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The US and China have finalized a deal to transfer the American version of TikTok to new owners, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed on Sunday.
The man is a US citizen and a Trump supporter, the president has said, but no one in the government will identify the donor.
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is being deployed to continue targeting suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean, the Pentagon said Friday.
As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump.
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US sanctions Colombian president
The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it is sanctioning Colombian President Gustavo Petro “for his role in the global illicit drug trade.” Also sanctioned are Petro’s wife and son, and Colombia’s interior minister.
Vladimir Putin responded to President Trump slapping sanctions on Russia's two biggest oil companies in a U.S. policy shift over the war in Ukraine.
Our correspondents and reporters explain the latest on the shutdown, as federal workers miss paycheques and some government services are suspended.