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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump again tries to restrict birthright citizenship after US Supreme Court ruling

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WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026 (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, in a sign that even after his first attempt at limiting birthright citizenship was rejected by the United States Supreme Court,

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  • A person walks past an electronic board showing the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks to reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (Photo: AP)

US dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions

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TOKYO, August 3, 2026 (AP) — The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets. Before late last week, the dollar was trading above 163 yen, touching 40-year highs. After regulators were suspected of stepping in, it fell

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  • Palestinians salvage their belongings from the rubble of a building and tents destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport, in Hagerstown, Md., en route to Camp David, Md., June 8, 2025. (Photo: AP)

Trump announces a deal for Hamas to disarm in Gaza, but many hurdles and uncertainty remain

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. The White House announcement comes nine months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was

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An Iranian woman walks next to a billboard in Tehran featuring the US president, Donald Trump, in a coffin on July 15. (Photo: EPA)

Donald Trump is running out of options in Iran

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July 15, 2026 (Conversation) Serious hostilities between the US and Iran have resumed. On July 8, Donald Trump said that the ceasefire agreed by the two countries in June was “over”. Since then, he has ordered the US military to carry out intensive airstrikes on Iran and has reimposed an economic blockade of the country.

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