President Donald Trump

For Biden, how to help mangled economy is next obstacle

Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign’s final days

12:30 pm November 2, 2020

Philadelphia: Joe Biden is spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that has disproportionately affected their communities, betting that a strong turnout will boost his chances in states that could decide the election. Biden was in Philadelphia on Sunday, the largest city in what […]

Trump’s pick Amy Barrett sworn in as Supreme Court justice

2:34 pm October 27, 2020

Washington: Conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as the 115th justice of the US Supreme Court on Monday night, an hour after the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed her nomination, handing President Donald Trump a landmark win just a week before the crucial presidential polls. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Barrett as the Supreme […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle

8:05 pm October 23, 2020

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the possibility that the race for the White House is decided not at the ballot box but in court. They have been engaging in a lawyer’s version of tabletop war games, churning out draft pleadings, briefs and memos […]

In 25th Amendment bid, Pelosi mulls Trump’s fitness to serve

12:14 pm October 9, 2020

Washington: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump’s fitness to serve, announcing legislation Thursday that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and remove the president from executive duties. Just weeks before the November 3 election, Pelosi said Trump needs to disclose more about his health after his COVID-19 diagnosis. She […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask

7:40 pm October 6, 2020

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans — […]