President Donald Trump

White House: US planning to ship 8,000 ventilators abroad

11:58 am May 9, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump, who’s taken to calling the US the king of ventilators, is making plans to ship 8,000 of the breathing machines to foreign countries by the end of July to help in their fight against the coronavirus. That’s a long way from the early days of the virus when US medical workers […]

VP Pence’s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus

11:12 am May 9, 2020

Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said on Friday, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week. President Donald Trump, who publicly identified the affected Pence aide, said he was “not worried” about the […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Trump’s focus on his base complicates path to reelection

8:26 pm April 27, 2020

Washington: During times of war and strife, national leaders often aim to unite a broken country and, in the process, broaden their appeal beyond their most loyal supporters. Not President Donald Trump. Confronting a pandemic that has upended his presidency and threatened his reelection prospects, Trump has focused almost exclusively on tending to his base. […]

Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Biden for president

8:07 pm April 27, 2020

Washington: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed former vice president Joe Biden’s 2020 White House bid, calling the presumptive Democratic nominee a leader who is the “personification of hope, courage” and can help America out of the coronavirus crisis. Pelosi, in a prerecorded video, said that Biden has been […]

US states begin easing lockdowns as virus weakens in Asia

4:49 pm April 25, 2020

Savannah (US): The US states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska began loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early. The news came as the outbreak appeared to continue to […]