At least 54 people were shot, seven of them fatally, across Chicago during Labor Day weekend, police said, including a drive-by shooting that left seven people injured. The shootings came as President Donald Trump renewed threats to send federal agents and National Guard troops to Chicago, a move opposed by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and…
Pro-Igbo groups in diaspora including the American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID); Rising Sun Charities Organization; and Ambassadors for Self-Determination have petitioned President Donald Trump of the United States of America, seeking US sanctions against five Nigerian jurists and a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in Mohammad’s Buhari administration, over…
A federal appeals court has ruled that most of United States President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs are unlawful, delivering a significant setback to his unilateral attempt to reshape U.S. trade policy. In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that Trump’s actions were “invalid as contrary to law,”…
A protestor was arrested near the White House after setting fire to an American flag to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting such acts, police said Tuesday. The arrest on Monday evening came hours after Trump signed an order directing the Justice Department to pursue legal action against flag-burners, despite Supreme Court rulings…
United States President, Donald Trump, at both his White House events on Monday, has suggested the possible renaming of the US Department of Defense to ‘Department of War.’ Trump, while meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung at the Oval Office on Monday, said, “You know, we got the Department of Defense, but I —…
Nathalie Rose Jones, a 50-year-old woman from Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested on August 16, 2025, after travelling to Washington, D.C., allegedly planning to “kidnap and assassinate” President Donald Trump. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia published on August 18, 2025, Jones posted graphic threats on Facebook…
The summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will be held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, a White House official said Wednesday. The two leaders will meet on Friday to discuss an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, in what will be their first standalone summit…
President Donald Trump said he’ll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska after earlier in the day previewing terms of a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include “some swapping of territories.” “The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America,…
U.S. President Donald Trump has addressed ongoing rumours about a possible third presidential bid in 2028, indicating that another run is unlikely. In an interview with CNBC, Trump said, “No, probably not, probably not. I’d like to… I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” downplaying the chances of a future campaign. Despite being…
United States President Donald Trump has officially imposed a 15 percent tariff on Nigeria and other African countries. Other countries affected by the new tariff regime include Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius, Ghana, Malawi, Lesotho, and Madagascar. The modified reciprocal tariff rates were announced by the White House on Thursday. This Executive Order, titled “Further…