Washington, May 8 (IANS) More than 100 bipartisan members of the US Congress have urged President Donald Trump to press Chinese President Xi Jinping for the release of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai during their upcoming meeting, warning that the 78-year-old’s health is rapidly deteriorating.In a bicameral letter led by Representative Chris Smith and Senator Rick Scott, lawmakers said Lai’s 20-year prison sentence under Hong Kong’s National Security Law …
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Washington, April 24 (IANS) President Donald Trump continues to back FBI Director Kash Patel, the White House said, defending his leadership and citing a sharp drop in crime across the United States. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president “does still have confidence in the FBI director and in our law and order team to do what they’ve been doing so well over the course of the last year and a half.”She pointed to falling crime rates. “The crime rates in this cou…
Washington, March 12 (IANS) More than 40 US senators have demanded answers from the Pentagon over the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran that reportedly killed at least 168 people, most of them children, during the opening phase of the Trump administration’s war against Iran.In a letter to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers said they were writing with “grave concern regarding the airstrikes on a girls’ elementary school that reportedly killed at least 168 people — mostly chil…
Washington, March 11 (IANS) About 140 US service members have been wounded during the first 10 days of sustained attacks linked to the American military campaign against Iran, the Pentagon said, as Senate Democrats demanded public hearings on President Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East.Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell disclosed the casualty figures in a statement on the ongoing conflict.“Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, approximately 140 US service members have been wounded o…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Democratic lawmakers in the United States sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s war with Iran as gasoline prices surge nationwide, urging the White House to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease pressure on American families.Oil prices have climbed into triple digits for the first time in four years, with crude nearing $120 a barrel amid disruptions to energy flows from the Middle East. The spike has pushed fuel costs sharply higher nationwi…
New York, March 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was caught in controversies over her handling of immigration raids and her personal life. He named Senator Markwayne Mullin on Thursday to replace Noem, the first cabinet official to leave his administration in his second term. It was a mighty fall for one of the most loyal and firebrand supporters of Trump, whose excesses in implementing immigration policies were seen as beginning to hurt t…
Washington, March 5 (IANS) US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that “Americans don’t want war”, sharply criticising President Donald Trump’s handling of the escalating conflict with Iran and accusing Senate Republicans of backing what he called the President’s “military escapades”. Speaking on the Senate floor, Schumer said the public across the political spectrum opposed the growing military confrontation in the Middle East.”Americans don’t want war. Not Republican voters, …
Washington, March 3 (IANS) A fierce political battle erupted in Washington over President Donald Trump’s military campaign in Iran, with senior Republicans defending the action as lawful and necessary, while top Democrats accused the President of launching a war without Congressional approval.Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed criticism that the administration had failed to properly notify lawmakers.“Why not notify Congress?!” Rubio told reporters at the US Congress.“We can’t notif…
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) US Senate Democrats accused President Donald Trump of deepening a farm and food affordability crisis, arguing that his tariff policies have handed China leverage in global agriculture while driving up grocery prices at home.Releasing a new report titled “Trump’s Broken Promises: Devastating America’s Farmers and Working Families,” Democrats said Trump’s trade war with Beijing has sharply curtailed US export markets and forced American farmers into financial di…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Republicans and Democrats sharpened their differences over Iran on Thursday, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune backed President Donald Trump’s approach while House Democrats moved to force a vote on a resolution limiting any military action. Thune, appearing on Fox News, said, “This president is committed to safer streets, to more money in the American people’s pockets, and to new opportunities for Americans to get ahead.”On foreign policy, he said, “I thin…