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Judge nixes Donald Trump's bid to delay suit from woman alleging rape

The decision allows Carroll - who''s seeking Trump''s DNA as potential evidence - to keep pursuing her suit. She says he slurred her in denying her claim that he raped her in the 1990s

Why Donald Trump still needs to try harder to resolve Covid-19 crisis in US

Some allies believe the US President has failed at the one task that could help him achieve respect: confronting the pandemic with a clear strategy

Donald Trump endorses wearing masks, tweets doing so is 'patriotic'

President's tweet came as confirmed cases in the United States surpassed 3.8 million and death toll topped 140,800

I do not have a problem in wearing face mask in public: Donald Trump

Trump has time and again violated the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines on wearing facial coverings when social distancing was not an option

Donald Trump tweets FBI 'wanted' poster related to statue-removal attempt

President Donald Trump used Twitter on Friday to call for the arrest of protesters involved in this week's attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson from a park directly in front of the White House. He also tweeted that he had signed an executive order to protect monuments, memorials and statues. Trump retweeted an FBI wanted poster showing pictures of 15 protesters who are wanted for "vandalization of federal property". He wrote, "MANY people in custody, with many others being sought for Vandalization of Federal Property in Lafayette Park. 10 year prison sentences!" Trump later Friday announced his executive order, which he had promised earlier in the week. He described it as "strong" but did not immediately release the text. He also said on Twitter that he had scrapped plans to spend the weekend at his central New Jersey home to stay in Washington "to make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced". "These arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely stopped," ...

Trump likely to nominate Indian-American as judge to DC Court of Appeals

US President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Vijay Shanker as a judge to the highest court in the nation's capital. If confirmed by the Senate, Shanker would serve as Associate Judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which is the highest court for Washington DC. Currently he serves as Senior Litigation Counsel in the Department of Justice, Criminal Division, and as Deputy Chief of the Appellate Section. Before joining the Department of Justice in 2012, Shanker was in private practice with the Washington, DC, offices of Mayer Brown, LLC and Covington & Burling, LLP. Upon graduation from law school, Shanker served as a law clerk to Judge Chester J. Straub on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned his BA, cum laude, from Duke University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as a Notes Editor for the Virginia Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

Suspension of work visas to free up to 525,000 jobs in US: White House

A proclamation of Trump on Monday temporarily suspended till the end of the current year a number of popular non-immigrant visas including the H-1B, H-4, H-2B visa, J and L visas

Thousands to pack Trump rally in Tulsa amid fears it could fuel coronavirus

Around 100,000 people from many states are expected in Tulsa for the rally and other events, and supporters most without masks were already beginning to fill streets

Floyd protests: Finalising executive order on police reform, says Trump

Floyd, 46, died in Minneapolis on May 25 when a white police officer pinned him to the ground and knelt on his neck while he gasped for breath

Twitter adds fact-check label to Donald Trump tweets for first time

In a pair of tweets issued Wednesday morning from his iPhone, Trump said that social media sites are trying to silence conservative voices, and need to change course or face action.

Trump attacks media, says 'I am the hardest working US Prez in history'

The US President said that "lawsuits should be brought against all, including the fake news organisations to rectify this terrible injustice."

Trump defends 'Chinese Virus' phrase as US, China trade barbs on Covid-19

Trump refuted the notion that his using of the phrase created a stigma against the Chinese

Delhi violence: Trump echoes Modi, Democrats amplify Indian opposition

The US Presidential candidate and Democrat senator Bernie Sanders claimed that the violence in Delhi was targeted specifically at a particular community

Trump says his administration is running like a 'fine-tuned machine'

Trump went on to claim that no American President has done what his administration did in this short period of time, adding that he was just getting started

Trump visit: Manmohan Singh to skip Kovind's banquet in US Prez's honour

Singh had earlier accepted the invite but expressed his inability to attend the same on Monday

Shekhar Gupta: The India-US nuclear deal of 2008 gave us six major gains

Why the India-US nuclear deal is the biggest achievement of the turnaround between the two countries. It also helped India's political economy by exposing and demolishing the Left

Trump visit: In a first, no oppn delegation to meet US President, says Cong

Trump is visiting India on February 24 and 25, and is expected to participate in a number of events during his less than 36-hours stay

Namaste, Trump? A timeline of US Presidents' India visits since Eisenhower

Donald Trump's visit is the seventh by a US President coming on an official trip to India

Donald trump's impeachment acquittal grants more power to US presidency

The presidency hit a low in the 1970s, after Congress wrested authority away following Richard Nixon's Watergate abuses

The American Dream is back, says Trump pointing to economic gains in SOTU

He said in just three "short" years, his administration has "shattered the mentality of American decline" and rejected "the downsizing of America's destiny"