Washington, July 25 (IANS) President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee US export controls on sensitive technologies pledged this week to ensure America’s most advanced technologies do not aid the military ambitions of its adversaries, while promising to work closely with allies and Congress to keep export controls effective as competition with China intensifies.Appearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Abby Warren, nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary for Export Administration at the C…
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Washington, July 25 (IANS) A bipartisan group of influential US senators has urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to impose sanctions on support vessels that enable China’s vast distant-water fishing fleet, arguing that targeting the logistical backbone of the operation would disrupt what they described as widespread illegal fishing, environmental destruction and forced labour linked to the Chinese Communist Party.Led by Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee o…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) America’s leading financial institutions and some of its biggest corporate philanthropists on Monday joined forces behind a new initiative to give millions of children an early stake in the US economy, marking an unprecedented collaboration between the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The White House event, hosted by President Donald Trump to launch the “Trump Accounts” programme, also featured what organisers described as the first-ever joint opening bell ceremony i…
Washington, June 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran came under sustained bipartisan criticism, with lawmakers, former officials and policy experts questioning whether Tehran had gained more from the agreement than Washington. The criticism came as Vice President JD Vance continued talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland and administration officials defended the deal as the start of a diplomatic process aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear…
Washington, June 22 (IANS) Vice President JD Vance has emerged as the public face of President Donald Trump’s high-stakes diplomacy with Iran, taking charge of negotiations that could reshape the Middle East while also carrying the political risks of a deal that is already drawing criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.As technical talks on Iran’s nuclear programme began in Switzerland, Vance found himself at the centre of an effort that the Trump administration describes as a historic op…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) The United States has launched its first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years, with President Donald Trump and senior lawmakers hailing Artemis II as a milestone in a renewed global space race.“Let me begin by congratulating the team at NASA and our brave astronauts on the successful launch of Artemis II; it was quite something,” Trump said at the top of his address to the nation on Iran on Wednesday night (local time), as he called the mission “a…
Washington, March 25 (IANS) A bitter partisan clash erupted in the US Senate as Republicans accused federal investigators of orchestrating a sweeping abuse of power in their inquiries into Donald Trump, likening the effort to a “modern Watergate,” while Democrats dismissed the claims as unfounded and defended the investigations as routine law enforcement.At a combative Judiciary subcommittee hearing titled “Arctic Frost,” Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, said the Justice Department…
Washington, March 19 (IANS) US lawmakers across party lines voiced growing alarm over the sweeping influence of social media platforms, warning that their impact on children, public discourse, and the flow of information has outpaced existing laws. At a Senate hearing marking 30 years of Section 230 on Wednesday (local time), senators repeatedly pointed to what they described as a digital ecosystem that is no longer functioning in the public interest.“All of us here agree that the digital publ…
Washington, March 12 (IANS) Two US senators introduced legislation seeking sanctions against individuals involved in alleged forced organ harvesting in China. Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, unveiled the Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act, a bill that would impose sanctions on individuals responsible for forced organ harvesting and require the US administratio…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) US lawmakers and child development experts have warned that artificial intelligence chatbots pose new and potentially more dangerous risks to children than social media, urging Congress to move quickly to impose safeguards as the technology spreads.Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee at a hearing titled “Plugged Out: Examining the Impact of Technology on America’s Youth,” experts said AI-powered “companion” chatbots are being designed to encourage …