Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States on Friday lifted sanctions against senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that were imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that President Joe Biden had revoked an executive order against …
Read More »World Insights: Will Trump run for U.S. president in 2024?
Washington ,USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Former U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend hinted at a possible 2024 White House run. But with four years until the elections, it remains unclear whether that will occur. In his first major speech since he left the White House in January, Trump on …
Read More »Biden revokes Trump-era visa ban affecting many green card applicants
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked an executive action by his predecessor banning legal immigration for family members of U.S. citizens and residents, and diversity visa lottery recipients. Biden said in a statement that former President Donald Trump’s order blocking green card applicants and temporary …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court clears way for prosecutors to access Trump’s financial records
Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against former President Donald Trump’s effort to shield his financial records from prosecutors in New York, clearing the way for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance to get them. The decision, which marked the second time the nation’s highest court intervened …
Read More »Biden tells Europe “America is back”
Berlin, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States is returning to the transatlantic partnership and will address global challenges like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m sending a clear message to the world: America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back. …
Read More »Complicated future for Trump, GOP after impeachment
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump and the Grand Old Party (GOP) are at a crossroads after he was acquitted in his second impeachment. The impeachment came as a result of the Jan. 6 riot in which dozens of Trump supporters entered the U.S. Capitol Building, threatened …
Read More »Biden says substance of Trump impeachment “not in dispute” despite Senate acquittal
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said late Saturday that though most Republican senators voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection leading to the deadly violence on Capitol on Jan. 6, the “substance of the charge” in the impeachment trial was not in dispute. “While …
Read More »U.S. Senate votes to proceed with impeachment trial of former President Trump
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to proceed with the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The Senate voted 56-44 that the impeachment trial of Trump is constitutional despite calls from some Republicans to dismiss proceedings. Six Republican senators voted with all 50 Democrats. “The …
Read More »U.S. film and TV union bars Trump from future re-admission
Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) passed a resolution preemptively denying any potential re-admission applications by former U.S. President Donald Trump, said the union Sunday. The resolution, passed in a Zoom videoconference on Saturday by the union’s National Board, cites …
Read More »U.S. House Democrats, Trump lawyers file legal briefs in impeachment case
Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of House Democrats and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers respectively filed legal briefs on Tuesday in an impeachment case. The Democrats, known as the impeachment managers, accused Trump of inciting the chaotic and deadly violence on the U.S. Capitol last month, while …
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