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White House ups bid in last-ditch COVID talks with Congress

10:37 pm October 1, 2020

Washington: The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill above $1.5 trillion as last-ditch, pre-election negotiations hit a critical phase Thursday. The offer by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on unemployment is higher than many Republicans would like in any potential COVID deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Significant, possibly […]

China fires back at US over environment, South China Sea

7:01 pm September 28, 2020

Beijing: US-China friction flared again Monday, with Beijing firing back at accusations by Washington that it is a leading cause of global environmental damage and has reneged on its promise not to militarise the South China Sea. A document issued last week by the State Department cited China’s record on issues from greenhouse gas emissions to air and water and soil […]

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

Biden’s son Hunter made money from Russia, China: Trump

2:13 pm September 28, 2020

Washington: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden‘s son Hunter received a large sum of money from Russia and China, US President Donald Trump has alleged and said that the mainstream media is “underplaying” the story and keeping quiet on it. “It’s hard to believe, when you see the kind of money that he (Hunter) has made from China, from Russia, where the wife […]

How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 years

11:07 pm September 27, 2020

Washington: Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a little-known law professor in Indiana. Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the US Supreme Court. Barrett’s fast-track rise, set to drive the nation’s highest court to the right for a generation or longer, is the fulfillment of a decadeslong effort by conservatives […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump praises his efforts in handling virus

11:56 pm September 22, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump says he has “done an amazing” and “incredible job” handling the coronavirus, even as the country surpasses 200,000 virus deaths. Trump boasted of his administration’s efforts in an interview with WJBK FOX 2 Detroit at the White House Tuesday just before Johns Hopkins University announced the confirmed US death toll now tops 200,000 people — the […]