Tag: Donald Trump

Berlin: The world’s biggest economies have dropped a long-standing public endorsement of free trade at their first meeting with the US President Donald Trump’s administration. Finance Ministers and central bank Governors from the G-20 group of leading economies, including the US, China, Mexico, Germany and India, held two days of tough talking in the German town […]

Washington: Some of NASA missions in development — including one to land on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa and a few Earth science missions — will not go forward as per President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal 2018. Overall, NASA’s funding for 2018 would be cut from roughly $19.3 billion to $19.1 billion, according to the […]

Los Angeles: The artistic community has denounced US President Donald Trumps proposal to eliminate funding to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA). Trump has reportedly proposed the elimination of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but the body, nor its subsidiaries National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi exchanged barbs and letters after she barred him from speaking in the House of Representatives until the partial government shutdown ends. The traditional State of the Union Address by the president in a joint session of the US Congress is done at the invitation of […]

Washington: The US and China are dealing the trade negotiations at the highest levels, President Donald Trump said, claiming that America’s steel industry has come “roaring back” following the last year’s tariff hikes. The Trump administration imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel and aluminium items in March last year, a move that sparked fears of […]

Washington: The United States is doing very well in trade negotiations with China, President Donald Trump said Friday. We have a massive trade negotiation going on with China. President Xi is very much involved; so am I. We’re dealing at the highest levels and we’re doing very well. We’re doing very well, Trump told reporters […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he looks forward to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a day after Pyongyang warned of considering a change of approach if Washington maintains pressure. Trump’s response comes after Kim said in his New Year Speech that he wants good relations with the US but […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump plans to nominate Heather Nauert, the chief State Department spokeswoman, as his next envoy to the UN to replace Indian-American Nikki Haley, according to media reports. In October, Haley announced that she was leaving the post by the end of the year. Haley has served nearly two years in the […]

Moscow: A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will take place at this week’s G20 summit as planned, the Kremlin said Thursday, despite US threats to cancel over Moscow’s tensions with Ukraine. “Washington has confirmed the meeting,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. Peskov said the meeting in Argentina would start […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday sought “decorum” from White House reporters and asserted that he wants total freedom of press. His statement came after a federal US court ordered the White House to immediately reinstate the press credentials of CNN’s correspondent Jim Acosta in a ruling seen as a major victory for mediapersons. […]

Washington: The Donald Trump administration wants to make changes in the existing H-1B provisions for it to play a better role in attracting highly skilled foreign workers as opposed to the what it has now evolved into an “outsourcing” role, the White House said Thursday. “The president’s overall instinct — and he said this publicly […]

Washington: Greeting people on the occasion of Diwali, US President Donald Trump said the festival of lights is a special opportunity to reflect on the bond of friendship between India and the United States. Trump said First Lady Melania joins him in sending their best wishes for a very happy and memorable Diwali. He also recognised […]

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump is unlikely to accept India’s invitation to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, sources said Sunday. The US is understood to have conveyed to New Delhi that Trump may not be able to honour the invitation as he will have pressing engagements, including his State of The […]

Washington: Donald Trump’s controversial nominee Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a judge of the US Supreme Court, in a major victory for the US President amid crackling tension, angry protests and high drama on Capitol Hill. Kavanaugh was officially sworn in Saturday evening as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump hosted his first Iftar dinner at the White House during which he sought co-operation from the Muslim world to achieve a future of security and prosperity for all, a move that surprised many in the community after he skipped hosting such a party last year. Last year, Trump broke with […]