The U.S. imposed 10% tariffs on goods purchased from India and 16 other countries over the issue of the use of forced labour in the production of such items. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the new tariffs on 60 countries under Section 301 of the Trade Act on Friday (July 24, 2026), a day … Read more
The United States has approved only one applicant so far under President Donald Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa programme. According to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the visa programme will offer US residency in exchange for a $1 million fee.Testifying before a US House committee on Thursday, Lutnick said that the identity of the approved applicant was … Read more
Among Silicon Valley elites where tech titans have largely aligned with President Donald Trump’s purportedly race-driven MAGA vision, Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has been an outlier. Exceptional as his opposition to Trump has been, the billionaire tech savant has set off a political and cultural firestorm this week with a blunt message aimed at … Read more
President Donald Trump railed against JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its leader Jamie Dimon, threatening to sue the banking giant over his claim that he was debanked after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In a post Saturday, Trump responded to a Wall Street Journal story that said Trump offered Dimon the role of Federal … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Monday warned that Washington could face severe financial repercussions if the Supreme Court rules his sweeping global tariffs illegal. The warning comes as the country’s top court prepares to hear the high-stakes case this week.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “If the Supreme Court rules against the United … Read more
US President Donald Trump said he would put an additional 10% tariff on any country aligning themselves with “the Anti-American policies of BRICS,” injecting further uncertainty as the US continues to negotiate levies with trading partners. “Any Country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff,” Trump said … Read more
Marking a high-profile legislative win early in his second term, US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed what he called the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” into law during a celebratory Fourth of July ceremony at the White House.The landmark measure, described by Trump as delivering on several key campaign promises, includes broad tax cuts, significant … Read more
With just 10 days to go until US President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs are set to resume, the White House appears poised to fall short of the sweeping global trade reforms it promised to achieve during the three months they were on hold. Agreements with as many as a dozen of the US’s largest trading … Read more
Billionaire and world’s richest person, Elon Musk, on May 28 announced he is exiting the Donald Trump-led administration, and leaving as head of the US Department of Government Efficiency, more commonly known as DOGE. “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President@realDonaldTrump for the … Read more