Tag: United States

Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 07:24 UTC
US Congress agrees on spending bill, with no funds for the Mexico border wall

Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement on a spending bill to keep the Unites States government running until 30 September, media report. The bipartisan deal boosts military spending but does not include funding for President Donald Trump's proposed wall on the Mexico border, they say.
Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 07:07 UTC
US Supreme Court rules in favor of Venezuela in dispute with US oil drilling company

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a lower court's ruling that had allowed a US oil drilling company to sue Venezuela over the seizure of 11 drilling rigs in 2010 but allowed the business another chance to press its claims.
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 - 11:09 UTC
Trump opts to renegotiate NAFTA agreement; talks to Peña Nieto and Justin Trudeau

President Trump told reporters Thursday he had been planning to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement within days, but decided to try to renegotiate the agreement instead. The president held out the possibility of killing the trade deal later if the negotiations fail.
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 - 09:55 UTC
Major cruise line fined US$ 40 million for deliberate vessel pollution

A major cruise line with ships that call on the Caribbean will have to pay a US$40 million penalty, the largest-ever for crimes involving deliberate vessel pollution. The sentence has been imposed on Princess Cruise Lines Ltd by US District Judge Patricia Seitz in Miami, for illegally dumping oil-contaminated waste overboard and falsifying official logs to conceal the discharges.
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.
Tuesday, April 25th 2017 - 12:54 UTC
Obama is back in active politics: “the four issues which hinder good government”

United States former president Barack Obama has returned to active politics with a speech on Monday at the University of Chicago. Obama didn’t offer any criticism of his successor, Donald Trump, instead, he offered a list of four things he said are wrong with US politics today.
Tuesday, April 25th 2017 - 06:43 UTC
Briefing to US Senate on North Korea, while “armada” approaches the peninsula

US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft carrier Carl Vinson.