By Joel Rosenblatt The Trump administration said a lawsuit seeking to throw out immigration restrictions, including those on H-1B visas used by technology workers, would “cut at the heart” of the president’s legal authority over border control when it is needed most. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in sharp conflict with several U.S. … Read more
By Kevin Roose If you’re spending a lot of time online these days — and thanks to the pandemic, many of us are — you’ve probably heard of QAnon, the sprawling internet conspiracy theory that has taken hold among some of President Donald Trump’s supporters. But unless you’re very online, you likely still have questions … Read more
Washington: The Trump administration is further tightening restrictions on China‘s Huawei, seeking to starve it of crucial components by cutting off all access to U.S. technology. “We don’t want their equipment in the United States because they spy on us,” Trump told Fox News on Monday. “And any country that uses it, we’re not going … Read more
NEW DELHI: Gold and silver rose in Tuesday’s early session as tensions between US and China escalated and amid projections that India’s economy could contract 16.5 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal. US President Donald Trump on Monday promised tax credits for firms who relocate manufacturing facilities to the United States … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force – and this time there’s no daylight between them. Trump last week announced that Dr Scott Atlas, a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor – now living in Russia – whose spectacular leaks shook the U.S. intelligence community in 2013. The Republican president’s comments followed an interview Trump gave to the New York Post this week in … Read more
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump‘s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday … Read more
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would move next week to trigger a “snapback” of sanctions on Iran at the United Nations. “We’ll be doing a snapback,” Trump told reporters one day after the U.N. Security Council rejected a U.S. bid to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran. “You’ll be watching … Read more
Xi Jinping wants 1.4 billion diners to clean their plates. But the Chinese president’s campaign against food waste risks touching a third rail in a country where meals are a cornerstone of private life. This week, Xi rolled out a new push to curb the “shocking and distressing” problem of discarded leftovers, as he seeks … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the Chinese company ByteDance to divest its interest in video-sharing app TikTok‘s operations in the United States within 90 days. “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” Trump said … Read more