WASHINGTON - A partial shutdown of the US federal administration began on Saturday after lawmakers failed to reach a budget agreement over President Donald Trumps border wall funding demands. Negotiations between the House of Representatives and Senate reached a deadlock over Trump's demand to include a $5 billion allocation in the budget for his long-promised wall along the Mexican border. Lawmakers adjourned last-minute talks on Friday evening.
ANAHEIM,CA - History was made Dec. 4 in Southern California as Harry Sidhu was inaugurated as the mayor of Anaheim, on Dec 4.
He becomes the first Indian-American to claim the seat in the city, which is the tenth most populous city in California. The inaugural event took place at River Arena next to Anaheim City Hall which was filled to capacity, according to a press release distributed by Sidhu’s office. Joining Sidhu on stage for administration of the oath of office by Orange County Superior Court Judge... WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee is currently being investigated by federal prosecutors for possible financial abuses related to foreign donations raised for his inauguration, the media reported. According to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, prosecutors were examining whether foreigners illegally funnelled donations to Trump's inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of buying influence over American policy.
WASHINGTON - Outgoing US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said that President Donald Trump's unpredictability and mercurial nature was often an asset in UN diplomacy. "If I need to pick up the phone and say this is what I'm gonna to do, are you good with this? We kind of partnered in that," she said in an interview on Wednesday. "And so he would like ratchet up the rhetoric and then I would go back to the ambassadors and say, ‘You know he is pretty upset. I can't promise you what he is going to do.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's former long-term personal attorney, Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in jail on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a series of crimes, including campaign finance violations, tax evasion and lying to Congress. Prosecutors had recommended a "substantial term of imprisonment" for Cohen, and a federal judge in Manhattan, New York, sentenced him to three years in federal prison, reports Xinhua news agency.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has accused former FBI Director James Comey of lying during his testimony before a congressional committee last week, when the ex-official revealed that the investigation into presumed Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was initially focused on four US citizens. In two tweets, Trump criticised Comey's testimony, the transcription of which was made public Saturday evening and was published on Sunday by several US media outlets, Efe reported on Sunday.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has signed a two-week spending bill to extend federal government funding, averting a partial shutdown and delaying an expected partisan fight over the proposed border wall. The legislation, which would keep the Homeland Security Department and several other government agencies open through December 21, came on Friday, reports Xinhua news agency. The prospect of a partial government shutdown was raised by disagreements among lawmakers over...
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has said he will nominate William Barr to be the new attorney general, a post the jurist previously held between 1991 and 1993. If confirmed by the Senate, the 68-year-old Barr will succeed Jeff Sessions, who was forced out by Trump on November 7, Efe news reported on Friday. "He was my first choice from day one, respected by Republicans and respected by Democrats," Trump told reporters at the White House. "He will be nominated for the US attorney general and...
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered the flags at the White House and in all US territories to wave at half-staff for the next 30 days in honour of former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Thursday night at the age of 94. "I...do hereby direct that the flag of the US be displayed at half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds...for a period of 30 days from the day of his death," said Trump in a presidential proclamation.
WASHINGTON - George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the US who is best known for sanctioning the Gulf War, presiding over the fall of the Berlin Wall and steering America through the end of the Cold War, has died at the age of 94 in Houston. The announcement of his passing on Friday night was made in a statement by his son and 43rd US President George W. Bush on Saturday. "Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear dad has died," Bush said.
|