A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from dismantle the Department of Education, marking the first time a judge declared the administration’s extensive changes to the department unlawful. Judge Myong Joun from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, who was appointed by former President...
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Former U.S. president Joe Biden has expressed his gratitude for the goodwill he has received following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. “Cancer touches us all,” the 82-year-old wrote in a post on the online platform X on Monday. He said that he and his wife Jill, like so...
Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, and is reviewing treatment options, a statement from his office said Sunday. On Friday, the 82-year-old Democrat was diagnosed with the cancer after he experienced increasing urinary symptoms...
U.S. President, Donald Trump on Monday challenged the legality of Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons for members of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 unrest. Trump claimed the ex-president knew nothing about it and never signed the papers. “The ‘pardons’ that Biden gave to the committee and many others,...
President Donald Trump has revoked his predecessor Joe Biden’s security clearance in a blizzard of new orders, while escalating his campaign to dismantle the US humanitarian agency charged with helping the world’s poorest and extending American influence around the globe. In a new series of rapid-fire power plays, the...
Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as president of the United States in Washington on Monday, returning to the White House for a second term four years after his initial re-election bid ended in defeat. Trump, a Republican, will replace outgoing President Joe Biden in the top...
In his farewell address to the nation, U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday sounded an alarm over the growing dominance of an “oligarchy’’ led by the ultra-wealthy. Speaking from the Oval Office, Biden described the rise of “extreme wealth, power and influence in the U.S. “that threatens our entire...
The administration of US President Joe Biden has notified Congress of a planned $8 billion arms sale to Israel, a source familiar with the plan said on Saturday. The State Department “has informally notified Congress of an $8 billion proposed sale of munitions to support Israel’s long-term security by...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded Republican Trump critic Liz Cheney one of the highest civilian honours in the United States – the Presidential Citizens Medal. Cheney, 58, a former Republican lawmaker for Wyoming in the House of Representatives, led, together with Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson, the Jan....
Just hours before he rammed a pickup truck through a New Orleans street jammed with New Year’s Eve revellers, the perpetrator’s social media posts indicated he was inspired by the terrorist organisation Islamic State, U.S. President Joe Biden said. Biden, citing FBI information, told reporters that the attacker “posted...
U.S. President Joe Biden landed in Angola on Monday for a visit focused on a U.S.-backed railway project and the legacy of slavery, but his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden threatened to overshadow the official agenda. The visit fulfills a promise to visit Sub-Saharan Africa during his...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, even after promising previously that he would not do so. The president’s 54-year-old son had pleaded guilty to federal tax charges after being found guilty of charges relating to gun possession and drug use in...
U.S. President Joe Biden was set to address the nation on Thursday after a stinging election defeat for his Democratic Party at the hands of Republican Donald Trump. Trump staged a stunning political comeback which has reverberated around the world. Biden, who was replaced in July as the Democrats’...
Hurricane Milton made landfall around 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday (0030 GMT on Thursday) as an “extremely dangerous Category 3’’ storm, hitting the Siesta Key on the west coast of Florida. The National Hurricane Centre reported the development. The storm winds were up to 193km per hour, meterologists said. The...
The White House in a statement said President Joe Biden has directed U.S. forces to aid Israel’s defence against Iran, which launched missile attacks against the Jewish state. Sean Savett, U.S. National Security Council spokesperson said Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “are monitoring the Iranian attack against Israel...
U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, pleaded guilty to all nine counts in his criminal tax case in a Los Angeles federal court. Hunter 54, was indicted in California in December on nine counts related to a Justice Department investigation into his taxes. Federal prosecutors charged him with evading...
U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the margins of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week, UK media have reported. The summit is expected to be Zelenskyy’s last chance to convince Biden to reconsider his opposition to Ukraine...
Congressional Republicans lodged a formal case Monday for the impeachment of US President Joe Biden, using the opening day of the Democratic National Convention to launch a political assault unlikely to gain serious traction. The report from three powerful committees in the Republican-led House of Representatives accuses Biden of...
Donald Trump has criticised the European Union and his Democratic opponents during a delayed, two-hour conversation with Elon Musk on X. The interview that was due for 1.00a.m on Tuesday (0000 GMT), was put back by more than 40 minutes by technical problems with X owner Musk blaming a...
President Joe Biden, in his first TV interview since dropping out of the White House race, warned that Republican candidate Donald Trump was “a genuine danger to American security.” “Mark my words, if he wins… this election, watch what happens,” Biden told CBS News in a pre-taped interview...