Outgoing US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would have defeated Donald Trump in the presidential elections had he remained in the race. Biden emphasised that his decision to withdraw midway was made in the interest of maintaining unity within the Democratic Party. When asked whether he regretted his decision not to run…
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended enrolment in the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for those nations,…
White House officials said on Friday that the truth behind the mysterious ailments known as Havana Syndrome was still unknown, contradicting a new intelligence assessment about what had befallen spies and diplomats for the last nine years. On Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released an updated assessment about the ailments, one…
The Biden administration on Friday issued sweeping extensions of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela in a move that makes it almost impossible for President-elect Donald J. Trump to swiftly strip the benefit when he takes office. The extension of Temporary Protected Status, as the program is called,…
Just weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian troops began running out of ammunition for their aging Soviet-era artillery. The United States was soon scouring foreign arsenals around the globe for the right kinds of shells as part of its pledge to support Kyiv against its much better equipped adversary. But the Pentagon…
President-elect Donald Trump criticised California Governor Gavin Newsom and outgoing President Joe Biden on Thursday, holding them responsible for the failure to contain wildfires sweeping parts of Southern California. He accused President Biden of leaving him without the necessary resources to combat the ongoing wildfire crisis. Trump is slated to take over the Oval Office…
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden, in a new interview days before he leaves office, cast doubt on his fitness to serve another four years even as he maintained that he could have won election to a second term. The outgoing Democratic president also told USA Today in the interview published Wednesday that he tried during his…
The United Automobile Workers union is seeking approval from federal labor regulators for a union election among workers at a Ford Motor battery plant in Kentucky, providing an important test of organized labor’s strength after the election of Donald J. Trump. The union petitioned the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday to let workers at…
Ports on the East and Gulf Coasts could close next week if dockworkers and employers cannot overcome their big differences over the use of automated machines to move cargo. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union that represents dockworkers, and the United States Maritime Alliance, the employers’ negotiating group, on Tuesday resumed in-person talks aimed at…
Gautam Adani (File photo) NEW DELHI: Republican Congressman Lance Gooden wrote a strong-worded letter to US Attorney General Merrick B Garland against the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani, calling it a “selective action” that risks damaging Washington’s “critical alliance” with India.Gooden, who is also a member of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded answers on the…