US President Donald Trump has backed down from setting high tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors imported from the European Union. Last month, Trump said pharmaceuticals and semiconductors were not covered by the US and EU's handshake trade deal - meaning those sectors could have faced tariffs rates of 250% and 100% respectively. However, according to new details released about the US-EU agreement on Thursday, EU pharma and semiconductor tariffs will be limited to 15% in line with most other sectors in the trade deal.
President Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that his lack of military service is a sore spot for him. He told the Washington Post in 2015 of his repeated Vietnam-era deferments: "I've always felt somewhat guilty because I didn't serve like many other people." In 2019 he cited a desire to "make up for it." read more
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has announced plans to cut the agency's staff by almost 50% as she organises the office. Gabbard, announcing the cuts, said the agency had become "bloated and inefficient" over the last two decades. Its annual budget will also be reduced by $700m, she said. read more
The US military is deploying more than 4,000 Marines and sailors to the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean as part of a ramped-up effort to combat drug cartels, two US defense officials told CNN ... read more
Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified into a category five hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 160mph (260km/h). read more
Democrats propped up a president so unfit his aides had to run the country.
You think Lewzer is running the country? He's picking fence paint colours and showboating. Oh, and golf.