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

Trump tends to his electoral map, Biden prepping for debate

12:47 pm October 21, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is hopping from one must-win stop on the electoral map to the next in the leadup to a final presidential debate that may be his last, best chance to alter the trajectory of the 2020 campaign. Democrat Joe Biden has been taking the opposite approach, holing up for debate prep in […]

Supreme Court formally rejects Trump election challenge cases

Supreme Court to review Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

9:24 pm October 19, 2020

Washington: The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a Trump administration policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings. As is typical, the court did not comment in announcing it would hear the case. Because the court’s calendar is already full through the end of the year, the justices will not […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

10:17 pm September 3, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is facing a backlash for urging voters in North Carolina to vote by mail and then try to vote again in person to test the mail-in ballot system in the Nov. 3 election. Trump was asked by a television reporter during his trip Wednesday to Wilmington, North Carolina, if he had […]

Former envoy K Shankar Bajpai passes away: Family

10:43 pm August 30, 2020

New Delhi: Katyayani Shankar Bajpai, a career diplomat who served as India’s ambassador to the US, China, and Pakistan, passed away on Sunday, his family said in a statement. He was 92. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar condoled Bajpai’s death. “Deeply grieved at the passing away of Ambassador Shankar Bajpai, mentor and friend. Will be […]

TikTok CEO resigns amid US pressure to sell video app

3:27 pm August 27, 2020

Hong Kong: TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid US pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk. In a letter to employees, Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the “political environment has sharply changed”. His resignation follows President Donald Trump’s order to ban TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells its US operations to […]