President Donald Trump

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, […]

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

China doing good job on coronavirus: Trump

2:52 pm February 8, 2020

Washington: China is doing a good job on its fight against the deadly coronavirus that has taken the lives of large number of people, President Donald Trump has said, adding that the US was helping them out. “China is working very hard. Late last night, I had a very good talk with President Xi and […]

Downing Street said Karen Pierce would replace Kim Darroch

New UK ambassador to US appointed after Trump row

8:26 pm February 7, 2020

London: Britain appointed its current UN envoy as the next ambassador to the United States on Friday after London’s previous top diplomat in Washington resigned over comments about President Donald Trump. Downing Street said Karen Pierce would replace Kim Darroch, who quit last year over leaked diplomatic cables in which he criticised Trump as “inept” […]

President Trump celebrates impeachment acquittal by blasting Opposition Democrats

8:16 pm February 7, 2020

Washington: A combative President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal in the gruelling impeachment trial by launching a tirade against the Democrats, saying, “they want to destroy our country.” A day after he was acquitted by the ruling Republican Party-controlled Senate on the two impeachment charges abuse of power and obstruction to Congress Trump appeared confident, […]

US kills top al-Qaeda leader Qasim al-Rimi in Yemen: Trump

2:22 pm February 7, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump has confirmed that in a major counterterrorism operation in Yemen the US forces have killed Qasim al-Rimi, a founder and leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the jihadist group that claimed responsibility for a mass shooting at an American naval base. Rimi, 46, a deputy to al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, […]