Washington Shifts Focus Toward Economic Pressure and Securing Energy Flows

Washington Shifts Focus Toward Economic Pressure and Securing Energy Flows

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says Washington’s strategy toward Iran has entered a new phase, with the United States shifting its focus toward economic pressure and securing global energy supplies. Vance said the U.S. military campaign had significantly weakened Iran’s conventional military capabilities, damaged its nuclear programme and sharply reduced what he described as the […]

Trump Picks White House Adviser Heidi Overton to Lead FDA

U.S. President Donald Trump has selected White House health-policy adviser and physician Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a source familiar with the decision. Overton Set for FDA Leadership Overton currently serves as deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and previously worked at the conservative America […]

Kushner Meets Netanyahu After Two-Hour Talks With Hamas Over Gaza Ceasefire

U.S. Middle East envoy Jared Kushner held an hourslong meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday as Washington intensified efforts to revive a stalled Gaza ceasefire and disarmament plan. The meeting came a day after Kushner spent about two hours in Cairo with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, in a rare direct engagement aimed […]

Trump Administration Directs Nearly $2 Billion to Faith-Based Groups for Global Aid

The Trump administration has announced nearly $2 billion in U.S. health and humanitarian assistance for faith-based and community organizations working overseas, marking the largest U.S. allocation of global health funding to faith-based groups in more than two decades. Major Funding for Christian Aid Organizations The funding includes partnerships with several major Christian humanitarian organizations, including […]

Trump Administration Directs Nearly $2 Billion To Christian Humanitarian Groups 

Trump Administration Directs Nearly $2 Billion To Christian Humanitarian Groups 

World Vision, Samaritan’s Purse and Compassion International Among Major Recipients The Trump administration has announced nearly $2 billion in new partnerships with faith based and community organisations to support global health programmes and humanitarian relief, marking what the U.S. State Department describes as the largest allocation of global health foreign assistance to faith-based organisations in […]

TRUMP ORDERS PENTAGON TO CUT BACK MILITARY EXERCISES WITH SOUTH KOREA

Trump Orders Pentagon To Cut Back Military Exercises With South Korea

President Cites Cost, Iran Dispute and Relationship With North Korea U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, just as the annual exercises were set to begin. Trump cited the cost of the drills and South Korea’s refusal to participate in U.S. actions against Iran as […]

JD Vance Says Trump Has ‘A Lot of Tools’ to Pressure Iran Over Nuclear Program

Vice president signals broad range of economic and diplomatic options U.S. Vice President JD Vance said President Donald Trump has “a lot of tools” available to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, underscoring the administration’s readiness to intensify economic and diplomatic measures if Tehran refuses to curb its nuclear activities. Speaking during a media interview […]

Trump Says Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to Leave White House Post at Month’s End

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her position at the end of August, marking the departure of one of the administration’s most visible public figures ahead of the November midterm elections. Trump Praises Leavitt’s Tenure Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social, describing […]

Trump Administration Ends Federal Medicaid and CHIP Funding for Gender Transition Care for Minors

New CMS rule restricts federal reimbursement for puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries The Trump administration has finalized a federal rule prohibiting the use of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds for gender transition-related medical treatments for individuals under 18, marking a major shift in U.S. healthcare policy for transgender youth. The rule, […]

Vice President Says Iran's Military Capabilities Have Been Significantly Weakened

Vice President Says Iran’s Military Capabilities Have Been Significantly Weakened

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says the United States has destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme and significantly weakened the country’s military capabilities. In a recent interview, Vance said U.S. military operations had also destroyed what he described as Iran’s conventional military capabilities and substantially reduced its asymmetric military capabilities. The Vice President said Washington is now […]