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US President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending coronavirus economic relief, during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP)

Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress fail

The orders could face legal challenges questioning the US president's authority to spend taxpayer money without express...

9 Aug 2020 9:06 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden (left) and US President Donald Trump. (AP)

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Russia acting against Biden, China opposes Trump: US Intelligence

The statement is believed to be the most pointed declaration by US Intelligence community linking Kremlin to efforts to...

8 Aug 2020 8:51 AM IST

Its unclear whether the Presidents executive order bars Americans from using TikTok, and even if it does its not enforceable as users will continue using the app over a VPN. (Photo | AP)

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Explainer: What does Trump's order mean for TikTok, WeChat in US?

Trump's order appears to formalise his threat to shut down TikTok unless Microsoft or some other American company buys...

7 Aug 2020 1:57 PM IST

$\As seen in this pandemic, the United States must produce essential equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals for itself,\ Trump said. (Representational Image: AFP)$ World

US to end reliance on China, other nations for pharmaceuticals and...

Trump said he had signed a new executive order to ensure that when it comes to essential medicines, the US buys from...

7 Aug 2020 10:47 AM IST

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Trump passes executive orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat

'At this time, the order takes action to address one mobile application in particular, TikTok,' he said.

7 Aug 2020 8:40 AM IST

A group of children and parents protested the hybrid reopening of schools because they would prefer children to attend school five days a week, as before the pandemic. How likely children are to contract or spread the coronavirus has become a deeply contentious issue in the US, with reopening schools essential to enabling many parents to go back to work. Children are known to be far less likely to fall seriously ill or die from the virus: less than one percent of children who test positive for COVID-19 end up dying, according to a Europe-wide study released in June. (Photo | AP)

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Trump's Facebook, Twitter post removed for saying children 'almost...

Action taken over 'misinformation', but the American Academy of Pediatrics says children appear to transmit COVID-19...

6 Aug 2020 5:25 PM IST

President Donald Trump arrives for a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (AP)

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Trump, Biden convention plans turn upside down by virus concerns

Compared to Trump, Biden hasn't been so publicly reluctant to scale back his convention, expressing doubts about a full...

6 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST

Trump said Monday to reporters that the US should get a very large percentage of that price because were making it possible, adding that we want and we think we deserve to have a big percentage of that price coming to America, coming to the Treasury. Theres no legal precedent in antitrust law for such a payment, said Gene Kimmelman, a senior adviser at the advocacy group Public Knowledge and a former antitrust official at the Department of Justice. (Photo | AP)

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Trump's talk of government getting a cut of TikTok deal not legally...

The President sometimes floats ideas or actions that get set aside without follow-through.

5 Aug 2020 11:31 PM IST

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (AP)

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Trump now hails mail voting in key battleground Florida

The US president had threatened to sue Nevada state over a new vote-by-mail law just few days ago

5 Aug 2020 1:36 PM IST

Some Republican leaders, including House Minority Whip, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying they suspect that Microsoft, which is in talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, though a US company, may be compromised.

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Trump says US should get a 'very large percentage' of TikTok sale...

The US president has set a deadline of September 15 for TikTok to sell its US business or stop operations in the...

4 Aug 2020 8:20 PM IST

Donald Trump Jr. posted a since-deleted tweet on Monday with a viral video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine. (AP)

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Trump's son believes Indian-Americans will come to his dad's rescue

This election, votes from Indian-American communities across the US could be helpful for Trump's win, especially in...

3 Aug 2020 2:13 PM IST

Following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States, the company said in a statement. With TikTok, Microsoft will be making its first foray into social media, a sphere that has grown as people seek to connect amid the restrictions imposed by the pandemic on physical interactions. (Photo | AFP)

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Microsoft keen on buying TikTok US, hopes to convince Trump against...

Tech giant says will build on the experience TikTok users love, while adding world-class security, privacy, and digital...

3 Aug 2020 10:54 AM IST