https://www.scmp.com/rss/524496/feed The latest news and updates on Anna Kelly who served as a White House spokeswoman during the Trump administration, holding the position of Deputy Press Secretary. In this role, she was responsible for articulating the government’s stance on various policies, notably immigration enforcement, and defending the President’s actions. Her responsibilities included communicating the administration’s commitment to enforcing immigration laws and addressing related issues. Prior to her White House tenure,... 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 Reuters Reuters Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin ⁠Netanyahu spoke by phone to US President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had campaigned against. Both ⁠Trump and Netanyahu knew from intelligence briefings earlier in the week that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his key lieutenants would soon meet at his compound in Tehran, making them vulnerable to a “decapitation... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3347640/trump-approved-iran-operation-after-netanyahu-argued-joint-killing-khamenei?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3347640/trump-approved-iran-operation-after-netanyahu-argued-joint-killing-khamenei?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:59:46 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday said he was not surprised the Trump administration blocked his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland the day before, saying it was another example of the US president trying to stifle dissent. “Is it surprising the Trump administration didn’t like my commentary and wanted to make sure that I was not allowed to speak? No,” said Newsom, who is weighing a 2028 presidential run. “It’s consistent with this administration and their... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340927/newsom-world-stage-davos-accuses-trump-trying-suppress-dissent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340927/newsom-world-stage-davos-accuses-trump-trying-suppress-dissent?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:18:36 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick China accused the United States on Monday of violating international law by seizing oil tankers off Venezuela, as Washington intensified pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government and a senior US official openly suggested that he should be removed from power. At a regular press briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said the United States “seriously violated international law” by intercepting foreign vessels and reiterated China’s opposition to unilateral... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337400/china-says-us-broke-international-law-seizing-venezuelan-oil-tankers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337400/china-says-us-broke-international-law-seizing-venezuelan-oil-tankers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:25:39 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Donald Trump’s administration launched the military strikes on Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State (Isis) group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two US troops and an American civilian interpreter almost a week ago. At least five Isis members, including a cell leader, were killed in the overnight strikes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. A US official described it as “a large-scale” strike that hit 70 targets in areas across... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3337143/us-strikes-isis-fighters-syria-after-3-americans-killed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3337143/us-strikes-isis-fighters-syria-after-3-americans-killed?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:09:15 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration has renamed the US Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organisation’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control. It was the latest twist in a see-saw court battle over who controls the US Institute of Peace, a non-profit think tank that focuses on peace initiatives. It was an early target of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) this year. On Wednesday, the State Department said it... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335140/us-institute-peace-renamed-after-greatest-dealmaker-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335140/us-institute-peace-renamed-after-greatest-dealmaker-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 03:18:25 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump’s administration is quadrupling the country’s low-tariff imports of Argentine beef in his attempt to lower supermarket beef prices, a White House official said on Thursday, evoking fury from the nation’s cattle ranchers. Raising the tariff rate quota on Argentine beef to 80,000 metric tons will let the country ship more of its beef to the US at a lower rate of duty. US beef prices have set records due to tight cattle supplies and strong consumer demand. The US... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3330121/trump-quadruple-argentine-beef-imports-while-us-ranchers-fume?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3330121/trump-quadruple-argentine-beef-imports-while-us-ranchers-fume?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:48:56 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump offered Wednesday to send more troops to Poland as he welcomed the country’s new nationalist president Karol Nawrocki to the White House with a military flyover. Trump also hinted at taking stronger action against Russia if it fails to end its war with Ukraine, which has put Nato ally Poland on edge since Moscow’s invasion in 2022. Nawrocki, a conservative historian and fervent Trump supporter, visited the White House during Poland’s election campaign and is now making... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324248/trump-offers-more-us-troops-polands-nationalist-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324248/trump-offers-more-us-troops-polands-nationalist-president?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:44:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Trump administration is advancing plans to rename the Department of Defence as the Department of War, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Saturday, citing a White House official, after US President Donald Trump raised the prospect on Monday. Restoring the Department of War name for the government’s largest department would be likely to require congressional action, but the White House is exploring alternative methods to implement the change, the report said. Republican congressman... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323794/white-house-moves-forward-trumps-plans-department-war-reports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323794/white-house-moves-forward-trumps-plans-department-war-reports?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:11:19 +0000