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Trump moves to strengthen U.S. sanctions on Cuba
Washington – President Donald Trump has instructed his top Cabinet officers to review U.S. policy toward Cuba, ordering them to examine current sanctions and come up with ways to toughen them within 30 days. In a memo Monday, Trump said the...

U.S Senate in deliberations to pass Trump’s $4.5T Budget Bill
Senate Grinds Through Heated Debate as Trump’s Budget Bill Edges Toward Final Vote WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate entered the final stretch Monday in a high-stakes push to pass former President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill. The...

Trump Suggests DOGE Review Musk’s Companies To Cut Federal Spending
Home United States Trump Suggests DOGE Review Musk’s Companies To Cut Federal Spending Trump's comments come after billionaire Elon Musk renewed his criticism on Monday of Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill, vowing to unseat lawmakers who...

U.S Trump lifts Syria sanctions in new foreign policy shift
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has formally ended wide-reaching U.S. sanctions against Syria, six months after Bashar al-Assad was overthrown. The move clears a path for Syria’s economic recovery and signals a significant shift in...

Trump Scraps 50 Years of U.S. Sanctions on Syria
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order lifting the majority of U.S. sanctions on Syria dating back to the 1970s, marking a significant move toward restoring ties and offering the war-ravaged nation a path to normalization with...

U.S. Dollar Extends Fall As Trump's Tax Bill And Tariffs Weigh
The U.S. dollar continued to trade lower against other major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday, as markets anticipated a vote on U.S. President Donald Trump's historic tax and spending bill. Traders' sentiment was dampened by a protracted...
U.S. imposes tougher policy on Cuba
HOUSTON, June 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Monday to toughen U.S. policy on Cuba, including restrictions on certain financial transactions and travel. According to a fact sheet issued by the White House, the...

U.S. News & World Report Unveils The 2025-2026 Best Companies To Work For: Private Companies
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) The latest ratings spotlight private companies that meet employee needs best across 14 industries, including Aerospace and Defense, IT and Health Care. WASHINGTON, July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report, the...

U.S. Supreme Court to take up venue dispute between Michigan, Enbridge in Line 5 suit
By Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News The U.S. Supreme Court will review whether Enbridge Energy properly removed a case to federal court that was filed against it by the state of Michigan. Enbridge’s appeal seeks a federal court venue for a...
U.S. companies leverage China's market, supply chain, innovation boom
TIANJIN, July 1 (Xinhua) -- As a barometer of global economic shifts and industrial transformation, the 2025 Summer Davos Forum held in north China's harbor city of Tianjin has drawn renewed attention to the country's evolving role in the world...

U.S., Canada Restart Trade Negotiations
(MENAFN) In a significant breakthrough, Kevin Hassett, top economic advisor to US President Donald Trump, confirmed on Monday that trade discussions with Canada are "immediately" restarting following Canada's decision to halt its controversial...

U.S. Stocks Rally on Resumption of Trade Talks with Canada
(MENAFN) US stocks surged Monday, driven by investor optimism following Canada's decision to withdraw its digital services tax (DST), paving the way for renewed trade discussions with the US. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.63%, or 275.5...

U.S. gov't nabs 29 'laptop farms' used by North Korean IT workers to access American companies
Published: 01 Jul. 2025, 14:02 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI Four North Korean nationals, Kim Kwang-jin, Kang Tae-bok, Jong Pong-ju, and Chang Nam-il, who have been charged in a five-count wire fraud and money laundering...

U.S. Senate debates whether to adopt revised state AI regulation ban
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick voiced his support for the revised measure, calling it a pragmatic compromise [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Two key U.S. Republican senators agreed to a revised federal moratorium on state regulation of...

U.S. Department of Labor to Stop Seeking Liquidated Damages in Wage and Hour Investigations
On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-3 (FAB 2025-3), advising that it will no longer request or attempt to collect liquidated damages in connection with the...

Trump moves to toughen U.S. policy on Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has instructed his top Cabinet officers to review U.S. policy toward Cuba, ordering them to examine current sanctions and come up with ways to toughen them within 30 days. In a memo Monday, Trump said the...

U.S., Canada Reopen Trade Talks
(MENAFN) In a significant shift in North American trade dynamics, U.S. President Donald Trump's chief economic advisor, Kevin Hassett, announced on Monday that the United States is "immediately" restarting trade discussions with Canada. This...
Trump Gift For Syria's Islamist Regime: U.S. Lifts Sanctions, Extends Support To Al-Sharaa Government
Khamenei GREENLIGHTS War? Iran IDENTIFIES New Israeli-American Targets To Deliver 'Crushing Response' Iran has issued the strongest warning yet to Israel and the U.S., as tensions hit boiling point. After Khamenei’s latest threats, top Israeli...

Trump Asserts TikTok Has Buyers as U.S. Pressure on ByteDance Builds
In a recent interview on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures, former President Donald Trump revealed that he has lined up “very wealthy people” interested in purchasing TikTok, currently owned by China-based ByteDance. This announcement came as...

U.S. Senate’s marathon voting session on Trump’s big bill enters second day
Open this photo in gallery:Senate staffers work in front of the U.S. Capitol as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill on Monday.Nathan Howard/Reuters The Senate’s long day of voting...