
US President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for Washington, D.C., as a sewage line collapse and spill continued to tarnish the Potomac River. ...

US President Donald Trump said that he will raise the new global tariff to 15 per cent, one day after he announced a 10 per cent worldwide duty following a heavy blow from the Supreme Court. ...

The US trade deficit widened sharply in December, capping a year in which America’s goods gap with India reached $58.2 billion....

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing a rule to reduce the incentive for aliens to file fraudulent asylum claims so they can obtain work authorizations....

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that the Trump administration will continue to execute the President’s trade agenda despite the Supreme Court’s ruling limiting the use of emergency tariff powers, stressing that alternative legal tools are already being deployed. ...

US First Lady Melania Trump entered her 2025 inaugural gown into the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, calling it proof that “America’s fashion industry can lead the rest of the world.” ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made clear that tariffs will remain a central tool of President Donald Trump’s economic strategy, even after a Supreme Court ruling limited the administration’s use of one legal authority to impose them. ...

The United States firmly rejected global governance of artificial intelligence while urging nations to adopt what it called a sovereign AI model built on the American technology stack, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. ...

US business groups, advocacy organisations and lawmakers welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs, calling the decision a reaffirmation of congressional authority and a relief for businesses. ...

A senior Democratic lawmaker has left his State of the Union guest seat empty to honour a 73-year-old Indian grandmother who was detained and deported by US immigration authorities. ...