Tag: Donald Trump

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  White House press corps hailed as “information heroes” by Reporters Without Frontiers

  

  Reporters' watchdog has hailed the White House press corps as “information heroes” alongside 30 journalists, whistleblowers, and media outlets struggling against the odds to get the truth out about the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 06:12 UTC

  Trump favors a ban on police chokeholds in most instances

  

  US President Donald Trump said in an interview aired that he would like to see a ban on police chokeholds in most instances, although he suggested their use would be understandable in some one-on-one situations.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:14 UTC

  Facebook employee who challenged Zuckerberg's silence towards inflammatory posts from Trump was fired

  

  A Facebook Inc employee who criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month said on Friday that the social media company had fired him.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  Trump says he will “go on and do other things”, if he does not win reelection

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said he will go on to other things if he loses the Nov 3 election, after Democratic opponent Joe Biden said the Republican might cheat and refuse to leave the White House.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  Germany considers “unacceptable” Trump's decision to withdraw 9,500 troops

  

  Germany’s coordinator for transatlantic ties has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany. Trump has ordered the U.S. military to remove 9,500 troops from Germany, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Colin Powell criticizes the Republican party and announces he will vote for Biden

  

  Colin Powell, who served as the United States' top military officer and top diplomat under Republican presidents, said on Sunday he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden, accusing Donald Trump of drifting from the US Constitution and Republicans of failing to hold him accountable.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:31 UTC

  Twitter, Facebook, Instagram disable Trump's campaign video, citing copyright complaints

  

  Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday, citing copyright complaints.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Washington DC mayor wants active-military sent by Trump out of the city

  

  Thousands of National Guard troops and federal officers in riot gear and masks ringed the White House and monuments in the U.S. capital this week, evoking comparisons to an occupying force. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday said she wants most of them out of her district of 700,000 residents. But her powers are limited.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  On Tiananmen anniversary US destroyer sailed the sensitive Taiwan Strait

  

  A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries said, on the same day as the 31st anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Trump orders tighter accounting practices of China based companies listed in US markets

  

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent accounting practices at China-based companies and said the Nasdaq’s recent decision to tighten listing rules for such players should be “a model” for all other exchanges around the world.