US President Donald Trump

UK PM hopefuls slam Trump tweets, but refuse to call them racist

2:34 pm July 16, 2019

London: The two candidates vying to become Britain’s next prime minister both condemned on Monday US President Donald Trump’s xenophobic tweets about progressive Democrat congresswomen as “totally offensive” and “totally unacceptable”. But front-runner Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt refused to call the tweets racist when pressed to do so during their last debate […]

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Trump and Democrats clash over racism

2:15 pm July 16, 2019

Washington: The Democratic party, which has a majority in the House of Representatives, introduced a resolution on Monday condemning the tweets of US President Donald Trump against four of their women lawmakers as “racist”. The opposition leaders and the president continued to clash over the issue that has caught the national attention for the past […]

Mueller testimony on Russia meddling investigation postponed

1:39 pm July 13, 2019

Washington: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s appearance in Congress next week to testify on the Russia election meddling investigation and allegations of obstruction by President Donald Trump has been postponed, the House Judiciary Committee announced Friday. Mueller was originally scheduled to appear before the committee on July 17. Committee chairmen Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff released […]

Dutch PM to visit Trump for talks on trade, defence

7:27 pm July 12, 2019

The Hague: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is visiting US President Donald Trump next week, amid reports that the Netherlands is considering an American request to help protect shipping in the Persian Gulf. The Dutch government announced Friday that Rutte will visit Trump at the White House next Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, international trade […]

Trump unloads on Paul Ryan, calls him ‘a lame duck failure’

7:22 pm July 12, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump unloaded via Twitter on former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling him a “lame duck failure.” Ryan is very critical of Trump in the book “American Carnage” by Tim Alberta of Politico, in excerpts running in various publications. Alberta wrote the former speaker could not stand the idea of another two […]