The Trump Administration this week abruptly withdrew its high-profile plan to overhaul how $3.9 billion in federal aid to combat homelessness would be spent, saying it would reissue the proposal after making “appropriate revisions.” The surprise move, revealed in a one-paragraph note by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, did not give a reason … Read more
अमेरिका की पूर्व उपराष्ट्रपति कमला हैरिस (Kamala Harris) ने संकेत दिए हैं कि वह राष्ट्रपति का चुनाव दोबारा लड़ सकती हैं. हैरिस ने इंटरव्यू के दौरान कहा कि वह यकीनन एक दिन अमेरिका की राष्ट्रपति बन सकती है. एक इंटरव्यू के दौारन जब कमला हैरिस से पूछा गया कि क्या वे राष्ट्रपति बन सकती हैं, तो … Read more
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much – but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus electricity, a cellphone and groceries. In August, it all ended. … Read more
We are about to find out who is going to “eat” President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Don’t expect US consumers to be the ones picking up their knives and forks. While the higher levies have been the subject du jour for months, they are only just filtering through to the checkout. And more hikes will come … Read more
Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day, while union leaders for air traffic controllers and airport security screeners warned the situation was likely to get worse. The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing issues at airports in Nashville, Boston, … Read more
अमेरिका की ओर से लगातार टैरिफ अटैक का सिलसिला जारी है. भारत की बात करें, तो पहले डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने देश पर लागू 25 फीसदी के रेसिप्रोकल टैरिफ को दोगुना करके 50% किया, तो वहीं इसके बाद H1B Visa फीस में तगड़ा इजाफा करते हुए भारत को झटका दिया. वहीं हाल ही में अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति ने … Read more
US President Donald Trump faced two unexpected disruptions during his visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday. An escalator at the building stopped abruptly as he and First Lady Melania Trump stepped onto it, and later, during his speech to the General Assembly, his teleprompter malfunctioned. Trump and Melania arrived hand … Read more
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Sunday expressed regret over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia. Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will face no disadvantage … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s expansion of executive power, including his unprecedented push to send troops into U.S. cities to combat crime and his attempt to seize control of aspects of the economy, has left Americans uneasy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The findings suggest that a substantial majority of the public favors limits on presidential power … Read more
Just weeks into the fall semester, a crowd gathered around a white canopy on a grassy college courtyard. They were eager to hear what the speaker beneath it had to say. It was a typical university scene, with its promise of the exchange of ideas and debate, except in one way: its size. This speaker … Read more