Lockheed Martin is in talks to buy supplies of two critical minerals from U.S. mines, two sources familiar with the discussions said, as President Donald Trump pressures defense contractors to cut reliance on China. The world’s largest defense contractor is negotiating with NioCorp Developments for the supply of scandium, and Teck Resources and 5N Plus…
Since Truth API was announced, some have raised the potential for insider trading to occur. The practice, which is illegal, involves people making market trades or bets based on information that is not available to the general public. Richard Painter, former chief ethics lawyer to President George W Bush, told the BBC even if Trump…
Twenty five US states sued the administration of US President Donald Trump on Monday over new tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners. The tariffs came into effect in July, targeting countries including the UK and China as well as the European Union, over Washington’s contention that they have failed to…
Iran says it is negotiating with Oman to reach “an understanding” over a temporary route through the Strait of Hormuz to allow commercial shipping to resume. The statement came after US President Donald Trump said new talks on ending the war in Iran would begin on Monday – and that he had called off “massive”…
A letter from Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has confirmed that the country has named a major highway after US President Donald Trump. Last week, in a social media post, Trump thanked the king for the honour, but there was not a parallel announcement from the Moroccan authorities. But Morocco’s state press agency has published a…
It’s five years this month since the chaotic retreat of US forces from Kabul. The Nato-backed invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, launched after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC, is now widely regarded as a failure. It cost the lives of more than 2,400 US and 450 British…
Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran, provided a deal is struck “rapidly” with the country. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he had been asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to “hold off” on any attack as the “perimeters” of a deal had been…
United States President Donald Trump says the US and Israel have agreed to halt new attacks on Iran, provided a deal to end the months-long conflict is reached “rapidly”. The region has been on edge, fearing that the fighting could escalate once again after Washington and Tehran traded threats of renewed heavy attacks, including against…
President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted his own Justice Department’s decision to blame a poor contractor installation, and not vandalism, for causing the lining to peel on the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S….
Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Trump Media and Technology Group‘s new paid data service launched on Aug. 1, providing faster access to Truth Social posts from President Donald Trump and other top accounts on the platform. “Truth API,” the new application programming interface, is designed to give firms “a direct, licensed,…
