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WASHINGTON: America’s founding fathers designed the vice president’s office to be so ineffective that its first occupants often left office. Thomas Jefferson, the second vice president, called it “the most insignificant position ever created by the invention of man,” before fleeing to his Monticello estate to pursue other interests. When …

WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump capitulated to Congressional pressure Sunday night and I signed the pandemic aid bill which had called a disgrace earlier in the week. The executive’s surrender prevented a government shutdown and released $ 900 billion in stimulus funds to the economy, including a $ 600 …

US President-elect Joe Biden said Sunday that his country is facing “four historic crises at once,” adding that his team is working hard to address the time-bound challenges. “From Covid-19 and the economy to climate change and racial justice, our nation faces four historic crises at once. And when January …

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed into law a bill calling for the establishment of an American consulate in Tibet and the building of an international coalition to ensure that the next Dalai Lama is appointed solely by the Tibetan Buddhist community without interference from China. The Tibetan Policy and …

WASHINGTON: Unemployment assistance expired this weekend for millions of Americans when the country’s outgoing president played golf, complained about fashion magazines discriminating against his wife, and continued his tirade against elections that his own party says lost. The political stalemate in Washington, caused primarily by the president and the fiscally …

WASHINGTON: Distracted by internal political squabbles and the holiday season in his final weeks in office, the outgoing Triumph the administration still managed to focus on Pakistan trying to launch another terrorist, Omar Saeed, accused of murdering Daniel Pearl, Wall Street Journalist, from jail, warning that he is closely following …

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened not to sign a $ 892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should be amended to increase the amount on the stimulus controls. US government operations are being funded on a temporary basis …

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened not to sign a $ 892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should be amended to increase the amount on the stimulus controls. US government operations are being funded on a temporary basis …

WASHINGTON: U.S. Congressional leaders reached an agreement on a $ 900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the top Senate Republican and Democrat said Sunday, but It was unclear when Congress would vote to seal the deal. “At …

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Saturday played down a massive cyber attack on US government agencies, declaring it “under control” and undermining his own administration’s assessment that Russia was to blame. “I have been fully informed and everything is well under control,” Trump tweeted in his first public …