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‘Iran war will end any time I want’: Trump makes big claim, says conflict to ‘end soon’

‘Iran war will end any time I want’: Trump makes big claim, says conflict to ‘end soon’

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed that the war with Iran will end “soon”, stating that it will end any time he wants it to end. In a phone interview with Axios, Trump said there is “practically nothing left to target”. US President Donald Trump the objectives of his operation had been largely accomplished. (AFP) Amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East region, Trump said, “Little this and that…Any time I want it to end, it will end.” Follow US-Iran war news live updates Even as Trump hinted that the objectives of his operation have been largely achieved in Iran, strikes and attacks have not come to a halt in the Middle East. Earlier in the day, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said that the joint striking campaign with the US would go on “as long as necessary”. “This operation will continue without any time limit, as long as necessary, until we achieve all the objectives and decide the outcome of the campaign,” he was quoted as saying by news agency …

Donald Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Fed chief Jerome Powell

Donald Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Fed chief Jerome Powell

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Apr 23, 2025 03:47 AM IST The president unleashed a tirade against Jerome Powell last week right before the European Central Bank lowered its benchmark rate by a quarter point to 2.25%. President Donald Trump said he had no intention of firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell despite his frustration with the central bank not moving more quickly to slash interest rates. Donald Trump said that he would like Jerome Powell to be a “little more active in terms of his idea to lower interest rates”.(Reuters) “Never did,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “The press runs away with things. No, I have no intention of firing him. I would like to see him be a little more active in terms of his idea to lower interest rates.” Trump’s National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Friday told reporters that Trump was studying the question of whether he’s able to fire Powell after a series of presidential social media posts and public comments criticizing the Federal Reserve. The president unleashed a tirade against Powell last week …

Boston ‘Hands off’ protest sees massive turnout, sea of anti-Trump voters swarm streets | WATCH

Boston ‘Hands off’ protest sees massive turnout, sea of anti-Trump voters swarm streets | WATCH

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Thousands of ‘Hands off’ protestors swarmed streets in Boston in a massive anti-Trump demonstration on Saturday. Videos of a ‘sea’ of protestors marching from Boston Common to Boston City Hall surfaced on social media. Such protests took place in over a thousand American cities, with people chanting against the president and his adviser Elon Musk. People take part in the nationwide “Hands Off” anti-Trump protests in Boston,(REUTERS) Senator Ed Markey was at the march in Boston. He told WBZ NewsRadio that this is ‘making sure our voices are heard, that we are the national leader in 2025 the same way that we were in 1775 when King George tried to take away our rights’. Protestors held posters with anti-Trump slogans in opposition to the Republican and Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s slashing of federal funding and mass layoffs in the name of cost-cutting. “This is a direct attack on everything Massachusetts stands for,” Markey said. “We will not accept a King Donald making decisions that strip people of their rights, of their constitutional rights.” …

Kamala Harris, Now 60, Questions 78-Year-Old Trump’s Fitness To Be US President

Kamala Harris, Now 60, Questions 78-Year-Old Trump’s Fitness To Be US President

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Kamala Harris turned 60 on Sunday in the final stretch of a knife-edge election battle with 78-year-old Donald Trump, as she urged a Black congregation in Georgia to embrace compassionate values while others “spread hate, sow fear and cause chaos.” Harris, speaking at a Baptist megachurch near Atlanta, did not mention Trump by name but the crowd — after spontaneously serenading her with “Happy Birthday” — nodded knowingly to her allusions to her Republican rival. Georgia is one of the key states that are expected to decide the November 5 election. Both candidates were planning events later Sunday in another of those states, Pennsylvania, which both sides see as a must-win. With just over two weeks before Election Day, the Democratic vice president and the Republican billionaire are in a fierce race. Harris, addressing the enthusiastic Black churchgoers — normally a strongly Democratic demographic — delivered a temperate speech, telling the tale of the Good Samaritan but also using it to exhort the crowd to vote and “shine the light in moments of darkness.” Indeed, …