of fresh levies on companies, countries and groups of states as he seeks to implement his agenda
14 January 2025, 09:17 AM

Trump denies report that his team is eyeing pared-back tariffs

Trump responded on his Truth Social platform after the Washington Post cited three sources familiar with the matter as saying that Trump aides were exploring a narrower approach to tariffs
7 January 2025, 06:10 AM

Judge to sentence Trump before inauguration in hush money case

Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former president ever convicted of a crime, can appear either in person or virtually at his January 10 sentencing.
4 January 2025, 02:05 AM

Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban

Trump was fiercely opposed to TikTok during his 2017-21 first term, and tried in vain to ban the video app on national security grounds.
28 December 2024, 01:32 AM

Musk, president? Trump says 'not happening'

The US Constitution requires that a president be a natural-born US citizen.
23 December 2024, 09:06 AM

Trump threatens to take back control of Panama Canal

The Panama Canal, which was completed by the United States in 1914, was returned to the Central American country under a 1977 deal signed by Democratic president Jimmy Carter.
22 December 2024, 04:06 AM

Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction on immunity grounds

Trump's lawyers are separately trying to have the verdict overturned on separate grounds in the wake of his defeat of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 election.
17 December 2024, 03:51 AM

ABC News settles $15 mn defamation suit with Donald Trump

The news organization and Stephanopoulos will also issue public apologies saying they "regret statements" made about Trump during the aforementioned interview
15 December 2024, 03:30 AM

US-China officials to hold economic talks before Trump return

Economic and trade tensions between Washington and Beijing have continued to flare during Biden's time in office.
12 December 2024, 05:39 AM

Biden says Trump economic plan will be 'disaster'

The lame-duck president's speech comes after Trump won a second term largely on the back of US voters' anger at high costs of living under Democrats.
11 December 2024, 05:22 AM

Trump's team to discuss online drug sales with tech giants

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has reached out to major tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, Meta, Snap, and TikTok, for a meeting to address the issue of illegal drug sales online, according to a report by The Information.
9 December 2024, 09:06 AM

Trump says Russia abandoned Syria's Assad, never should have been involved

"Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by (President) Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
8 December 2024, 10:22 AM

Mystery, volatility, Trump: the Bitcoin phenomenon

Donald Trump won the US election promising to make the country the "bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital of the world":
5 December 2024, 06:15 AM

US universities ask international students to return before Trump takes office

There is fear amongst international students about immigration and visas. 
3 December 2024, 10:16 AM

OpenAI's Altman confident Trump will keep US in AI lead

"We need to build that here and we need to be able to have the best AI infrastructure in the world to be able to lead with the technology and the capabilities," he said.
2 December 2024, 06:46 AM

Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

The 40-year-old chief executive of Meta -- which owns Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp -- has been carefully trying to mend ties with Trump.
28 November 2024, 05:13 AM

Most Asian markets drop, dollar gains as Trump fires tariff warning

The former and next president said on his Truth Social account that he would hammer the United States' largest trading partners in response to the illegal drug trade and immigration
26 November 2024, 07:31 AM

Judge tosses Trump 2020 election case after prosecutors' request

The order from US District Judge Tanya Chutkan puts an end to the federal effort to hold Trump criminally responsible for his attempts to hold onto power after losing the 2020 election, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
26 November 2024, 00:29 AM

Scott Bessent a credible, safe pick for Treasury: experts

Earlier this month on Fox News, Bessent defended the potential use of tariffs as a means to raise revenue for the government
24 November 2024, 06:57 AM