Tag: Nancy Pelosi

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  Beijing summons US ambassador over Pelosi's Taiwan bravado

  

  The Government of Beijing Tuesday summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan despite China's advice against it.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 16:47 UTC

  US House Speaker Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite China's threats

  

  A United States Air Force aircraft carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her entourage landed Tuesday evening in Taipei, despite China's threat that it would be regarded as an invasion of an island Beijing still regards as a province gone rogue after the 1949 civil war.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 06:52 UTC

  Pelosi not to cancel Asian tour but mum about Taiwan

  

  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidential succession, has announced she would carry on with her plans to lead a delegation of lawmakers from her country on an Asian tour, but there was no mention of Taiwan.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Calm before the storm feeling over Rep. Pelosi's planned Taiwan trip

  

  As US Lower House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to be planning a trip to Taiwan, China's Armed Forces have been reported to be preparing for war and might even try to shoot down the Democratic Congresswoman's aircraft.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 07:06 UTC

  Five dead in one more high-profile shooting in US

  

  At least 5 people died in yet another mass shooting in the United States Wednesday, after a gunman killed four people at a medical center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before taking his own life.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Massive relief package of US$ 1,9 trillion will be addressed Wednesday at US Lower House

  

  REUTERS – The United States House of Representatives will discuss on Wednesday the Senate version of the sweeping US$ 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package backed by President Joe Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday.

• Saturday, January 9th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Nancy Pelosi cautions the US military about an “unhinged” Trump

  

  As Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday prepared to impeach President Donald Trump again if he does not step down, their leader Nancy Pelosi spoke to the top US general about preventing an “unhinged” Trump from accessing nuclear launch codes in the final days of his term.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  House speaker calls for removal of Confederate statues from the US Capitol

  

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Wednesday for removal of 11 Confederate statues from the US Capitol, part of a nationwide push to dismantle such memorials after a black man's killing in police custody sparked mass anti-racism protests.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Trump shifts primary focus to reviving US business and social life; Democrats criticize “undermining science”

  

  President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its primary focus to reviving US business and social life while acknowledging that reopening the economy could put more lives at risk.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Top Democrats Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi endorse Biden's White House bid

  

  Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday (Apr 28), saying he is the type of “leader” the United States needs during the current coronavirus crisis.