Tag: United States

• Wednesday, February 1st 2017 - 09:00 UTC

  Trump begins to forge conservative Supreme Court; Democrats expected to battle nomination

  

  President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer’s flair, to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a selection expected to spark a fierce fight with Democrats over a jurist who could shape America’s legal landscape for decades to come.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 11:45 UTC

  Trump sacks attorney general for “betraying” and questioning legality of immigration ban

  

  President Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban. Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president's executive order.

• Monday, January 30th 2017 - 11:06 UTC

  Trudeau sidetracks Trump, “Welcome to Canada all those fleeing persecution, terror and war”

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken a stand on social media against the temporary US ban on refugees and immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. PM Trudeau underscored his government's commitment to bringing in “those fleeing persecution, terror & war”.

• Monday, January 30th 2017 - 10:00 UTC

  Iraq furious with the Trump ban: Bagdad recalls that they are in the front line combating the IS

  

  Iraq will lobby against new travel limits to the United States by Iraqis, arguing both countries need to uphold their fight against Islamic State (IS), Iraqi parliamentarians said on Sunday. The Iraqi government has so far declined comment on an executive order signed by new U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that suspends the entry of travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for at least 90 days.

• Saturday, January 28th 2017 - 09:33 UTC

  “A free and independent UK is a blessing to the world and our relationship has never been stronger”, Trump tells PM May

  

  In his first meeting with a foreign leader, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of the two nations' “special relationship,” and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed, mentioning common economic interests and shared values, but pointedly saying the new president had pledged he is “100 percent” behind NATO.

• Saturday, January 28th 2017 - 09:21 UTC

  Trump and Peña Nieto agree to disagree on the wall but will not discuss it publicly

  

  President Donald Trump and Mexico's president, Enrique Peña Nieto, had a “productive and constructive” call on Friday morning, according to a joint statement released by the White House today. The two presidents discussed America's trade deficit with Mexico, “the importance of the friendship between the two nations,” and the need to work together to stop drug trafficking and illegal guns and arms sales, the statement said.

• Friday, January 27th 2017 - 11:23 UTC

  White House considering a 20% tax on all imports to United States

  

  With the conflict with Mexico escalating the White House on Thursday appeared to endorse a 20% tax on all imports to the United States, only to insist a few hours later that it was not endorsing the plan.

• Friday, January 27th 2017 - 11:12 UTC

  UK and US must drop failed military interventions “to remake the world in our image”

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has told US Republicans the UK and America cannot return to “failed” military interventions “to remake the world in our own image”. Suggesting a UK foreign policy shift, she said those days were over but added that the US and UK should not “stand idly by when the threat is real”. However the two countries must “renew the special relationship for this new age” and “lead together, again”.

• Friday, January 27th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

  “The media is the opposition party”, claims Trump's chief strategist

  

  Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief White House strategist, went on a tirade against the media during an interview with The New York Times. Bannon, who spearheaded the far-right website Breitbart News until he took over as Trump's campaign CEO in August, lambasted the press and said it had been “humiliated” by the results of the 2016 election.

• Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 19:49 UTC

  Mexican wall and migration dispute escalates: Peña Nieto cancels White House visit

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has cancelled next week's trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. His decision comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a wall along the Mexico-US border and insisted the US would recoup the costs for the barrier from Mexico, which has strongly objected.