Tag: President Donald Trump
Trump: Why Nigeria Should Explore A Bipartisan INEC
February 16, 2021.
The desperate attempts by President Donald Trump to overturn a free and fair U.S. presidential election of 2020 ought...
Trump acquitted again in speedy impeachment trial
U.S. Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial over the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, ending the...
Four years later, much of Obama’s policy has survived Trump
tca/dpa/GNA - As President Donald Trump prepares to leave office, more than 25 million Americans remain covered by the Affordable Care Act, which...
Trump impeached again, yet division caused by Trumpism to continue haunting United States
In a heavily fortified U.S. Capitol building, a majority of bipartisan members of the House voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump on...
US House votes to impeach Trump making him 1st president impeached twice
The U.S. House on Wednesday voted to impeach President Donald Trump over "incitement of insurrection," making him the first president to be impeached twice.
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US military leaders condemn Capitol violence, affirm Biden victory
dpa/GNA - Top US military leaders issued a rare statement on Tuesday condemning the mob of President Donald Trump's supporters that ransacked the...
Trump says speech that incited supporters was ‘totally appropriate’
dpa/GNA - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said a speech that incited supporters before they stormed the US Capitol was "totally appropriate," remaining...
Senior US Official Commends in Dakhla HM the King’s Leadership
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, on Sunday commended in Dakhla the leadership of HM the King Mohammed VI...
Facebook, Google and Microsoft halt political contributions after U.S. Capitol riot
Facebook, Google and Microsoft announced Monday that they're freezing political contributions from their political action committees (PAC) in the wake of last week's riot...
Schwarzenegger compares attack on US Capitol to Nazi violence
tca/dpa/GNA - Arnold Schwarzenegger likened the siege of the US Capitol to Nazi attacks on Jews in Europe ahead of World War II,...
Pelosi: House to proceed Monday with steps to impeach Trump
dpa/GNA – The US House of Representatives will proceed Monday with steps to impeach President Donald Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed Sunday in...
Timetable for Trump’s 2nd impeachment emerges in final countdown of divisive presidency
A timetable for proceedings in the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach outgoing President Donald Trump for a second time in just over a...
Pompeo meets with Biden’s secretary of state nominee
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that he had met with President-Elect Joe Biden's Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken to facilitate...
Facebook bans Trump from access to accounts indefinitely
dpa/GNA - Facebook banned President Donald Trump from his accounts indefinitely on Thursday, one day after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol building.
"The shocking events...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao resigns in protest over Capitol violence
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced her resignation on Thursday in protest over chaos and violence that overran Capitol Hill a day earlier.
In...
Biden’s task: Soothing a rattled nation as Trump stokes unrest
tca/dpa/GNA – A president-elect who campaigned on uniting America’s disparate political factions will now take office at a time when the country is recovering...
Analysis: Trump spoke of ‘American carnage,’ then made it his reality
tca/dpa/GNA – Four years ago, after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump delivered a pitch-black inaugural address that vowed to end the...
Second revolution begins’: US right-wing groups cheer Capitol attack
dpa/GNA – Members of armed right-wing groups that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday in blind support of President Donald Trump's futile attempt to stay...
Siege on Capitol renews talk of ousting Trump through 25th Amendment
tca/dpa/GNA – The siege on the US Capitol by rioting supporters of President Donald Trump has renewed talk of an extreme remedy: declaring that...
Merkel says Trump partly to blame for storming of US Capitol
dpa/GNA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has placed part of the blame for the dramatic storming of the US Capitol on outgoing Republican President...
Netanyahu condemns ‘disgraceful’ storming of US Capitol
dpa/GNA – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday "strongly condemned" the assault on the US Capitol in Washington, calling it "disgraceful."
American "democracy has...
U.S. Congress rejects GOP-led challenge to Biden’s win in Arizona
The U.S. Congress voted late Wednesday to reject Republican lawmakers' objection to President-elect Joe Biden's victory over incumbent President Donald Trump in the state...
U.S. Congress reconvenes hours after protesters breach Capitol
The U.S. Congress reconvened on Wednesday night for proceedings to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election, hours after protesters supporting outgoing...
Trump signs order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps
dpa/GNA - Outgoing US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps.
Among the apps targeted by...
Long fight feared as US Congress meets to certify Biden’s win
dpa/GNA - The final certification of the US presidential election - normally a procedural affair, but this year threatening to turn into a...
Biden and Trump stump for Georgia Senate candidates on election eve
tca/dpa/GNA - On the eve of a special election that will shape the course of Joe Biden's presidency, he parachuted into Georgia on Monday...
Efforts to challenge Electoral College results divide Senate Republicans
U.S. Senate Republicans have been divided by efforts to challenge the 2020 Electoral College results affirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory over sitting President Donald...
U.S. Congress votes to override Trump’s veto of massive defense bill
The U.S. Congress has voted to override President Donald Trump's veto of a 740.5-billion-U.S.-dollar defense policy bill.
The Republican-led Senate voted 81 to 13 in...
Biden receives vaccine as US pledges to ramp up distribution
US President-elect Joe Biden received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, in televised event on Monday, as he encouraged the public to get...
Pence plans to be vaccinated at White House to encourage public
US Vice President Mike Pence will publicly receive a Covid-19 vaccination at the White House on Friday to "build confidence" among the American people...