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Is Trump mounting a coup -- or just putting on a circus?
AFP, Published on 13/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - Is President Donald Trump's unprecedented assault on the US election results a coup in progress -- or mere political show?
US markets set to welcome Biden victory
AFP, Published on 09/11/2020
» NEW YORK: US markets appeared ready to welcome the election of Joe Biden, with futures for the major New York Stock Exchange indices rising on Sunday evening ahead of the week's trading.
Trump no fan of Sacha Baron Cohen
AFP, Published on 24/10/2020
» ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - US President Donald Trump said Friday he has not been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen -- even before a clip from the British comedian's new Borat movie forced his lawyer Rudy Giuliani into an awkward explanation.
Borat preys on Giuliani and Trump fans in outrageous sequel
AFP, Published on 22/10/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Borat is back -- and the fictional Kazakh journalist's new film spells bad news for Holocaust deniers, Donald Trump supporters and the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden
AFP, Published on 15/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine.
US sanctions 'Russian agent' for trying to damage Biden
AFP, Published on 11/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - The US Treasury slapped sanctions Thursday on Ukrainian politician Andrii Derkach, an alleged Russian intelligence operative who has stoked conspiracy theories advanced by the White House that purport to implicate Democrat Joe Biden in corruption.
Top US prosecutor who probed Trump's allies fired
AFP, Published on 21/06/2020
» NEW YORK - America's top law enforcement official told one of the country's most powerful prosecutors, known for investigating allies of President Donald Trump, that he was fired Saturday -- sparking uproar and prompting calls by Democrats for an independent inquiry.
Trump fires State Dept watchdog said to be probing Pompeo
AFP, Published on 16/05/2020
» WASHINGTON - A government watchdog fired suddenly by Donald Trump was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said a Democratic lawmaker who accused the president of committing a potentially illegal act of retribution.
Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges
AFP, Published on 06/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning acquittal in the US Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
How to steal a nation
News, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2020
» Re: "Government's competence in question", (Opinion, Jan 24).