WASHINGTON (US) – The US Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records as part of a criminal investigation, a blow to his quest to conceal details of his finances. The justices
WASHINGTON (US) – Former President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Tuesday to respond to the US House of Representatives’ impeachment charging him with inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to supporters before last month’s deadly assault on the Capitol. The deadline comes just days after Trump parted ways with his initial legal team amid […]
WASHINGTON (US) – President Joe Biden will enforce a ban on most non-US citizens making their entry into the country, after recently being to South Africa starting Saturday in an attempt to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior US public health official told. Biden on Monday is also bring back […]
WASHINGTON (US) – The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration, President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart, the White House said on Saturday. In a Friday call with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Biden outlined his plan
WASHINGTON (US) – In one of his last few duties as president, Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a directive permitting his staff to immediately begin lobbying. With this, Trump has made a U turn from his own 2017 executive order intended at preventing his aides from using their influence for personal gain. The earlier restrictions, […]
WASHINGTON (US) – US President Donald Trump has granted pardon to former White House aide Steve Bannon as part of a slew of pardons and commutations that will be issued during his final hours in office, a senior administration official said. Trump was not expected to pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy […]
WASHINGTON (US) – President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to US agencies for assessing any security risks posed by Chinese-made drones in American government fleets and to give importance for removing them. Trump directed all US agencies to clearly analyse the security risks posed to the existing government drone fleet from drones […]
WASHINGTON (US) – US President-elect Joe Biden plans to swiftly extend travel restrictions preventing travel by most people who were recently in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump removed those requirements effective January 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said. Trump signed an order on Monday lifting the restrictions he enforced early […]
NEW YORK (US) – American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who built lavish gambling palaces that made him one of the world’s richest men and became a potent supporter of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died at age 87. Adelson died on Monday night from complications related to treatment for […]
VATICAN CITY (ROME) – Pope Francis urged Americans on Sunday to shun violence, seek reconciliation and “protect democratic values” following the mob attack on the US Capitol building by supporters of President Trump that left five people dead. “I repeat that violence is self-destructive, always. Nothing is gained by violence and so much is