Tag: White House

• 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.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  Republicans leaders ignore Trump and make a public push for face masks

  

  In a rare split with mask-averse US President Donald Trump, fellow Republican leaders are making a public push for face coverings as Covid-19 cases surge in some Republican-leaning states.

• Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  US Judge denies request from Trump to block Bolton's book

  

  A US judge on Saturday denied a request by the Trump administration for an injunction to block publication of a book by President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton that alleges the president sought China's help to win re-election.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 21:10 UTC

  “The Great John Bolton bombs” the White House and exposes Great Trump weaknesses

  

  In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help to win re-election.