President Donald Trump

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Book: Trump said of virus, ‘I wanted to always play it down’

11:48 pm September 9, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the US government had it totally under control, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward. “You just breathe the air […]

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

Appeals court to hear arguments in Trump tax return fight

8:40 pm September 1, 2020

New York: A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in President Donald Trump‘s latest attempt to prevent a New York prosecutor from getting his tax returns. Trump’s lawyers appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month after a district court judge rejected their renewed efforts to invalidate a subpoena […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

‘One of us’: South Asians celebrate Kamala Harris as VP choice

9:32 pm August 13, 2020

Chicago: Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: “Kamala Aunty.” That title of respect that goes beyond family in Asian circles immediately came to mind when Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate. So the 27-year-old with Sri Lankan roots […]

2020’s 1st Atlantic hurricane lashes Texas; floods expected

12:41 pm July 26, 2020

Corpus Christi: Hurricane Hanna roared ashore onto the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, bringing winds that lashed the shoreline with rain and storm surge, and even threatening to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases. The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season made […]

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

Biden and Trump agree: November election could be corrupt

4:09 pm July 1, 2020

Atlanta: President Donald Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden, have found something they agree on: The November election could be rife with corruption because of how officials handle the voting process. Of course, the Republican incumbent and his Democratic rival place the prospective blame in different places. Each points at the other’s party. I really, […]