Experts who spoke to the BBC said any major breakthroughs on AI or other issues are unlikely to occur during the Trump-Xi meetings this week. Then there is Taiwan, which remains a diplomatic thorn. The US Congress has approved a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Taiwan that awaits Trump’s signature. He has held off for now,
White House officials are defending U.S. President Donald Trump‘s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico, claiming that it does not violate the First Amendment. A Tuesday court filing obtained by The New York Times alleges that the news outlets had breached standards of conduct, accusing them of “trafficking in verifiable falsehoods about national security
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday, as it continues to transform a program that at one point served as a pathway to safety for people fleeing war and strife from countries around the world.
Fox News Washington bureau chief Bryan Boughton, who currently holds the rotating role covering the White House, wrote in an email seen by the BBC on Monday that “effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage” of President Trump. In a joint statement, the five networks said: “The public
President Donald Trump has long had an antagonistic relationship with the press. He famously popularized the phrase “fake news” and has called reporters “the enemy of the people.” Yet the president is also more accessible to reporters than his recent predecessors, making media appearances on roughly 80% of his days in office during stretches of
CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they will sue the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House. President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the three organisations of writing “fiction or lies” about his government. The companies said their reporters were denied access and had
