Washington, July 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has renewed his attack on electric vehicle policies, telling automobile workers in Michigan that consumers should be allowed to choose between electric and internal-combustion vehicles.Trump said his administration had ended former President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle policy and fuel-efficiency standards, which he claimed would have damaged the American automobile industry.“On day one, I ended Biden’s insane electric vehicle mandate that…
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Washington, July 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration is rapidly rebuilding America’s weapons stockpiles, arguing that military inventories had been depleted by large-scale assistance to Ukraine under former President Joe Biden but insisting the United States remains well prepared for any future conflict. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while travelling to Michigan, Trump dismissed concerns that the United States could face ammunition shortages if anot…
Los Angeles, July 26 (IANS) Singer-songwriter Katy Perry has expressed her anger at the US President Donald Trump. The singer shared that she is “deeply appalled and angry” after President Trump used her song ‘Firework’ to accompany footage of US strikes on Iran. A TikTok video in circulation teamed clips of military action with her 2010 single. The video was shared on the platform earlier this week.The singer has said that she hadn’t been consulted about the use of the track. She took to he…
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, 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…
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 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that the US military had killed the alleged leader of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua in a military operation coordinated with Venezuela.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said US Southern Command carried out a “swift and lethal kinetic strike” that killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as “Niño Guerrero”, whom he described as “the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizati…
Washington, June 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump used campaign-style tele-rallies to endorse Republican candidates in Alabama and Georgia while declaring that the United States had reached an agreement with Iran that would prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Addressing Republican voters in the two southern states ahead of primary runoff elections on June 16, Trump mixed local political endorsements with national policy themes, including immigration, election security, crime and fo…
New York, June 9 (IANS) Nithya Raman, a Democratic Socialist in the mould of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has emerged as the challenger to embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the November election to lead the second-biggest US city. She took the second spot in the open primary election, edging out the Republican candidate Spencer Pratt, to face Democrat Bass in a runoff, according to media calculations reported on Monday, even as the official counting was continuing almost a week after t…