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Juncker responds to Trump's trade tariffs: 'We can also do stupid'

Europe has warned that punitive US trade tariffs on foreign steel could lead to retaliatory strikes against iconic American businesses.

03/03/2018

USA

"Trade wars are good" says Trump ahead of tariff hike

The US president has made clear he is ready to take on the world over trade to protect American jobs

02/03/2018

USA

Brussels sparks trade war fears after Trump’s tariff announcement

The European Union has vowed to hit back after the US revealed plans to impose import tariffs on steel.

02/03/2018

USA

International reaction to Trump's tariffs

Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports has fuelled fears of an escalating trade war

02/03/2018

USA

Trump announces heavy tariffs on steel and aluminium imports

The US president said the duties were being put in place to safeguard US jobs.

02/03/2018

USA

White House seeks new communications chief as key aide steps down

Hope Hicks is the fourth different person to quit as White House communications director since Trump took office

01/03/2018

USA

Hope Hicks resigns as Trump’s White House communications chief

Trump's longtime aide quit a day after she appeared before a congressional committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, and acknowledged she sometimes told "white lies" for the president, according to lawmakers.

01/03/2018

USA

'Stop this nonsense': Trump backs tougher gun laws

Despite pressure from gun lobbyists, President Trump has declared that he wants to tighten background checks and increase the age limit for gun buyers in the United States.

01/03/2018

USA

Trump hires re-election campaign chief

It’s thought to be the earliest any incumbent US president has officially declared his re-election campaign.

28/02/2018

USA

Trump son-in-law's security clearance is downgraded

White House staff with interim security clearances, including President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were told in a memo Friday that they will no longer have access to highly classified information requiring the highest level of clearance, NBC News confirmed Tuesday.

28/02/2018

USA

US Supreme Court blocks Trump on DACA

The US Supreme Court has blocked Trump's move to call a halt to DACA, the programme protecting the children of illegal immigrants from deportation. The scheme had been set to come to an end on 5 March.

27/02/2018

USA

Trump would have run in to Florida school shooting

Donald Trump told a gathering of state governors that he would have run in to the Florida school shooting unarmed, in a further escalation of his attack on the officers who were present at the scene.

27/02/2018

Europe News

Fake or real? EU moves to tackle 'fake news'

Dozens of experts thrash out ideas to counter the spread of 'fake news' online, as the EU draws up a battle plan.

27/02/2018

USA

Makers of "Last Men in Aleppo" battle to make it to Oscars

Hit by the Trump travel ban the Syrian team behind the Oscar-nominated documentary is picking up huge support from American and international artists and filmmakers.

26/02/2018

United Kingdom

"Arming teachers will not save lives" - Dunblane campaigner

The father of a five-year-old girl who died in the UK's school shooting in Scotland in 1996 warns Donald Trump's suggestion to arm teachers in the wake of the Florida shooting will not save lives.

25/02/2018

USA

House Democrats release intelligence memo as rebuttal to GOP

Democrats release redacted version of a 10-page rebuttal to Republicans' FISA memo.

24/02/2018

World News

Robert Mueller files new charges against Paul Manafort

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed new criminal charges on Thursday against President Donald Trump's ex-campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates that include bank and tax fraud, stepping up pressure in a legal battle that started last year.

24/02/2018

USA

What we know about ‘Hapsburg group’ named in Manafort scheme

The ex-Trump campaign manager paid former European politicians more than 2 million euros to lobby for Ukraine, according to a new indictment.

24/02/2018

USA

Former Trump campaign aide, Rick Gates pleads guilty in Mueller invest

Prosecutors said Gates could win a reduction in his sentence based on the extent of his cooperation with Mueller's probe.

23/02/2018

USA

Manafort and Gates face new charges

The special counsel in the Russia probe has filed new criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, stepping up pressure in a legal battle that started last year

23/02/2018