Trump made the stunning proposal to audible gasps during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he was hosting at the White House for talks.

USAID now administers some 60 percent of US foreign assistance and disbursed $43.79 billion in fiscal 2023.

After Trump's billionaire friend and advisor Elon Musk vowed to destroy the US Agency for International Development (USAID), whose website went dark over the weekend, Rubio confirmed he and the State Department had assumed control of the autonomous body. 

Trump has refused to back down on threats to seize the vital waterway, and it remains unclear what Rubio can achieve diplomatically that would please him, with Panama firmly rejecting any claims against its sovereignty.

The information from the box, along with the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the CRJ700 airplane, could help authorities piece together what happened just before the two aircraft collided on Wednesday night in the deadliest US air disaster in two decades.

At least one house and multiple cars were on fire.

A US Army official said the helicopter involved was a Black Hawk model carrying three soldiers. They had been on a "training flight," a separate military spokesperson said in a statement.

An American Airlines source told Reuters that 60 passengers, along with two pilots and two crew members were scheduled to be on the flight. Three soldiers were aboard the helicopter, a US official said.

Indonesia will not speculate about the United States plan to freeze its foreign grants and loans, pending any official communication from Washington, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

US Supreme Court justices clashed over the issue in December as they debated a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers or hormone therapy for under 18s.

The memo referenced the executive orders, including those seeking to dismantle programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), President Donald Trump has signed since taking office last week.

President Gustavo Petro on Sunday stepped back from the brink of a full-blown trade war with the United States after Trump threatened Colombia with sanctions and massive tariffs for turning back two military planeloads of deported migrants.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after the South American country turned away two US military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of the new US administration's immigration crackdown.

Just hours after taking office on Monday, Trump ordered a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance pending a review of efficiencies and consistency with his foreign policy but the scope of the order was not immediately known.

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono on Wednesday to reaffirm the countries’ bilateral relationship and Washington’s commitment to upkeep “maritime security in the South China Sea”.

The Indonesian President posted a message on X on Tuesday to congratulate his newly installed US counterpart and to convey his government's commitment to continuing bilateral cooperation.

Musk dismissed criticism of the hand gesture as a "tired" attack.

The Republican leader also declared a "national energy emergency" to expand drilling in the world's top oil and gas producer, said he would scrap vehicle emissions standards that amount to an "electric vehicle mandate," and vowed to halt offshore wind farms, a frequent target of his scorn.

Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the "inappropriate political influence of WHO member states" and required "unfairly onerous payments" from the US that are disproportionate to the sums provided by other, larger countries, such as China.

The 47th US president will set to work almost immediately with a series of presidential decrees intended to drastically reduce the number of migrants entering the country.

“Hambali has been held at Guantanamo Bay for quite some time, but he has yet to be put on trial,” the minister added.

Owned by China’s ByteDance, the app faces a complete US ban on Sunday unless it finds a non-Chinese buyer.

The court unanimously ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated legitimate national security concerns about a Chinese company owning the app.

Trump in the election campaign threatened China and other US trading partners with huge tariffs, but he has also said he is open to talks with Xi, a leader he has long openly admired.

The court's 9-0 decision throws the social media platform - and its 170 million American users - into limbo, and its fate in the hands of Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescue TikTok after returning to the presidency on Monday.

President Prabowo Subianto is still considering many aspects before appointing the new Indonesian ambassador to the United States, a position that has been left vacant for 1.5 years since Rosan Roeslani was recalled to fill a cabinet position.

Biden used his farewell speech to the nation to deliver a shockingly dark message: that a nation which has always revered its entrepreneurs may now be at their mercy.

A survey from a Europe-based think tank suggests that most Indonesians are still unsure about how the upcoming second presidency of Donald Trump will affect the current geopolitical situation.

The network, citing an unnamed official involved in planning the January 20 ceremony, said the three men will be seated together on the platform with prominent guests, including Trump cabinet nominees. 

Senate Republicans are keen for Trump's national security nominees to be confirmed quickly and Democrats may agree to fast-track some, but they are determined to throw up roadblocks in front of candidates they see as unfit.