UNITED STATES

Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia for labour secretary

12:47 pm July 19, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate lawyer Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be his new labour secretary. Trump tweeted the news Thursday evening, less than a week after his previous secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned amid renewed criticism of his handling of a 2008 […]

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US mulls increasing merit-based immigration to 57%

2:51 pm July 17, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration is proposing a nearly five-fold increase in merit-based legal immigration and half those based on family and humanitarian system, in an effort to overhaul the outdated system. Senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner, who is also the son-in-law of United States President Donald Trump, said having an immigration policy that would attract […]

US, allies planning naval escort for Gulf tankers: Pentagon

10:47 pm July 11, 2019

Washington: The United States and its allies are discussing plans to provide naval escorts for oil tankers through the Gulf, a top US general said Thursday after Iranian military vessels menaced a British tanker. General Mark Milley, nominated to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate hearing that the US […]

US demands El Chapo forfeit $12.7 billion in drug money

2:57 pm July 6, 2019

New York: Prosecutors on Friday said they were seeking 12.7 billion from convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, based on a conservative estimate of revenues from his cartel’s drug sales in the United States. According to a motion filed by US Attorney Richard Donoghue, authorities are “entitled to forfeiture of all property that […]

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US sanctions Cuban state-run oil company over Venezuela

10:33 pm July 3, 2019

Washington: The United States on Wednesday sanctioned Cuba’s state-run oil firm, Cubametales, over continued importation from Venezuela amid an American embargo meant to undermine the Caracas regime. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro “is clinging to Cuba to stay in power, buying military and intelligence operatives in exchange for oil,” US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in […]