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Trump says N Korea went too far in calling Biden ‘rabid dog’

10:33 pm November 17, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump issued a rare — if tepid — defense of Joe Biden on Sunday, saying Pyongyang’s depiction of him as “a rabid dog” who should be “beaten to death” went a bit too far. “Joe Biden may be Sleepy and Very Slow,” Trump tweeted, using his nicknames for the former vice […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump aide curbed access to Ukraine call, fearing fallout

10:43 am November 17, 2019

Washington: A top US official restricted access to the summary of Donald Trump’s Ukraine call that triggered an impeachment probe, fearing it would damage the president, testimony released Saturday showed. White House Ukraine expert Timothy Morrison told House investigators he knew immediately how sensitive the call was when he heard Trump press Ukraine’s President Volodymyr […]

Trump intervenes in military justice cases, grants pardons

7:45 pm November 16, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump has pardoned a former US Army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a suspected Afghan bomb-maker and a former Army lieutenant convicted of murder for ordering his men to fire upon three Afghans, killing two, the White House announced late Friday. The commander in chief also […]

NRC Rejection Slip likely from Mar 20: Assam Government

NRC in Assam targeting religious minorities: US commission on religious freedom

1:39 pm November 16, 2019

Washington: A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is a tool to “target religious minorities and to render Muslims stateless”. Observing that the final NRC list, which validates bona fide Indian citizens of Assam, has excluded 19 lakh residents, the US Commission on International […]

Ousted ambassador felt ‘big threat;’ Trump assails her anew

11:28 pm November 15, 2019

Washington: Former US Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch provided chilling detail in Trump impeachment hearings Friday of the big threat she felt upon suddenly being ousted from her post and learning President Donald Trump had denounced her in his July phone call with Ukraine’s president. In that call, Trump assailed her as bad news and said she was […]