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Quiet resistance
Is Donald Trump facing quiet resistance? This was the dominant query in the perspective of America’s civil society on Thursday when the head of the fountainhead of libertarian democracy debunked the venerable New York Times. The US President has accused the paper of committing “treason” for having published an opinion piece by an anonymous senior …
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September 8, 2018 -
Guns and Goons
The gun culture is haunting America. The country is running out of superlatives to describe its frequent massacres. In the latest outrage at Parkland High School in Florida, 17 people were killed and many more were injured. It was America’s deadliest school shooting in the past five years. The police identified the gunman as Nicholas …
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March 23, 2018 -
Senate majority leader announces 2-year budget accord
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced a “bipartisan agreement” between Republicans and Democrats on a two-year budget deal just two days before the deadline for another government shutdown. He also said that the deal has the support of the White House, although he did not provide any specifics in that regard, Efe reported. …
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February 8, 2018 -
US government shuts down, Donald Trump blames Democrats
The US government officially shutdown today for the first time in five years after lawmakers failed to agree on a spending deal. Congress didn’t pass the budget before the midnight Friday deadline which paved the way for shutdown. US President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the shutdown which comes exactly a year after he was …
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January 20, 2018 -
Trump accuses Democrats of being all-talk, no-action on DACA fix
The United States President on Saturday accused Democrats of squandering a chance to work out a legislative solution for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented migrants. In remarks on Twitter, Donald Trump said he did not believe the opposition party truly wanted to negotiate a new arrangement for so-called Dreamers (undocumented migrants brought to the …
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January 14, 2018 -
Quietly, Trump packs American courts
While President Donald Trump for most of the year struggled on the legislative front, his administration was quietly succeeding at nominating and installing powerful right-wing judges at an unprecedented rate for a president’s first year in office. With the US Senate’s confirmation of a 12th circuit court judge earlier this month, Mr Trump set a …
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December 27, 2017 -
8.8 million people sign up for Obamacare despite Donald Trump’s ‘repeal’ declaration
A total of 8.8 million people have signed up for Obamacare health insurance plans for 2018 despite the Republicans attacks on the healthcare law. The robust enrolment pace defies President Donald Trump’s insistence that the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare is “dead” and will likely make Republican efforts to dismantle the 2010 healthcare law even …
December 22, 2017 -
Verdict in Alabama
Donald Trump has been flagged. An election in one of the 50 states in America would scarcely have been of much moment were it not for the huge stakes involved in the diehard Republican state of Alabama. The Democrat, Doug Jones, has defeated his Republican opponent, Roy Moore, who was backed by President Trump. The …
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December 14, 2017 -
Trump’s tax ‘triumph’
The starry-eyed euphoria ~ “momentous” and “landmark” are among the superlatives used ~ over the passage of the US tax bill has simultaneously been tempered with the thought that it was bulldozed after a nightlong legislative session that was attended by only a handful of Republicans… and no Democrats. The inhospitable timing, let alone the …
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December 6, 2017 -
Trump weighs ‘decertifying’ Iran nuclear deal
President Donald Trump has railed against a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, but officials say that far from scrapping it, he is considering kicking the decision to Congress. Ahead of an October 15 deadline, several officials familiar with White House deliberations said, Trump has made it clear he does not want to certify Iran’s …
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October 4, 2017 -
Republicans will ‘eventually’ repeal Obamacare: Trump
US President Trump slammed Senator John McCain for opposing a last-minute plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, insisting that the Republicans would “eventually” roll back his predecessor’s signature healthcare law, the media reported. Trump on Friday night called Arizona Senator’s opposition “totally unexpected” and “terrible” during a campaign rally in Huntsville, Alabama, reports The Hill …
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September 23, 2017 -
Trump supporters’ optimism starting to wear off
More than six months into Donald Trump's young presidency, optimism among his core supporters and American voters at large is starting to fade, a new survey has revealed. After Trump's surprise victory in November, six in 10 American voters said they were mostly optimistic about his presidency. But that number slipped to 52 per cent …
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August 6, 2017 -
Trump pressuring Republicans to vote again on ObamaCare
US President Donald Trump has been pressuring Republican senators not to give up their fight to overturn Obamacare despite their failure last week to pass a bill to partially replace it. Over the weekend, Trump has bombarded Republican lawmakers with Twitter posts in which he has even threatened to cut federal subsidies to their states …
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July 31, 2017 -
Trump urges Republicans to do their job, replace ObamaCare
US President Donald Trump said that his fellow Republicans in the Senate "have not done their job" in fulfilling their promise to repeal and replace ObamaCare, and he urged them to do so this week. "So far, Senate Republicans have not done their job in ending the Obamacare nightmare. They now have a chance, however, …
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July 25, 2017 -
Donald Trump asks Republicans to repeal Obamacare
US President Donald Trump urged Republicans to "just repeal" the Obamacare and start over with a new plan, following opposition from conservative senators, who seemed unable to agree on an alternative proposal. "Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now and work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems (Democrats) …
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July 18, 2017 -
Republicans win key US congressional election
The Republicans have won a closely contested US Congressional election in Georgia, seen by many as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency, a media report said. Karen Handel retained the Atlanta seat for the Republicans with 53 per cent of the vote, against 47 for her Democratic rival Jon Ossoff, the BBC reported on Wednesday. …
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June 21, 2017 -
US negotiators reach deal on government funding
US Congressional negotiators reached a critical agreement on a massive spending bill which if approved by the House and Senate would fund the government through the end of September, a media report said. The bill would add billions for the Pentagon and border security but would not provide any money for President Donald Trump's promised …
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May 1, 2017