The demonstrators have demanded an end to “rampant corruption” and sweeping federal cuts Thousands of Americans have taken to the streets across the country to protest against the economic and social policies of US President Donald Trump and his close ally Elon Musk. The organizers claim Trump’s “power grab” has plunged the country into a full-blown crisis. The march, dubbed ‘Hands Off!’ and organized by more than 150 different activist groups, took place on Saturday and spanned all 50 of the United States in more than 1,200 locations, with some rallies taking place beyond the US. The demonstrators railed at what they described as an “illegal power grab” and “coup” by Trump and Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), who initiated thousands of state sector layoffs in a bid to balance the US federal budget. “Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented power grab – driving up prices, slashing funding for essential programs, and cre...
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Voters will punish the party in power if Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt the economy, Senator Ted Cruz has said The Republican Party could face a “bloodbath” in next year’s midterm elections if the “liberation day” tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump backfire, Senator Ted Cruz has warned. Earlier this week, Trump announced sweeping tariffs on the majority of US trading partners, causing the US stock market to suffer its worst crash since the COVID-19 pandemic. China has already reacted by imposing a tit-for-tat 34% levy on American goods, with other countries also promising retaliation. Speaking on his Verdict podcast on X on Friday, the Republican junior US senator from Texas said that he did not share the belief of the Trump administration that the new tariffs would create “a booming economy” in the country. Cruz expressed concern that the move by the White House could result in a global trade war that “would destroy jobs here at home, and do real damage to the US economy...
The Ukrainian leader is reluctant to sign a resource deal with Washington but forgets who is footing Kiev’s bill, the American journalist has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky acted like “a crazy person” during talks over a resource deal with the US, particularly given that the country is still afloat in no small part due to Washington’s assistance, American journalist Tucker Carlson has said. Carlson made the remarks while interviewing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who claimed that Zelensky had on three separate occasions derailed the highly anticipated agreement, which would grant the US access to Ukraine’s vast natural resources. Bessent recalled that the saga started in early February during his talks with Zelensky in Kiev, adding that the two had had a “spirited discussion” about the deal at the time, which would supposedly usher in a “long-term partnership” between the two countries. However, the Ukrainian leader refused to sign the agreement at that time. Zelens...
Afghanistan is interested in cooperating with Russia and other BRICS nations, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen has told RT Both Afghanistan and Russia will benefit once Moscow removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations, Kabul’s ambassador to Qatar, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, has told RT. Earlier this week, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office filed a motion to lift the ban on the activities of the Taliban in the country, with the request to be considered by the Supreme Court on April 17. The Islamist group had been on Russia’s terrorist organization list since 2003. Moscow increased diplomatic contacts with the Taliban after it took power in Afghanistan in 2021, capitalizing on the withdrawal of US forces after their two-decade presence in the Central Asian country. The Russian prosecutors’ request is “a positive step” because both Kabul and Moscow “have interest to have cooperation in various fields,” Shaheen, the Taliban’s de facto international spokesman, said in an ...
Moscow has stated that Kiev is breaking the terms of the ceasefire agreed upon with the US Russia’s stance regarding the potential peace settlement of the Ukraine conflict will be known in the near future, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed. During a March 18 phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to his US counterpart Donald Trump’s suggestion that both sides implement a 30-day halt on attacks on energy facilities. Since then, Moscow has repeatedly accused Kiev of violating the terms of the agreement. Speaking to journalists on Friday, Rubio reiterated that Trump wants to put an end to the Ukraine conflict. However, “you can’t end a war unless both sides agree,” Rubio stated. “We will know soon enough – in a matter of weeks, not months – whether Russia is serious about peace or not. I hope they are. It would be good for the world if that war ended, but obviously we have to test that proposition,” he said. Read more Trump’s deal window: Will M...
The European members of NATO had no plan for military-industrial mobilization prior to the conflict, the study has found Russia has been able to significantly ramp up its production of military hardware during the Ukraine conflict, while Western Europe’s defense-industrial base turned out to be “manifestly inadequate” in meeting the challenge, a leading British think tank has acknowledged. While NATO’s European members, which have been supplying Kiev with weapons and ammunition during the fighting with Moscow, have made major investments into their military industries, these have largely proven to be “ineffective,” the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) acknowledged in a report which was published on Thursday. “Russia had a well-developed plan for military-industrial mobilization which it implemented early in the war. Europe, meanwhile, lacked both a plan and the data with which to build one,” the report read. Another of Moscow’s advantages was its defense industry’s “highly...