Tag: White House

• Monday, October 5th 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Trump drives past supporters outside the hospital; US president could return to the White House on Monday

  

  United States President Donald Trump drove past supporters on Sunday outside the hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19, after announcing on Twitter a “surprise visit” to his backers.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Concern in the White House about the presidential election; Trump in quarantine at Army hospital

  

  White House officials sought to project an air of business as usual on Friday despite President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, but aides privately expressed concern about the presidential election and showed signs of rising worry about the coronavirus.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  New IDB president pledges to help Argentina with the “long arduous” IMF negotiations

  

  Mauricio Claver-Carone, the White House official elected to lead Latin America’s regional development bank, said he aims to play a constructive role in Argentina’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  White House confirms November 3 election, but has growing concerns about mail-in-ballots

  

  The White House and Donald Trump's campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president's musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov 3.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  White House bars two ex Maduro officials from entering US, alleging involvement in corruption

  

  The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two former officials of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government, barring them from traveling to the United States over accusations they were involved in significant corruption.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  White House advisor predicts US economy will recover 20% in III and IV quarters

  

  The US economy will grow on the order of 20% in the third and fourth quarters, a top White House economic adviser predicted on Sunday, despite reopening setbacks linked to a coronavirus resurgence.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  White House and Beijing on clash course over TikTok and WeChat applications, all info goes to “Chinese military servers”

  

  White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said on Sunday he expected President Donald Trump to act firmly against the TikTok and WeChat applications, amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. Trump last week had said he is considering banning the wildly-popular TikTok app as a way to punish China over the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Election blues: Hispanic food company owner praises Trump triggering an immediate reaction

  

  Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned US food company and a popular brand among Latino Americans, became the target of a boycott campaign on social media on Friday sparked by its CEO effusively praising President Donald Trump at the White House.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Lopez Obrador wraps up his White House visit as a cherished friend of Trump

  

  Defying warnings that to seek out Donald Trump was to court disaster, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador instead emerged from their first meeting as a “cherished friend” of his U.S. counterpart, even as some Democrats looked on uneasily.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 09:41 UTC

  Trudeau will miss mini summit in White House with Trump and Lopez Obrador

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not visit Washington with Mexico’s president this week to celebrate a new North American trade deal, his office said on Monday, after Canada raised concerns over potential U.S. aluminum tariffs.