
President Donald Trump and his Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the administration is reasserting US military deterrence, citing strikes, deployments and aggressive action against drug traffickers and pirates. ...

The Trump Administration’s new US National Defense Strategy marks “one of the most significant departures” in US defence priorities since World War II, experts said, describing a turn toward homeland and Western Hemisphere missions and tougher expectations for allies. ...

US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order launching what he called the Great American Recovery Initiative, a national effort aimed at combating addiction and substance abuse by coordinating federal, state, local, and private-sector resources. ...

President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright said coal, natural gas, and nuclear power protected the US electricity grid during a severe cold snap, while criticising wind and solar generation. ...

US President Donald Trump said that Russia agreed not to fire on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities for a week during extreme cold, as his envoy described what he called new momentum in talks since Geneva. ...

A federal grand jury in upstate New York has indicted a 22-year-old suspect for allegedly running a human smuggling operation that brought migrants from Canada into the United States across the northern border, US authorities said. ...

US President Donald Trump on declared a national emergency over what he described as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” posed by the Government of Cuba, ordering the creation of a new tariff system that could penalise countries supplying oil to the island. ...

President Donald Trump used the first Cabinet meeting of his second year in office to claim sweeping economic, security, and foreign policy gains, describing the past year as “the most successful year of any administration in American history.” ...

Emerging market economies have shown notable resilience despite trade disruptions, geopolitical uncertainty, and shifting global financial conditions, senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials said here on Thursday, while warning that risks remain tilted to the downside. ...

India remained among the United States’ key trading partners in November as the US trade deficit widened sharply, due to higher imports and a decline in exports, according to official data released on Thursday. ...