Washington, July 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is losing patience with Senate Republicans over delays in advancing his election integrity legislation, the White House said on Thursday, urging lawmakers to send the measure to his desk before the August recess.Speaking at the daily White House briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump wants the Senate to act quickly after the House approved budget legislation containing key provisions of the SAVE America Act.”The president spoke …
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Washington, July 17 (IANS) Senior White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Friday defended President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on election integrity, arguing that newly declassified material had strengthened public concerns about vulnerabilities in the US electoral system and underscored the need for Congress to pass the proposed Save America Act.A day after Trump’s nationally televised address, Navarro told reporters at the White House that the administration’s objective was not to relitig…
Washington, July 17 (IANS) Senior White House adviser Peter Navarro on Friday indicated that allegations of Chinese interference in the 2020 US presidential election would not automatically alter the Trump administration’s broader engagement with Beijing, saying election security and US-China policy should be treated as “separate lanes” even as he defended President Donald Trump’s push for tighter election safeguards.In an interaction with reporters at the White House a day after Trump unveiled …
Washington, July 17 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled the most sweeping election reform agenda of his second presidency, combining the release of declassified intelligence with a series of executive actions and a renewed push for legislation that would tighten voting rules ahead of next year’s US midterm elections.In a rare prime-time address from the White House, Trump asserted that the United States faced an urgent election security crisis and outlined what he described as a c…
Washington, July 17 (IANS) President Donald Trump will deliver a prime-time address to the nation on Thursday (early morning India time) focused on what the White House described as protecting the integrity of US elections, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt urging Americans to reserve judgment until hearing the President’s remarks and insisting the speech would be backed by “facts” and “evidence”. At a White House press briefing, Leavitt announced that Trump would address the nation at 9 p.m…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has called for sweeping election reforms, urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act and require voters to show photo identification and proof of citizenship.Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference, Trump said the legislation was needed to protect US elections.”And now we have to pass the SAVE America Act to protect our sacred American elections,” Trump said.He said the proposed reforms should include vote…
Washington, May 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump sharply criticised sanctuary city policies and illegal immigration during a rally in suburban New York, where he also endorsed Republican leaders and highlighted his administration’s economic agenda.Speaking at Rockland Community College’s Eugene Levy Fieldhouse on Friday, Trump accused Democrats of driving businesses and taxpayers out of New York through high taxes and crime.“Companies are leaving, rich people are leaving,” Trump told …
Washington, March 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump renewed his push for sweeping election reforms, calling for mandatory voter identification and sharply criticising mail-in ballots as “inherently dishonest.”Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump urged Republicans to take aggressive legislative steps, including ending the Senate filibuster, to pass what he described as the “Save America Act.”“They should terminate the filibuster, just vote and you’ll get everything you want,” he s…
Washington, March 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump urged Republicans to link voter identification and proof-of-citizenship requirements to a key Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, escalating a political standoff with Democrats over airport disruptions and border security.Speaking at a roundtable in Memphis, Trump said lawmakers should not approve any deal unless it includes what he called the “SAVE America Act”. “Don’t make any deal on anything unless you include vote…
Washington, March 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he would oppose any deal with Democrats unless they back a sweeping legislative package he called the “Save America Act,” tying a range of contentious policy demands to ongoing negotiations in Washington.In a post on social media, Trump said: “I don’t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass ‘THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.’”He descr…