Washington, July 15 (IANS) Former US President Joe Biden will release a memoir in November, offering a first-person account of his four years in the White House and the “deeply agonising calculation” behind his decision to withdraw from the 2024 Presidential race. “The book, titled “Promise Me, America”, will be published on November 17 by Little, Brown and Company. It is available for pre-order,” Biden announced on Tuesday.”I’ve written a book about my time as President. It’s called PROMISE ME,…
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Washington, July 5 (IANS) Four former US presidents from both Republican and Democratic administrations marked America’s 250th Independence Day with a shared message that the nation’s democracy remains a work in progress and depends on active citizenship, even as they offered differing assessments of the country’s current political climate.Former Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden each used the occasion to call on Americans to protect democratic values, participa…
Washington, July 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump offered a series of personal observations about former American Presidents, mixed with humour about himself and a message for children marking Independence Day, during an appearance on Second Lady Usha Vance’s children’s podcast released on Friday.Trump joined Vance for an episode of StoryTime with the Second Lady, recorded in the Oval Office, where he read from Presidents Play!, a children’s book published by the White House Historical Associa…
Chicago, June 19 (IANS) Former US President Barack Obama criticised US President Donald Trump during the the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, without mentioning him by name.A US presidential center is a complex dedicated to a former president’s legacy, which typically includes a museum, educational facilities, public programs, and an archive of presidential records. Most US presidents have one.Reflecting on history, Obama emphasised the American ideal of “no kings or…
Washington, June 18 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended the Trump administration’s Iran agreement, saying Tehran would receive no meaningful economic benefits unless it verifiably dismantled elements of its nuclear programme and altered its regional conduct. Speaking at a White House briefing a day after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran aimed at ending months of conflict, Vance said the agreement was already helping stabilise energy markets…
Washington, June 14 (IANS) Senior Trump administration officials on Sunday mounted a vigorous defence of the emerging US-Iran agreement, saying that it bears little resemblance to the nuclear accord negotiated under former President Barack Obama, even as Obama-era officials questioned whether the new arrangement would ultimately be much different.The debate unfolded across multiple Sunday television interviews as the White House pushed toward a memorandum of understanding with Iran that Presiden…
Washington, June 14 (IANS) The Trump administration on Sunday signalled that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at ending the conflict with Iran could be signed within hours, potentially reopening the Strait of Hormuz and paving the way for broader negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme.Senior US officials appearing on Sunday news programmes expressed confidence that the agreement remained on track despite lingering tensions in the region and fresh Israeli strikes against Hezbollah ta…
Washington, June 13, (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Saturday that a new agreement with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen to international shipping immediately after the deal takes effect. “The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” Trump wrote in a social media post that outlined what he described as a breakthrough agreement with Tehran.Trump said the proposed ac…
Los Angeles, June 2 (IANS) British actress Emily Blunt has shared that she was cringed out by the former US President Barack Obama. The actress shared that she fell “cringe-ily silent” when Barack Obama visited the ‘Disclosure Day’ set. The 43-year-old actress has recalled director Steven Spielberg, 79, describing how she and her castmates reacted when the former President of the United States visited the set of the upcoming sci-fi epic, reports ‘Female First UK’.She told Extra, “Steven …
Washington, May 25 (IANS) The White House thinks it could take several days for the deal’s approval by Iran’s leadership, according to a report from US media.While US officials are optimistic that a deal will be signed within days, they also acknowledge it has not been finalised and could still fall apart, said the report by Axios, citing a senior US official.It is unclear whether the potential deal will lead to a lasting peace agreement that also addresses US nuclear demands, Xinhua news agency…