Tag: Trump

Washington: President Donald Trump called his former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen – who was sentenced to three years in prison after cooperating with prosecutors in several investigations, including the so-called “Russia probe” – a “rat” on Twitter. “Remember, Michael Cohen only became a ‘Rat’ after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable […]

Washington: US Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, in an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, asked its CEO Sundar Pichai why so many pictures of President Donald Trump appear when she does a Google search for “idiot”. “Right now, if you Google the word ‘idiot’ under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up. […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to unveil a plan on Tuesday that would weaken federal clean water rules designed to protect millions of acres of wetlands and streams nationwide from pesticide runoff and other pollutants. Environmentalists have said the proposal represents a historic assault on wetlands regulation at a moment when Trump […]

Washington: “I can’t breathe,” were the last words uttered by Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi before he was killed by a Saudi hit squad at the country’s consulate in Istanbul in October, a CNN report said. An informed source, who has read a translated transcript of an audio recording of the journalist’s painful last moments, […]

Washington: US senators say they are more certain than ever after a private CIA briefing that the Saudi crown prince had a role in the murder of a journalist. In a blistering attack, Senator Lindsey Graham said he had “high confidence” Mohammed bin Salman was complicit in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, BBC reported. The […]

Washington: Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in over 400 WhatsApp messages that he sent to a fellow Saudi exile before he was murdered in October, described Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as a “beast” and a “pac-man” who would devour all in his path, even his supporters, a media report said. Khashoggi had sent the […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that the CIA did not blame Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was murdered on October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Officials told US media such an operation would have needed the prince’s approval. “They didn’t conclude,” […]

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the content of an audio recording of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the country shared with its Western allies, as a “calamity” and said it shocked a Saudi Arabian intelligence officer who listened to it, the media reported on Tuesday. Calling on Riyadh to take […]

Washington:The Washington Post has urged American voters to vote in Tuesday’s midterm election against the ideology of President Donald Trump who is “betting heavily that voters can be swayed by appeals to their worst instincts: anger, hatred and fear”. At stake in the election to the House of Representatives and Senate was not just the […]

Ankara: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump discussed on telephone on Sunday night the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and agreed that “all aspects of the case should be brought to light”. This was announced by Turkey’s presidential press office, reports Xinhua news agency. Erdogan said earlier on Sunday […]

Washington: Nikki Haley, the first American of Indian descent to hold a cabinet-level position in the US, resigned as Ambassador to the UN on Tuesday. CNN said that Haley sent her resignation directly to President Donald Trump. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted: “President Trump and Ambassador Nikki Haley will meet in the Oval […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the government if the Democratic Party does not cooperate on border security issues. “I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! “Must get rid of Lottery, Catch and Release […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump suggested that the US should follow the example of other countries that impose the death penalty on drug traffickers. Speaking at a White House summit on the opioid epidemic on Thursday, Trump threatened to sue companies that manufacture painkillers with an eye toward halting the opioid addiction epidemic in US. He […]

Washington: One of US President Donald Trump’s top aides, Deputy Chief of Staff Rick Dearborn, will step down early next year to pursue private sector work, White House officials informed. He becomes the latest high profile departure from the West Wing as Trump nears his one-year mark in office. Dearborn will remain at the White […]

United Nation: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Washington and meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, a UN spokesman announced. The spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, would not give details of the meeting. “I don’t think it will surprise you if I will tell you that issues of mutual concern will […]