Washington, July 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced that imported generic medicines will remain free of tariffs for two years from August 1, 2026, before facing duties of 100 per cent and later 200 per cent as part of his push to shift pharmaceutical production to the United States.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) The US Treasury’s financial intelligence unit has helped block nearly $2 billion in stolen proceeds linked to cyber-enabled fraud affecting more than 5,700 American individuals and businesses, its director told lawmakers.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned Congress that Chinese ownership, foreign dependence and corporate consolidation had created national-security vulnerabilities across the US food system.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) The Trump administration proposed the most extensive overhaul of America’s scientific research system in more than eight decades, placing artificial intelligence at the centre of discovery and seeking new alternatives to traditional peer review.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) The United States was “extraordinarily negligent” as China expanded its military, intelligence and technological capabilities over the past 25 years, former White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster told Congress.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators that Russia and China were helping Iran as Tehran resumed attacks on commercial shipping and the United States intensified military operations around the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators that the war with Iran has cost an estimated $37.5 billion, as the Trump administration sought nearly $88 billion in emergency funding amid renewed fighting in the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) The United States faces a new generation of security threats led by China and accelerated by artificial intelligence, cyber operations and attacks on critical infrastructure, national security experts told Congress, nearly 25 years after the September 11 attacks.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) The Trump administration faced bipartisan scrutiny in the US Senate over whether it was circumventing congressional war powers by restarting a statutory 60-day deadline after a temporary ceasefire with Iran collapsed.
Washington, July 22 (IANS) US lawmakers pressed federal regulators to strengthen oversight of cryptocurrency ATMs after Americans lost $388 million to scams involving the machines last year.
