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February 22, 2023

Society

Biden administration proposes strict asylum restrictions at border

US President Joe Biden's administration has unveiled a plan that would make it harder for migrants to claim asylum once Covid border controls lift in May.

By Editors Desk

February 19, 2023

People

Jimmy Carter, 98, to Receive Hospice Care at Home

The 39th president won’t seek further medical interventions after series of hospital stays

By Editors Desk

Jimmy Carter has said that his post-presidency work has been ‘far more gratifying personally’ than his years in the White House. PHOTO: PAUL HENNESSY/NURPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

February 08, 2023

Politics

Mitt Romney calls George Santos 'a sick puppy' after Biden State of the Union

"If he had any shame at all, he wouldn't be there," Romney told reporters after the address.

By Editors Desk

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February 03, 2023

Politics

George Santos’s lies are so big you almost have to admire them

The New York congressman’s increasingly wild claims have all the thrill-seeking of a man running across a football field naked

By Editors Desk

‘George Santos even had the Scooby-Doo, black-rimmed glasses that might have come from a joke shop selling disguises.’ Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

February 01, 2023

Politics

Republican bid to kick Ilhan Omar off panel is ‘spite’, fellow Democrat says

‘This is about vengeance,’ says James McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House rules committee

By Editors Desk

Ilhan Omar in Washington DC on 25 January. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

January 31, 2023

Politics

George Santos to Step Down From Committees as Support Craters

The poll of 653 voters in the district, conducted between January 23 and 26, also found that, by a margin of 63 percent to 31 percent, they would not have voted for Santos knowing what they know now.

By Editors Desk

January 27, 2023

Politics

Facebook’s Trump Gift to Democrats

Biden couldn’t be happier as the social-media platform lifts its ban on the former President.

By Editors Desk

PHOTO: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

January 19, 2023

Politics

Scandal just keeps getting worse

A freshman US politician reportedly dressed as a drag queen named “Kitara” while living in Brazil more than a decade ago.

By Editors Desk

George Santos reportedly lied about his business career and other matters. Picture: Getty Images via AFP)

January 16, 2023

Politics

Powerful Republican fires back at White House response in classified documents fight

FBI hasn't released pictures of Biden's classified documents as it did with former President Trump

By Editors Desk

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/File)

January 16, 2023

Politics

White House says there are no visitor logs for Biden's home

The White House has said that there are no visitor logs available for President Joe Biden's private home.
Congressional Republicans are demanding to see visitor logs for US President Joe Biden's homes, arguing that the discovery of classified files at one of his residences is a national security risk.

By Editors Desk

GETTY IMAGES / The White House voluntarily releases a visitors log on its website. But a similar log is not maintained for the private homes of presidents, the White House counsel's office said

January 15, 2022

Politics

Biden supporters 'apoplectic' one year into his presidency

Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House

By Editors Desk

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October 07, 2020

People

Coronavirus: Trump 'free of symptoms and fever'

President Donald Trump has had no Covid-19 symptoms for 24 hours and has been fever-free for more than four days, his doctor says.

REUTERS / Mr Trump takes off his mask on his arrival back at the White House from hospital

July 26, 2018

Politics

CNN reporter banned: Fox joins outcry after exclusion from White House event

Fox News stands ‘in strong solidarity’ after Kaitlan Collins excluded from meeting of Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker

CNN White House reporter Kaitlan Collins was banned by the White House from a future event after asking Donald Trump about the Michael Cohen tapes and Vladimir Putin’s US visit. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

July 13, 2018

World

Four intriguing lines in Mueller indictment

Call it the Friday the 13th surprise.

July 02, 2018

Politics

Cohen: My first loyalty is to family and country, not Trump

Trump’s longtime fixer tells Good Morning America ‘I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone’s defense strategy’

Michael Cohen on Friday. His home and offices were raided by FBI agents in April. Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

November 09, 2016

Entertainment

Melania Trump expected to play low-key role as US first lady

Slovenian-born former model likely to focus more on her husband’s domestic wellbeing than on policy initiatives

Melania Trump at her husband’s victory party in New York. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

November 01, 2016

United States

Clinton campaign blasts James Comey over 'jaw-dropping' double standards at FBI

Team questioned email investigation amid reports that he sought to withhold evidence of Russian support for Trump for fear of influencing the election

Both CNBC and the Huffington Post have reported that James Comey privately urged against naming Russia for allegedly meddling in the election and hacking Democratic email accounts. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

October 17, 2016

Entertainment

Melania Trump says her husband was 'egged on' by Billy Bush in leaked video

She told CNN that Donald Trump was having ‘boy talk’ and was ‘lead on’ by Bush in hot-mic tape of him bragging about using fame for sexual advances

Melania Trump: ‘I don’t know that person would talk that way. And that he would say that kind of stuff in private.’ Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

September 11, 2016

Politics

Hillary Clinton has pneumonia, says doctor, after exit from 9/11 ceremony

August 13, 2016

Politics

Trump claims 'cheating' is only way he can lose Pennsylvania

Republican presidential nominee returns to rhetoric that the election will be rigged in favour of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump visits McLanahan Corporation headquarters in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

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