Washington, April 27 (IANS) The White House on Monday defended the response of the United States Secret Service to the attempted attack on US President Donald Trump, saying security protocols worked as designed and the attacker was quickly neutralised.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the President remains confident in the agency, even as officials prepare to review procedures ahead of future public events.“The President has said he believes that the protocols worked,” Leavit…
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Washington, April 27 (IANS) The White House said on Monday that US President Donald Trump and his national security team are reviewing an Iranian proposal linked to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while maintaining that Washington’s red lines on Tehran’s nuclear programme remain unchanged.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the proposal was discussed during a meeting earlier in the day but declined to provide details or pre-empt the President’s position.“The Presi…
Washington, April 27 (IANS) The White House on Monday blamed political rhetoric and what it called “systemic demonisation” of Donald Trump for the latest attempted assassination against him, warning that such language is fuelling violence. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner reflected a broader pattern of hostility directed at the president and his supporters.“This political violence stems from a systemic demonisati…
Washington, April 27 (IANS) Donald Trump will continue to attend public events across the country despite repeated assassination attempts, the White House said Monday, signalling that security threats will not alter his schedule or approach. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president remains determined to engage directly with Americans, even after the latest attempted attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.“As you heard from President Trump, he does not w…
Washington, April 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Sunday described the suspect behind the foiled attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as “a sick guy” and said early warnings about the individual may not have reached authorities in time. “The guy is a sick guy, when you read his manifesto. He hates Christians, that’s one thing for sure… and I think his sister or his brother actually was complaining about it. They were even complaining to law enforcement. H…
New York, April 25 (IANS) Iran and the US appeared to be readying for communicating again, if at arm’s length and with secondary-level interlocutors, as a team from Tehran arrived in Pakistan and a US group was set to head there on Saturday. After the second round of talks that was to have taken place this week or over last weekend didn’t take off because Iran refused to join, there has been some delicate manoeuvres by Tehran to reopen contacts.As the stalemate continues, Tehran has closed the S…
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, April 23 (IANS) The US State Department has urged American citizens in Iran to leave after the Middle Eastern country partially reopened its airspace. In a social media post on Wednesday (local time), the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs urged Americans to monitor local media for updates closely and to contact commercial airlines for information about outbound flights.The advisory noted that US citizens may also depart by land to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenis…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) The Donald Trump administration has extended its ceasefire with Iran while maintaining a sweeping naval blockade, with the White House insisting there is no deadline for negotiations and signalling continued economic pressure on Tehran.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the United States is pursuing a dual-track approach, pausing military strikes while intensifying financial and maritime restrictions.“President Trump announced an extension of the ceas…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) “By relying on Pakistan to mediate the most acute national security concerns, US President Donald Trump essentially does the equivalent of hiring a child molester to teach in a kindergarten,” Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote in The Sunday Guardian about Islamabad’s mediation in the West Asia conflict.In a post on social media platform X on April 9, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif had described Israel as “evil”…