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Trump vowed to cancel Musk’s contracts and subsidies after the billionaire denounced the US president’s signature spending bill as a deficit-driving “abomination.”

The US president said the move was prompted by an attack on a Colorado rally in support of Israeli hostages, committed by an illegal immigrant from Egypt.

Once a key Trump ally, Musk criticized the administration’s spending bill and said his Department of Government Efficiency had become a ‘whipping boy’.

The reform-minded head of the Catholic Church, who upset traditionalists by rejecting pomp and circumstance, died shortly after making an apparent recovery from pneumonia.

As it happened: A roundup of The Irrawaddy’s coverage of Sunday’s earthquake-related news.

Protesters appalled at Trump’s assault on the economy and arbitrary arrests claim his policies have awoken a “sleeping giant” of resistance, but the president sticks to his guns.

As it happened: A roundup of The Irrawaddy’s coverage of Saturday’s earthquake-related news.

As it happened: A roundup of The Irrawaddy’s coverage of Friday’s earthquake-related news.

Sweeping tariffs hit allies and rivals alike—including a 44% rate for Myanmar—sparking warnings of economic fallout as Trump declares 'Liberation Day’ for US.

As it happened: A roundup of The Irrawaddy’s coverage of Monday’s earthquake-related news.