Washington, April 25 (IANS) Top Senate Democrats have formally asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate what they described as sweeping Trump administration actions that have disrupted the US legal immigration system, including halts in visa processing and fresh scrutiny of previously approved green cards and citizenship cases.In a set of letters led by Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, lawmakers said the administration’s moves — including pausing immigration bene…
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Washington, Mar 10 (IANS) US lawmakers sharply split over President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military action against Iran, with senior Republicans defending the move as necessary for national security while Democrats warned it was an unauthorised war that could drive up economic costs and deepen instability in the Middle East.Senator Roger Wicker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, strongly backed the president’s decision during remarks on the Senate flo…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The United States’ political establishment was sharply divided on Sunday over President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran and the reported killing of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with senior lawmakers clashing over whether the action was a necessary blow against a long-time adversary or, as one senator put it, “a war of choice”.Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton strongly defended the operation. Speaking to CNN, Cotton said, “The…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has pushed the Islamic Republic into uncertain territory, with American lawmakers and Iranian officials offering sharply different assessments of what may follow within Tehran’s power structure.Speaking to CNN, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton said the military campaign would continue. “What the American people will see in the days ahead is going to be a methodical and systema…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday condemned the US strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling them unlawful aggression and signalling that Tehran will respond without compromise.Speaking to ABC News, Araghchi rejected Washington’s justification outright.“What the United States is doing is an act of aggression. What we are doing is the act of self-defence,” he said.The statement lays out Iran’s diplomatic and legal positi…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) US Senator Adam Schiff warned that President Donald Trump’s calls to “nationalize” US elections could undermine democracy at home and damage America’s standing abroad, as the country moves toward midterm elections. Speaking on ABC’s This Week, Schiff said Trump appeared prepared to interfere in the vote if Republicans lose.“I think he’ll intend to try to subvert the elections,” Schiff said. “He will do everything he can to suppress the vote.”Schiff sa…