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‘I’ve never even heard of you,’ the US president tells ABC reporter Terry Moran as they clash over key issues, including tariffs and the Ukraine-Russia war

Hegseth said the Women, Peace & Security program was “yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative.”

The Trump administration’s decision to distance itself from Nato obligations signals a potential dismantling of the historical transatlantic order – and not merely in military terms. As the United States disengages from European affairs and cuts ties with what secretary of defense Pete Hegseth called Nato’s “pathetic” freeloaders, it is…

RAF jets target buildings used to make drones, officials say, in Britain’s first involvement since Trump took office

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Donal Trump celebrates 100 days in office with Michigan event, saying ‘nothing will stop me’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday 29 April at a glance

The court filings follow a decision to designate a strip of border land in New Mexico as a ‘national defence area’.

At least 28 people charged in federal court as civil liberties groups condemn ‘enhanced militarization’ of border lands

Pete Hegseth celebrated the end of the Women, Peace, and Security program—despite the initiative stemming from the first Trump administration.

President Trump mixed up two congressmen, but otherwise struck a defiant tone at a rally Tuesday as he marked his 100th day back in office.

The defense secretary branded the program as a ‘yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative’ — but Trump signed it into law in 2017