Image-centric social network Snapchat yesterday said it has permanently banned US President Donald Trump from the platform, as voices are raised against keeping him off the internet stage. Trump’s access to social media has been largely cut off since a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington […]
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Trump impeached for unprecedented second time
Donald Trump became the first US president in history to be impeached twice when the House of Representatives voted yesterday to charge him with inciting last week’s mob attack on Congress. The Senate will not hold a trial before January 20, when Democrat Joe Biden assumes the presidency, meaning the […]
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US House poised to impeach Trump for his role in Capitol assault
A week after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol, the US House of Representatives will vote today to impeach the president for his role in an assault on American democracy that stunned the nation and left five dead. At least five Republicans have said they would join Democrats […]
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YouTube suspends Trump’s channel after violating policy on inciting violence
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said today it has suspended Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the US Capitol by the president’s supporters. Online platforms and social media companies are distancing themselves from, and taking action against, those that encouraged or engaged in […]
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Pence rejects calls to oust defiant Trump, but impeachment looms
Bolstered by support from his deputy Mike Pence who opposed ousting the US president, Donald Trump denied responsibility yesterday for an assault on Congress by his supporters but now faces an all-but-certain second impeachment effort. With Republican backing for Trump eroding in the final days of his presidency, Pence served […]
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Donald Trump’s science adviser Scott Atlas leaving White House job
Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to President Donald Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post. A White House official confirmed that the Stanford University neuroradiologist, who had no formal experience in public health or infectious diseases, resigned at the […]
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Donald Trump says 2020 election was probably least secure ever
The November 3rd presidential elections were probably the least secure American polls ever, US President Donald Trump alleged Sunday, a repeated claim which has found very few takers and has, so far, not been able to stand legal scrutiny. “Our 2020 Election, from poorly rated Dominion to a Country FLOODED […]
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Iran accuses Israel, US in assassination of nuclear scientist
Iran accused Israel and the US of being behind the assassination of one of its top nuclear scientists on Friday and vowed revenge, sharply escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the head of research and innovation at Iran’s Ministry […]
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Angry Donald Trump promises rally in battleground state of Georgia
President Donald Trump has renewed baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states led to his election defeat, and said he’ll go to Georgia to rally supporters ahead of two Senate runoff elections. “This has a long way to go,” Trump said on Thanksgiving evening, despite the […]
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US makes last-ditch bid to derail Donald Trump rape accuser case
The US government on Wednesday put forth a last-ditch attempt to derail a defamation lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump by a New York advice columnist who claims he raped her two decades go. The Justice Department is fighting to replace Trump as the defendant in the suit brought by […]
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Donald Trump Junior’s girlfriend tests coronavirus positive
The girlfriend of President Donald Trump’s eldest son has tested positive for coronavirus, US media reported Friday. Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News television personality who is dating Donald Trump Jr, had travelled to South Dakota to see the US president’s Fourth of July speech and celebration fireworks at Mount Rushmore. […]
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Thousands stranded, families separated after Donald Trump’s H1B visa decree
Natasha Bhat learned in late February that her father-in-law had suddenly died. Bhat, 35, recently recalled how she grabbed a backpack and hustled her U.S.-born 4-year-old son to the San Francisco airport to catch a midnight flight to India, her home country. She didn’t anticipate being stuck there indefinitely. Bhat […]
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US official defends Donald Trump stepping outdoors without mask
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says President Donald Trump’s “unique” circumstances are why he doesn’t wear a mask even as the government is urging people to do so. Addressing spikes in reported coronavirus cases in some states, Azar said people “have to take ownership” of their own behaviours […]
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Trump administration sees no loophole in new Huawei curb
The U.S. government sees no loopholes in a new rule aimed at crimping global chip sales to China’s Huawei and will “aggressively” crack down on any bid to disobey the intent of the curb, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday. The rule, released in May, expands U.S. authority to […]
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Trump suspends H-1B and sets it up for overhaul
US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday to extend the suspension of green cards till the end of the year and expand it to cover non-immigrant work visas such as H-1B, which, through a separate reform regulation at some future date, will also undergo a series of permanent […]