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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport, in Winston-Salem. (AP)

Here's what Bob Woodward's book 'Rage' says about Donald Trump

Woodward is reported to have done 18 interviews with Trump for the book, due to be published September 15

10 Sep 2020 2:42 PM

"I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic," Trump said in the conversation with Woodward, which was recorded. (AP)

Latest Woodward book says Trump downplayed COVID seriousness

'I wanted to always play it down,' Trump said in an interview with Woodward, according to a CNN preview of the book 'Rage'

10 Sep 2020 12:04 PM

US President Donald Trump.Trump has been nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize following his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (AFP)

Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for brokering UAE-Israel peace deal

The nomination also cites his part in ‘creating new dynamics in other protracted conflicts, such as the Kashmir border dispute’

10 Sep 2020 10:23 AM

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos tops Forbes richest list. (AFP Photo)

Jeff Bezos tops Forbes 400 richest list, Trump's ranking drops to 352

Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications, was one of 18 newcomers on the list with a net worth of $11 billion

09 Sep 2020 7:04 AM

Twitter has cracked down by removing or labelling several of the president’s tweets. Facebook, citing the risk of civil unrest, announced Thursday that it would not allow new political ads on its platform in the last week of the November 3 race. (Photo | AFP)

Team Trump sticks to polarising, manipulative content on social media ahead of election

The open use of digitally-altered images by Trump and other candidates in 2020 has tech giants worried.

05 Sep 2020 5:38 PM

A man holds a poster with a portrait of Alexei Navalny reading "Navalny was poisoned, we know who is to blame, Alexei you must live" during an unsanctioned protest in Russia. Russian authorities have appeared reluctant to investigate what caused Navalny’s condition, saying there had so far been no grounds for a criminal investigation. (AP)

NATO agrees Russia’s Navalny was poisoned using nerve agent

German authorities have said that tests showed that he had been poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group

05 Sep 2020 12:20 PM

There were disagreements among the 40-lawyer team over how broad the complaint should be and what Google could do to resolve the problems that the investigation unearthed. The lawyers viewed the September-end deadline as arbitrary. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Shrijagannatha)

Google could face an antitrust case before the end of Trump's term, says report

A 40-lawyer team investigating Google was reportedly asked to wrap up by month-end, despite their seeking more time to make a strong case.

04 Sep 2020 6:50 PM

President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on September 3, 2020 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (AFP)

Donald Trump called US Marines killed in WWI battle 'losers': report

Trump slammed the report late Thursday, after his aides earlier called the allegations 'disgusting, grotesque, reprehensible lies'

04 Sep 2020 9:43 AM

US President Donald Trump claps as he arrives for a campaign event at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (AFP)

Trump encourages supporters to try to vote twice, sparking uproar

The US president has repeatedly asserted that mail-in voting would increase fraud and disrupt the November election

04 Sep 2020 8:57 AM

“I said that the United States has to be compensated—well compensated—because we are the ones that are making it possible, and so we should be compensated,” President Donald Trump said referring to his demand for a percentage for the government on the possible sale deal of TikTok to an American company. (Photo | AFP)

Trump repeats demand for piece of TikTok sale deal as September 15 deadline approaches

“Well, I told them that they have until September 15th to make a deal; after that, we close it up in this country,” the US President said.

02 Sep 2020 7:11 PM

US President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka. (AP)

Kamala Harris 'not competent' to be US president, Ivanka is better: Trump

This was Trump's first election rally after he formally accepted the nomination of the Republican Party for the presidential election

29 Aug 2020 1:04 PM

US President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for reelection during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AFP)

Joe Biden will be destroyer of American greatness: Trump

Trump said that Biden and his party repeatedly assailed America as a land of racial, economic, and social injustice

28 Aug 2020 10:55 AM

Lara Trump, Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Tiffany Trump and Donald Trump Jr. arrive before President Donald Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention. (AP)

What virus? At GOP's convention, pandemic is largely ignored

Only few convention speakers made reference to the virus, while others discussed it in the past tense

28 Aug 2020 10:14 AM

Why did this Trump supporter call him an Ulloo?

‘Trump is wise like an owl or as you would say in Hindi - President Trump is wise like an ulloo,’ former TV host Tomi Lahren said

27 Aug 2020 9:19 AM

President Donald Trump leaves with first lady Melania Trump after her speech to the 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP)

Republican campaign hopes to show Trump as human to win back lost support

The attempt to humanize Trump is calculated to win back senior and suburban voters who have abandoned him due to his aggressive rhetorics

26 Aug 2020 12:01 PM

First lady Melania Trump arrives to speak on the second night of the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP)

Republicans tout Trump's leadership on economy despite coronavirus setbacks

In an appeal to Black voters, Trump in a video also issued a pardon to Jon Ponder, a Black man who has become an advocate for other inmates

26 Aug 2020 9:35 AM

Protesters rally against a mask mandate, many showing support for US President Donald Trump, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AFP)

Who is speaking at the Republican National Convention, and why

This week’s Republican National Convention will be a four-day celebration of President Donald Trump

24 Aug 2020 12:42 PM

US President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

The authorization makes it easier for some patients to obtain the treatment but is not the same as full FDA approval

24 Aug 2020 8:58 AM

The lawsuit would argue that President Trump's far-reaching action is unconstitutional because it failed to give the company a chance to respond, NPR reported two weeks ago quoting a source. (Photo | AFP)

Due process not followed, says TikTok, to file suit against Trump administration's actions

The US government tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses, ByteDance said.

23 Aug 2020 7:06 PM

The lawsuit says a ban on the app would violate its US users’ freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights. (Photo | Pexels - Sinchen.Lin)

Trump sued by US WeChat users who say his order violates their constitutional rights

US WeChat Users Alliance says many American Chinese people rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China.

23 Aug 2020 4:46 PM

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