US politics

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US voters will soon vote via smartphones, businessman Andrew Yang says

Mobile voting could broaden access to politics and profoundly change the US bipartisan system, according to Andrew Yang.

21/05/2025

Tech News

Commissioner Virkkunen to meet critics of EU tech rules on US trip

The EU Commissioner received letters from US officials complaining about the effect of EU tech legislation.

13/05/2025

Culture news

NASA deletes female astronaut novel amid Trump's diversity purge

"First Woman" has disappeared from the NASA website, which has also been stripped of promises to put a woman and person of colour on the Moon.

12/04/2025

Tech News

Meta breached US national security with China, whistleblower says

Sarah Wynn-Williams accused the social media company of undermining national security by briefing China on US artificial intelligence efforts.

10/04/2025

Tech News

Union asks Commission to reassess public contracts amid trade war

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted at a “strong plan to retaliate” to US tariffs.

02/04/2025

USA

Musk hands out $1m cheques ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court election

The battleground state's Democratic attorney general failed in his attempt to block the move.

31/03/2025

USA

Trump's cuts to US-funded media labelled 'gift to autocracies'

Repressive regimes will fill the information void left by defunded news outlets like Voice of America, say media experts.

21/03/2025

USA

Trump administration releases last batch of JFK assassination files

History buffs have started to search for new clues among the thousands of documents that were previously classified.

19/03/2025

USA

Trump pitches $5m 'gold card' for rich investors, including Russians

The US's existing investor visa has already been flagged domestically as a fraud risk, but the new proposal did not come with any details of enhanced vetting for applicants.

26/02/2025

Tech News

New apps encourage Canadians to buy local in response to US tariffs

A handful of barcode scanning apps have popped up in Canada to help customers avoid American products in grocery stores.

24/02/2025

USA

Trump names right-wing podcast host Dan Bongino as FBI deputy director

Bongino's appointment means two staunch allies of the US president will lead the country's principal federal law enforcement agency.

24/02/2025

USA

Trump claims Musk has no conflicts of interest as DOGE guts agencies

The X owner and Tesla CEO said he has never asked for personal favours from the president, and both men claimed he would avoid conflicts of interest.

19/02/2025

Tech News

Mexico will not rule out suing Google over Gulf of Mexico name change

Bristling at the name change on maps to Gulf of America following Donald Trump's executive order, Mexico says it might sue Google.

14/02/2025

Vatican

Pope Francis hits out at Trump's mass deportation of migrants

In a letter to US bishops, the Catholic leader warned that the plan will harm the already vulnerable.

11/02/2025

USA

Arab Americans despair as Trump says US will 'take over' Gaza

As the US president announced controversial plans to “take over the Gaza Strip”, Euronews checked in with Arab American voters from across the political spectrum.

07/02/2025

USA

White House cuts Politico subscriptions amid Musk-led budget cuts

Announcing millions of dollars of cuts to online subscriptions, the Trump administration's press secretary repeated misleading statements used to justify the dismantling of the US government's international aid and development agency.

06/02/2025

USA

Who is Trump's intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard?

Having sided with Bashar al-Assad while a member of the Democratic Party, the former congresswoman's hard-right turn and sympathy for the Kremlin have the intelligence community deeply concerned.

29/01/2025

Green News

What is the Paris Agreement? Trump has pulled US out of the deal

Most of the world's superpowers are members of the legally binding international treaty.

21/01/2025

Health news

Trump will pull the US out of the World Health Organization

Here’s what the US withdrawal means for global health and what may happen next.

21/01/2025

USA

Six takeaways from Trump's inauguration speech

Trump hinted at several executive orders in his first speech after being sworn in.

20/01/2025