Mamdani meets Trump in surprise White House visit
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani held an unannounced meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, marking a striking encounter between two political opposites who have clashed sharply in recent months. The meeting was not listed on the public schedule. No television cameras were invited into the Oval Office. […]
Trump promises long State of the Union speech
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning local India time) and he said it will be lengthy. “It is going to be a long speech because we have so much to talk about,” Trump said at an event in the East […]
US lawmakers seek clarity on Taiwan from Trump admin
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) US lawmakers pressed for greater clarity and consistency in President Donald Trump’s second-term policy toward Taiwan during a high-stakes congressional hearing on China’s efforts to marginalise the self-ruled island. At a Select Committee hearing titled “Lies, Lawfare, and Leverage: The CCP’s Gaslighting and Manipulation to Marginalise Taiwan” on Wednesday (local time), […]
AI needs massive power surge, says Trump
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) President Donald Trump said the United States is allowing private companies to build their own power plants to meet what he described as massive electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence. In an interview with Fox Business’s Larry Kudlow, Trump said AI infrastructure requires unprecedented energy capacity. “AI, for whatever reason, needs […]
Trump floats renaming Penn Station, Dulles Airport
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The White House confirmed that President Donald Trump floated the idea of renaming major infrastructure sites after himself and defended his stance on control of a US-Canada bridge project. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about reports that Trump had suggested renaming Penn Station in New York and Dulles Airport near […]
Israel’s Netanyahu expected to press Trump over Iran diplomacy
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): President Donald Trump will host Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday where the Israeli prime minister is expected to press him to widen US talks with Iran to include curbs on Tehran’s missile arsenal and other security threats that go beyond its nuclear program. In his seventh meeting with Trump since the […]
Trump says US negotiating with Iran ‘right now’
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): The US is negotiating with Iran “right now,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday. “They are negotiating,” Trump told reporters at the White House, without providing further details. His remarks came after a US fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after it approached the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft […]
Trump claims to fix UN financial crisis ‘very easily’ amid US withholding $4 billion in dues
United Nations, Feb 2 (IANS) While the US withholding nearly $ 4 billion in dues to the UN is sending it to the edge of a financial precipice, President Donald Trump has claimed that he could solve the problem “very easily”. In his interview with Politico on Sunday (local time), he did not, however, say […]
Mary Milben backs PM Modi, urges Trump to pivot
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) In a forceful message on global leadership and diplomacy, singer and actress Mary Millben lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of US-India tensions and urged Washington to “pivot” its approach, saying dignity and strategic restraint had elevated PM Modi’s standing on the world stage. While reaffirming that President Donald Trump and […]
Influential Israeli minister Smotrich calls for US-led center for Gaza to be shuttered
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to shut a US-led multinational coordinating center that supports President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war. Washington established the Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC) last October as a center for civilian and military personnel from other countries to work alongside […]
