'Please pretend I'm running': Trump asks voters ahead of Nov midterms

IANS | October 15, 2026 10:35 AM

Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has urged Americans to treat the November 3 Congressional midterm elections as though he were personally on the ballot, saying Republican candidates need his supporters to turn out in large numbers to prevent Democrats from reversing his administration's policies.

Trump says chips, medicines coming back to US

IANS | October 15, 2026 10:04 AM

Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said the US would make half of the world’s semiconductors after Taiwan’s TSMC invested $265 billion in Arizona, and claimed drug makers were moving production back to the US from countries including Ireland, China and Britain.

IMF praises India’s economic resilience, reforms and fiscal prudence

IANS | October 15, 2026 9:59 AM

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) India’s strong economic fundamentals and policy response have helped it withstand global energy and financial shocks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday affirming that the country remains among the world’s fastest-growing major economies.

We make lot of money from China: Trump defends Xi's US visit

IANS | October 15, 2026 9:47 AM

Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has defended hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, saying Washington now makes “a lot of money” from China, and declared that he was rebranding artificial intelligence as “superintelligence” because the US was leading Beijing in the field.

US plans millions of drones for future wars

IANS | October 15, 2026 9:42 AM

Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) The United States plans to deploy hundreds of thousands of one-way attack drones this year and expand their numbers into the millions in the coming years as the Pentagon prepares to establish a four-star-led command dedicated to autonomous warfare, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said.