Washington, Two years after taking the oath of office, US President Donald Trump has made 8,158 false or misleading claims, according to The Washington Post’s database. The daily’s Fact Checker’s database analyses, categorises and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the President, it said in the report on Monday. In[Read More…]
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Lady Gaga calls out Trump for government shutdown
Las Vegas, Singer Lady Gaga has slammed US President Donald Trump for the ongoing government shutdown. During her show here, Gaga took out a moment to criticise Trump and urged him to put the government back in business, reports variety.com. “And that the f****ng president of the United States could[Read More…]
Trump to make ‘major’ announcement over border, government shutdown
Washington, US President Donald Trump has said that he will make a “major” announcement on Saturday about the border and the ongoing partial government shutdown. “I will be making a major announcement concerning the Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border, and the Shutdown, tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 3 p.m., live[Read More…]
40 million watched US President Donald Trump’s prime-time address on TV
New York: US President Donald Trumps prime-time address, a nine-minute speech from the Oval Office on border security and the government shutdown, on Tuesday night drew roughly 40 million TV viewers, according to statistics. According to the statistics released on Wednesday by Nielsen, a leading global information and measurement company,[Read More…]
Trump invokes slain Indian American cop to make case for border wall, end shutdown
By Arul Louis New York, US President Donald Trump has invoked an Indian American “hero” police officer killed by an illegal immigrant to make an appeal to the American people to pressure legislators to fund the border wall he wants and end the government shutdown. In his Tuesday night address[Read More…]
Trump ready for US shutdown to last ‘for years’
Washington, US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government — now entering its third week — to last years. After meeting top Democrats, he also said he could declare a national emergency to bypass Congress and build a US-Mexico border wall,[Read More…]
US Defence Secretary Mattis to retire at February-end
Washington, US President Donald Trump has said Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is to retire at the end of February. Mattis will “be retiring, with distinction”, after having served the administration as the defence chief for the past two years, Trump tweeted on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. “During Jim’s tenure,[Read More…]
US begins withdrawing troops from Syria, claims victory over IS
Washington: The Donald Trump-led US administration announced that it has started returning US troops home from Syria after claiming a victory in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) without revealing any detailed timetable. “We have started returning US home as we transition to the next phase of this campaign,”[Read More…]
US working to extradite Turkish cleric
Ankara, A Turkish Minister has said that US President Donald Trump’s administration is working on the extradition of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen for his alleged role in an attempted coup in Turkey two years ago. In an interview on Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu asserted that US President Donald[Read More…]
Trump names Mulvaney as acting White House chief of staff
Washington, US President Donald Trump on Friday named budget director Mick Mulvaney as acting chief of staff, a week after he announced John Kelly’s scheduled departure. “I am pleased to announce that Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be named Acting White House Chief of[Read More…]
US, China set to take action against each other
Washington: China and the US are set to take action against each other as tensions escalate over trade, cyber hacking and espionage as senior American law enforcement officials identified Beijing as the most serious threat to Washington’s national security, officials said. China’s methods of non-traditional espionage, including their use of[Read More…]
Trump approves strategy on combating WMD terrorism
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday approved the National Strategy for Countering WMD Terrorism, in a bid to counter extremist groups’ attempt to use Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) against the US. According to a statement issued by the White House, the new strategy marked Trump’s “decisive step” to[Read More…]
Trump commits to $750 bn defence budget
Washington: US President Donald Trump has agreed to a request from Defence Secretary James Mattis to propose a defence budget of $750 billion for the coming year, according to an administration official. Last week, Trump appeared to call the Defence Department budget of $716 billion “crazy” in a tweet. The[Read More…]
Abbas stresses need to implement decisions against Israel, US
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has stressed on the need to implement decisions against Israel, the US and the Islamic Hamas movement. Abbas was speaking during a meeting at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah with Advisory Council of his Fatah Party, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. The official Palestinian[Read More…]
Trump to nominate Nauert as next UN ambassador
Washington: US President Donald Trump has planned to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to replace Nikki Haley as his new ambassador to the UN. Trump is expected to make the announcement Friday morning, informed sources told CBS News. Nauert has been on the short list for ambassador to the[Read More…]
Trump cancels G20 meeting with Putin
Washington: US President Donald Trump has cancelled a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Argentina because the Russians continue to hold Ukrainian vessels and sailors seized last weekend in an incident in the Black Sea. “Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not[Read More…]
Trump plans to visit US troops in war zones
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he plans to visit American troops in war zones. His remark on Sunday comes after he received widespread criticism for not visiting an American burial ground outside Paris earlier this month and Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, reports CNN. “Well, I think[Read More…]
India expected to get waiver from US sanctions against oil importers
United Nations: US President Donald Trump is expected to grant India an exemption from the sanctions against buying oil from Iran when the waivers will be announced on November 6. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the administration was giving six-month waivers to eight countries that he[Read More…]
Trump raises over $100 mn for 2020 re-election
Washington, US President Donald Trump has raised more than $100 million for a re-election battle in 2020, giving him a massive financial advantage over a crowded field of potential Democratic contenders jockeying to challenge him. The President raised more than $18 million during the July-to-September fundraising quarter through his campaign[Read More…]
US dollar weakens against six major currencies
The US dollar declined 0.3 per cent as expected trade talks between the US and China eased market concerns. In late New York trading on Monday, the euro increased to $1.1467 from $1.1436 in the previous session, and the British pound rose to $1.2785 from $1.2720 in the previous session, Xinhua news agency reported. The Australian[Read More…]
As another 90-day period ends, Trump to impose sanctions on Iran again
US President Donald Trump’s administration will re-impose the first batch of Iran sanctions on Monday since Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. The more significant tranche of sanctions, including on oil sales, won’t however, come into force until November, reports The Hill news. Trump announced in May that he[Read More…]
PM Modi invites Trump to India for 2019 Republic Day celebration
India has extended an invitation to the United States President Donald Trump to be the chief guest on Republic Day 2019. However, US Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said no decision has been taken on the matter yet. “I know that the invitation has been extended, but I do not believe[Read More…]
Trump threatens govt shutdown over border wall, immigration
US president Donald Trump threatened to shutdown the government ahead of the coming spending deadline in September if Congress does not fund his border wall and change the nation’s immigration laws. “I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border[Read More…]
US dollar rises against most currencies
The US dollar index increased against most other major currencies as investors bought the dip after the previous day’s sharp decline. In late New York trading on Monday, the euro fell to $1.1691 from $1.1725 in the previous session, and the British pound was down to $1.3101 from $1.3135 in[Read More…]
I wanted Trump to win US election: Vladimir Putin
Helsinki: US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin started their first bilateral meeting here on Monday and they are expected to discuss a wide range of issues. Putin told the media that the two leaders had kept in regular touch over the telephone and in meetings in[Read More…]