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Biden facing growing pressure over who he chooses as defence secretary

President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalises his choice for secretary of defence

Power and pomp: What Donald Trump liked about being US President

He preferred the parts of the job that combined pomp, splendor and a world amenable to his decisions. In other words, he always seemed to genuinely enjoy pardoning turkeys

Twitter to hand over @POTUS account to President-elect Biden on Jan 20

The current tweets posted during the Trump administration will be archived, and the account will be reset to zero tweets.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris's victory in US elections: Is it good for India?

Will Joe Biden be good for India? Well, Joe Biden has been a strong proponent of closer India-US ties since his days as a senator in the 1970s. He had played a key role in getting the approval of the Senate for the civil nuclear deal between the two countries in 2008 and even co-sponsored several legislations on countering terrorism. As Biden is set for a new inning as US President, we take a look at how this change is going to impact US-India relations in the future.

Joe Biden pro-India, will have much closer ties with the country: Chatwal

Indian-American businessman Sant Chatwal expressed joy at Democratic presidential candidate Biden's victory in US Presidential polls and said Biden was pro-India

Joe Biden wins US Presidency after long, bitter contest with Trump

Trump sought to undermine the outcome, baselessly accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election and claiming victory before the race was called

Trump's nominee Barrett says Supreme Court 'can't control' a president

Barrett sidestepped questions from senators on the ability of presidents to evade efforts to hold them accountable

Donald Trump paid $750 in tax in US, $145,400 in India, says report

The US president paid no tax at all for 10 years, according to an NYT report that analysed his returns for 20 years

Package addressed to Donald Trump containing poison ricin intercepted

All mail for the White House is sorted and screened at an offsite facility before reaching the White House

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."