US President Donald Trump on Thursday voiced rare criticism of two of his most steadfast aides, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General Bill Barr, less than a month before elections. Fuming in a telephone interview with Fox Business, Trump, who has been forced off the campaign trail by...
U.S. President Joe Biden ordered U.S. state flags be flown at half-mast after a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville, the White House said in a proclamation. The president said “as a mark of respect for victims of the senseless act of violence perpetrated on March 27,...
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most Americans trying to pay off university loans will get $10,000 forgiven in a bid to address the decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country. “In keeping with my campaign promise, my administration is announcing a plan to give working and...
About 100 lawmakers of the U.S. Senate were sworn in on Thursday as jurors for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. BBC reports that Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts administered the oath to the senators. Justice Roberts asked the senators, “Do you solemnly swear that in all...
A single-engine plane crashed near an interstate highway in Nashville, Tennessee, resulting in multiple fatalities, authorities confirmed. The incident occurred when the pilot reported engine trouble and attempted an emergency landing at John C. Tune Airport, but the aircraft burst into flames upon crashing in a grassy median. According to...
President Donald Trump is meeting with congressional leaders on Tuesday to discuss a payroll tax cut as part of efforts to provide “substantial relief” to businesses and individuals who suffer financially as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. “We’re also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help...
Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new nominee, in a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House. The 81-year-old Biden stepped aside after weeks of pressure from Democrats following a disastrous...
The United States President, Donald Trump, has announced the suspension of funding to the World Health Organisation, claiming the agency had covered up the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak in China allowing it to spread around the world. Mr Trump on Tuesday at a press conference said he has instructed...
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is considering placing coronavirus-stricken New York state and adjacent areas under “quarantine,” to prevent people there from spreading the virus to other parts of the US. “There’s a possibility that sometime today we’ll do a quarantine – short-term, two weeks – on New York,...
President-elect Joe Biden reassured Americans won’t be forced to take a coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available in the United States. This comes as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said the US had “entered a phase of high-level transmission” of the virus with 14.3 million confirmed cases and more...