https://www.scmp.com/rss/523343/feed The latest news and top stories on Marjorie Taylor Greene, US Representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district since 2021, securing re-election in 2022 and 2024. Greene is assigned to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, chairing its Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, and the House Committee on Homeland Security. She also sits on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Before her political career, Greene was a businesswoman, co-owning a... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press The president who yearned for a Nobel Peace Prize and once revelled in the appearance of solving conflicts turned to the language of annihilation as he struggled to find a resolution to his war of choice in Iran. US President Donald Trump’s latest threat over the Iran war hit a new extreme on Tuesday as he warned “A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, if Iran failed to make a deal that included reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz. The Republican president’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349340/madness-or-bluster-trumps-apocalyptic-language-raises-key-questions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349340/madness-or-bluster-trumps-apocalyptic-language-raises-key-questions?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:50:11 +0000 Teresa Elena Frontado,Lucy Quaggin,Orange Wang Teresa Elena Frontado,Lucy Quaggin,Orange Wang Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a ceasefire agreement with the United States brokered by Pakistan, as the two sides also agreed to start negotiations in Islamabad on Friday for a peace deal. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US would pause its bombing campaign in Iran for two weeks, calling it a “double-sided ceasefire” requested by Pakistani mediators in a last-minute bid to create space for diplomacy. In a social media post, Trump said the suspension of military action was... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3349299/trump-agrees-suspend-bombing-iran-2-weeks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3349299/trump-agrees-suspend-bombing-iran-2-weeks?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:28:16 +0000 Agencies Agencies US President Donald Trump did not take a break from his polarising rhetoric on Easter Sunday, delivering an expletive-laden attack on Iran that sparked criticism on Capitol Hill and beyond. “Open the F****n Strait, you crazy b******s, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!” the president wrote early on Sunday, renewing his threat to unleash heavy bombing on Iranian power plants and bridges if Tehran refused to unblock the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “Praise be to Allah,” Trump added,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349103/trump-draws-criticism-fiery-expletive-laden-easter-message-attacking-iran?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349103/trump-draws-criticism-fiery-expletive-laden-easter-message-attacking-iran?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:45:02 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Republican candidate backed by US President Donald Trump will advance to a run-off against a Democrat in the Georgia race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in the US House of Representatives, after a special election on Tuesday seen as a test of Trump’s sway over his party. Trump’s preferred candidate, former district attorney for four northwest Georgia counties Clay Fuller, will face Shawn Harris, a moderate Democrat who has sought to court disillusioned Trump voters, in ‌the April 7... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346176/us-special-election-replace-marjorie-taylor-greene-leads-run?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346176/us-special-election-replace-marjorie-taylor-greene-leads-run?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:41:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday ‌that Republicans must win the 2026 congressional midterm elections - or else he will get impeached by Democrats. “You gotta win the midterms ‘cause, if we don’t win the midterms, ‍it’s just gonna be - I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told Republican lawmakers at a retreat in Washington. “I’ll get impeached.” Ahead of the November elections, which could stall his agenda and expose him to congressional investigations, Trump teased and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338971/trump-warns-hell-be-impeached-if-republicans-dont-win-us-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338971/trump-warns-hell-be-impeached-if-republicans-dont-win-us-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:56:59 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term, killing two bills sponsored by Republicans in Congress, including one from a prominent lawmaker who bucked the administration over the release of files pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump vetoed legislation late on Tuesday to help complete a water pipeline project, a measure backed by congresswoman Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican who is close to the White House. Trump, in his veto message, said he rejected the bill to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338352/trump-issues-first-vetoes-ally-who-backed-epstein-vote-fears-retaliation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338352/trump-issues-first-vetoes-ally-who-backed-epstein-vote-fears-retaliation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:16:43 +0000 Reuters Reuters Extensive redactions and the limited number of documents released related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein angered some Republicans and did little to defuse a scandal threatening the party ahead of the 2026 midterm election. The Trump administration touted this week’s release of a cache of Epstein-related files as a show of transparency, but a handful of Republican lawmakers and right-wing media figures joined Democrats in ‍blasting Friday’s disclosures as inadequate and possibly in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337207/trump-risk-becoming-deep-state-after-epstein-file-omissions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337207/trump-risk-becoming-deep-state-after-epstein-file-omissions?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Dec 2025 01:56:00 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department on Friday released only a partial set of documents related to its investigation into convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that has sparked the first major split between Trump’s Make America Great Again support base since he returned to office. The department was compelled by Congress to make the documents public after lawmakers passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 19, a measure that required the disclosure... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3337136/trump-justice-department-release-partial-set-epstein-files-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3337136/trump-justice-department-release-partial-set-epstein-files-now?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:11:49 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation on Monday after posting “perverse” and “sick” remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker’s criticism of the US president. Among those voicing shock were some staunch Trump loyalists, and the remarks triggered a wave of unusually negative responses on the Truth Social network he uses to communicate with his base. As tributes poured in, Trump claimed the Reiners had died “reportedly due to the anger” that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336546/trump-condemned-saying-filmmaker-rob-reiner-brought-his-own-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336546/trump-condemned-saying-filmmaker-rob-reiner-brought-his-own-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:09:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump tried to reassure Americans that the US economy was healthy at a campaign-style rally on Tuesday as Republicans braced for a tough fight to hold control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections. Speaking at a Mount Pocono casino in northeastern Pennsylvania, Trump argued that his economic policies, including his imposition of widespread tariffs on imports, were creating jobs, boosting the stock market and attracting increased investment into the United States. “I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335841/trump-defends-economic-record-rally-vows-make-america-affordable-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335841/trump-defends-economic-record-rally-vows-make-america-affordable-again?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 03:42:59 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of US President Donald Trump who later became a critic, has said she is resigning from Congress in January. Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision on Friday and said she was “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in”. Greene’s resignation followed a public fallout with Trump in recent months, as the congresswoman criticised him for his stance on files... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3333770/marjorie-taylor-greene-ex-trump-loyalist-says-resign-congress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3333770/marjorie-taylor-greene-ex-trump-loyalist-says-resign-congress?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 02:13:19 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Republican-controlled US Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition. Two days after Trump’s abrupt about-face, the House of Representatives passed the measure with a vote of 427-1, sending a resolution requiring the release of all unclassified records on Epstein to the Republican-majority Senate, which... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333318/us-lawmakers-vote-overwhelmingly-force-release-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333318/us-lawmakers-vote-overwhelmingly-force-release-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:50:19 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday on forcing the release of investigative files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with passage seen as all but guaranteed after President Donald Trump dropped his long-standing opposition. Trump’s reversal late on Sunday came days after a House petition gathered enough support to force a vote, a rare instance of House Republicans defying the president’s wishes. Until the weekend, Trump and his staff had lobbied hard... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333171/us-house-push-forward-epstein-vote-after-trump-reversal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333171/us-house-push-forward-epstein-vote-after-trump-reversal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:03:52 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in his own party supported it. “We have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,” Trump wrote on social media late Sunday after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333016/us-house-speaker-says-nothing-hide-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333016/us-house-speaker-says-nothing-hide-epstein-files?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 20:22:24 +0000 Reuters Reuters Republican US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene accused President Donald Trump on Saturday of putting her life in danger, saying his online criticism has triggered a wave of threats against her. Greene, once a long-time Trump loyalist and Maga (Make America Great Again) stalwart who has more recently taken positions at odds with the US president, said she has been contacted by private security firms warning about her safety. “Aggressive rhetoric attacking me has historically led to death threats... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332954/maga-lawmaker-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-trump-putting-her-life-danger?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332954/maga-lawmaker-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-trump-putting-her-life-danger?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:26:32 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father. Grijalva was sworn in by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday shortly before the House returned to session to vote on a deal to fund the federal government. After delivering a floor speech, Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332559/democrat-adelita-grijalva-sworn-providing-last-signature-needed-epstein-files-vote?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332559/democrat-adelita-grijalva-sworn-providing-last-signature-needed-epstein-files-vote?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:35:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse It used to be a political match made in Maga heaven. But US President Donald Trump fell out with hard-right lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, saying she had “lost her way” after a series of critical comments. The firebrand Republican congresswoman from Georgia was previously a diehard pro-Trump supporter but has emerged as an unlikely - and rare - dissenting voice on a host of issues. In recent months Greene, 51, has broken ranks with the 79-year-old president on issues ranging from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332262/trump-says-marjorie-taylor-greene-has-lost-her-way-after-criticism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332262/trump-says-marjorie-taylor-greene-has-lost-her-way-after-criticism?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 01:22:44 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had commuted the sentence of former congressman George Santos, who was scheduled to serve more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people – including his own family members – to make donations to his campaign. He reported to Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329485/trump-commutes-sentence-ex-us-lawmaker-george-santos-orders-him-freed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329485/trump-commutes-sentence-ex-us-lawmaker-george-santos-orders-him-freed?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Victims of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said on Wednesday they were compiling a confidential list of his associates who abused underage girls. US President Donald Trump, a one-time close friend of the deceased financier, sought meanwhile to dampen the enduring political furore over the Epstein case. “This is a Democrat hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “They’re trying to get people to talk about something that’s totally irrelevant to the success that we’ve... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324255/epstein-victims-compiling-their-own-list-sex-abusers-we-know-names?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324255/epstein-victims-compiling-their-own-list-sex-abusers-we-know-names?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:45:46 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Donald Trump says he wants to allow 600,000 Chinese students into the United States, twice the current figure. This is despite the hostile actions and public pronouncements made by his administration and other US state authorities. It’s hard to know whether to take him seriously. As his one-time national security adviser turned nemesis John Bolton told the Financial Times, “For Donald Trump, talk is cheap. What he says in the morning may or may not be what he says in the afternoon.” In context,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3323721/trump-offer-600000-chinese-student-visas-just-more-cheap-talk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3323721/trump-offer-600000-chinese-student-visas-just-more-cheap-talk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:30:08 +0000 Orange Wang Orange Wang The United States has identified China as the “top threat” in a report on espionage targeting universities and technology. Some Chinese analysts warned that the report – which said “no nation has targeted Western research, science, and technology as aggressively as China” – could have a “chilling effect” on people-to-people and academic exchanges. The report, compiled by the National Counterintelligence and Security Centre, alongside the Department of Education and other federal bodies, was... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3323452/us-report-chinese-spy-threat-universities-may-have-chilling-effect-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3323452/us-report-chinese-spy-threat-universities-may-have-chilling-effect-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:10 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his proposal to admit hundreds of thousands of Chinese students, saying the US is “honoured” to host them and warning that the American college system would “go to hell” without them. Facing growing anger from his political base, Trump dismissed criticism of the plan as “insulting” and pointed to his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of a broader strategy of engagement. “We’re getting along very well with China, and I’m getting... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3323255/trump-base-erupts-over-his-move-admit-thousands-more-chinese-students?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3323255/trump-base-erupts-over-his-move-admit-thousands-more-chinese-students?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:29:29 +0000