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VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

US vice president scolded over packed meeting

12:52 am June 12, 2020

Washington: A US lawmaker who represents northern Virginia suburbs is criticising Vice President Mike Pence for meeting with dozens of Trump campaign staff packed into an Arlington office without social distancing or masks. Pence tweeted a photo of the gathering on Wednesday but subsequently deleted it. In the tweet, Pence said he wanted to thank […]

Biden releases plan to reopen US economy amid coronavirus

12:44 am June 12, 2020

Philadelphia: Joe Biden on Thursday released a plan that he says can jump-start an economy in free fall from the coronavirus pandemic and said he is better positioned than President Donald Trump to safeguard businesses and their employees and create jobs without taking unnecessary health risks. Trump’s Democratic challenger is promising to guarantee testing for […]

Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases

12:03 am June 12, 2020

Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it’s time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the US Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. “These names have to go from these bases and these statues have to go from the Capitol,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. […]

US concerned by China's ongoing attempts to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

Trump budget to face skepticism, overwhelming politics

11:05 am February 10, 2020

Washington: Confronted with the threat of trillion-dollar-plus deficits for as far as the eye can see, President Donald Trump is offering a USD 4.8 trillion budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that rehashes previously rejected spending cuts while leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched. Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget plan, to be released Monday, […]

Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

President Donald Trump says he’s open to witnesses as trial rules are set

8:47 pm January 22, 2020

WASHINGTON: The US Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting for now Democratic demands for more witnesses to expose what they deem Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses. Trump himself said Wednesday he wants top aides to testify, but qualified that […]