Tag: Donald Trump

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 16:06 UTC

  Trump in deep water: Congress demands FBI turns over documents of Comey with the president

  

  United States House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz is demanding the FBI hand over all documents detailing communications between President Donald Trump and fired agency Director James Comey within the next week.

• Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  Majority of US citizens want an “independent investigation” into Trump-Russia links, shows Reuters/Ipsos poll

  

  A majority of US citizens including a growing number of Republicans, want to see an “independent investigation” sort out any connections between Russia and President Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.

• Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 13:54 UTC

  FBI chief fired after refusing to preview with Trump officials his testimony to the Senate

  

  Anger behind president Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday had been building for months, but a turning point came when Comey refused to preview for top Trump aides his planned testimony to a Senate panel, White House officials said.

• Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 05:56 UTC

  Democrats outraged by Trump's sacking of FBI chief in the midst of the Russia investigation

  

  US Democrats said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump´s firing of FBI director James Comey may be an effort to undermine the investigation of possible collusion between his team and Russia, demanding an independent investigation.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 10:47 UTC

  Trump ready to meet Kim Jong-un, “in the correct conditions”

  

  US President Donald Trump has said he would be “honored” to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in the right circumstances. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would - absolutely. I would be honored to do it,” he told news organization Bloomberg on Monday.

• Saturday, April 29th 2017 - 15:11 UTC

  Bad news for Trump: US economy growth slows strongly in first quarter, 0.7%

  

  The US economy slowed dramatically in the first three months of the year, according to official data. GDP expanded at an annual rate of 0.7% in the first quarter - the slowest rate since the first quarter of 2014, which is unwelcome news for President Donald Trump who, during his election campaign, made a pledge to raise growth to 4%.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Joint Statement from President Donald J. Trump and President Mauricio Macri

  

  President Donald J. Trump hosted President Mauricio Macri of Argentina (Thursday 27 April) to discuss ways to deepen the close partnership between the United States and Argentina.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 09:21 UTC

  Trump announces plan to lower taxes; Wall Street cautious, Democrats call it a handout to the wealthy

  

  President Donald Trump administration on Wednesday presented a sweeping plan to lower tax rates for individuals and businesses, saying it would create the biggest tax cut in United States history. However US markets slid at the close after the Trump administration outlined the tax cut plan and Democrats described it as a handout to the wealthy that would expand the deficit.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2017 - 09:13 UTC

  US Judge blocks Trump's executive order punishing “sanctuary cities”

  

  A US judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities as punishment for harboring illegal immigrants.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 14:36 UTC

  Trump receives Argentine president Macri at the White House on Thursday

  

  Argentine and United States presidents Mauricio Macri and Donald Trump will be addressing bilateral trade, the Venezuelan situation, combating drugs and declassification of documents from the last dictatorship when they meet next Thursday at the While House, according to Chargé d'Affaires Thomas Cooney currently running the US embassy in Buenos Aires.