Washington, July 24 (IANS) Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville has sharply escalated his attacks on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, saying the Democratic mayor would eventually do something “stupid” enough to be “sent to Gitmo”, invoking the US military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay as political rhetoric in an increasingly polarised national debate over immigration, socialism and the direction of American politics.Tuberville, an Alabama Republican who earlier this year secured his pa…
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Washington, July 22 (IANS) Republican members of a US House oversight panel said tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children may still be unaccounted for, as witnesses urged tighter sponsor checks, better data sharing and stronger action against trafficking networks.The House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement held the roundtable to examine the handling of children who crossed the southern border without a parent or legal guardian during th…
Washington, July 16 (IANS) Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “very charismatic leader” and said India’s progress over the past decade should be recognised and celebrated in the United States. In an exclusive interview with IANS, the Democratic lawmaker from Michigan also spoke about PM Modi’s relationship with US President Donald Trump.“Look, President Trump and Modiji share very good relations. Modiji is a very charismatic leader, …
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,…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) Delivering his remarks at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Leadership Summit, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s foreign and immigration policies while arguing that the India-US partnership should ultimately be anchored in shared democratic values rather than transactional interests.Khanna, who represents California’s Silicon Valley and is regarded as one of the Democratic Party’s leading voices on technology a…
Washington, June 28 (IANS) Republican Senator Todd Young and Democratic Senator Mark Kelly called on American politicians to show greater political courage and put the national interest ahead of partisan politics, while offering contrasting views on President Donald Trump’s leadership.The two senators made the remarks during a joint interview on ABC’s This Week, where they discussed political polarisation, bipartisan cooperation and the challenges of governing in an increasingly divided America….
Seoul, June 28 (IANS) Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are set to announce major investment plans early this week at a meeting presided over by President Lee Jae Myung, the presidential office said on Sunday.The investments will be unveiled during a briefing scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Cheong Wa Dae on the government’s three mega projects aimed at balanced regional development, presidential spokesperson Kang Yoo-jung said.The initiative is jointly pushed by the trade, science, transport and e…
Seoul, June 24 (IANS) Rep. Jung Chung-rae of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) resigned as chairman of the party Wednesday in a move widely seen as a step toward seeking reelection at the party’s upcoming national convention. “I spent many sleepless nights looking back on myself and my political life for the past few days,” Jung said during a meeting of the party’s supreme council at the National Assembly. “I am stepping down as party leader today.”Jung stressed that he devoted himself …
Seoul, June 23 (IANS) A parliamentary special committee on Tuesday conducted its first inquiry into the National Election Commission (NEC) over an unprecedented shortage of ballots during the recent local elections in South Korea. Last week, the National Assembly launched a special 18-member committee to investigate the cause of the shortage of ballots at more than a dozen polling stations in Seoul during the June 3 local elections.”As the chairperson, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for t…
Seoul, June 21 (IANS) Protests demanding a rerun of the June 3 local elections marred by ballot paper shortages entered the 17th day Sunday at a ballot counting site in southern Seoul.Protesters continued to chant slogans and hold pickets claiming election fraud outside SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul’s southern ward of Songpa, which was used as a ballot counting site for the elections.As many as 34,000 people were gathered at the venue as of 3:30 pm, with those in their 20s and 30s accou…