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Trump's administration overpaid corn farmers by $3 bn: Federal watchdog
The Trump administration overpaid corn farmers by about $3 billion in federal aid in 2019, a federal watchdog agency has found.
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USCIS reverses Trump-era policy denying certain immigrant visa applications
In 2018, The Trump administration gave its immigration officials more power to reject H-1B visa applications outright.
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US President Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge
This reverses a drilling program approved by the Trump administration
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Biden administration reverses Trump changes to bank antidiscrimination law
The Biden administration announced it would repeal the changes made by the Trump administration to an important law made to stop banks from discriminating against racial minorities and the poor
US Capitol violence: Trump administration officials to testify on January 6
Two senior Trump administration officials plan to defend their actions during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol when they appear before Congress
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Hard to meet May 1 deadline to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan: Biden
United States President Joe Biden said it is going to be hard to meet the May 1 deadline to pull out US troops from Afghanistan as per the deal made during the Donald Trump administration
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Trump raised $255.4 million in 8 weeks in bid to overturn election
Former US President Donald Trump and the Republican Party raised $255.4 mn in the eight-plus weeks following the election, new federal filings show, as he sought to undermine and overturn the results
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Inheriting a confluence of crises, Biden will take helm as US president
US has seen a near-death experience as a democracy. Americans who will watch the new president be sworn in are now acutely aware of how much it needs to be protected
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Trump admin slams China's Huawei, halting shipments from Intel: Report
The United States made the latest decisions during a half dozen meetings starting on Jan. 4
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US lawyers ask 2nd Circuit to nix Donald Trump from defamation suit
US Justice Department lawyers asked a federal appeals court to replace Trump with the United States as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s
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Trump's move to blacklist Xiaomi cost Chinese firm's top executives $4.5 bn
The move startled investors because previous bans focused on Chinese companies with military ties
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Trump administration takes final swipes at China and its companies
Trump admin took another swipe at China and its biggest firms, imposing sanctions on officials and companies for alleged misdeeds in South China Sea and imposing an investment ban on nine more firms
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Trump admin adds China's Comac, Xiaomi to Chinese military blacklist
The companies will be subject to a new US investment ban which forces American investors to divest their holdings of the blacklisted firms by Nov. 11, 2021.
Trump administration set for its last auction of US oil drilling rights
Biden has said he would halt new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters, but he has not laid out a method or timeline for realizing that goal
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US House impeaches Trump for a second time; 10 Republicans vote yes
Some Republicans argued the impeachment drive was a rush to judgment that bypassed the customary deliberative process such as hearings
 "US House impeaches Trump for a second time; 10 Republicans vote yes")
New Trump admin rule will raise wage cost for employing H-1B workers
The move is part of the Trump administration's efforts to protect American workers from being undercut by cheaper labour from abroad
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Trump admin shelves planned investment ban on Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu
Senior officials in the administration had been considering plans to add the firms to a list of alleged Chinese military companies, which would have subjected them to a new US investment ban
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US imposes sanctions on Iranian foundations in last days of Trump's term
Republican Trump is due to hand over power to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden after losing the Nov. 3 election
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Declassified US report envisions India's growing role in Indo-Pacific
The outgoing Trump administration declassified a report which amply describes the growing importance of India in the Indo-Pacific region
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United States says India's digital services tax is discriminatory
US said the tax has an adverse impact on American commerce and is actionable under the trade act
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