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War US Moving $450m More In Arms To Ukraine – White House

War: US Moving $450m More In Arms To Ukraine – White House

June 25, 2022 6:29 am

The United States has concluded plans to send a new batch of military assistance to Ukraine, the White House confirmed yesterday with the $450 million shipments including four more advanced rocket systems to use against Russian invasion forces.

‘This package contains weapons and equipment, including new High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems,’ White House spokesman John Kirby said. Also included are tens of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition and patrol boats.

The rocket systems known as HIMARS are at the top of Ukraine’s wish list as the pro-Western country battles a Russian invasion force advancing through the east of the …

White House Records Two New Cases Of Covid-19

White House Records Two New Cases Of Covid-19

November 10, 2020 4:36 pm

Two more people close to US President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19, media reports said Monday.

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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. 69, has contracted the virus, his deputy chief of staff Coalter Baker told NPR.

“He is in good spirits and feels fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics which aid and markedly speed his recovery,” Baker said in a statement.

According to a media report, Carson was briefly treated at Walter Reid military hospital outside Washington DC, where Trump himself was treated for the …

Biden Ahead Of Trump In Polls, Pollsters Vouch Accuracy

Trump Hits Biden Over ‘Liberal’ Abortion Stance

October 6, 2020 4:50 pm

President Donald Trump assailed White House rival Joe Biden on Tuesday for telling voters that he would seek to enshrine abortion rights in US law should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade.

During a televised town hall late Monday, the Democratic nominee said he would aim to make the 1973 high court ruling that established a nationwide right to abortion as “the law of the land.”

“Wow. Joe Biden just took a more Liberal position on Roe v. Wade than Elizabeth Warren at her highest,” Trump tweeted, referring to the liberal senator who ran for the 2020 Democratic nomination.…

Biden Faces US Voters At Town Hall, Trump Heads Back To Wisconsin

Joe Biden Faces US Voters At Town Hall

September 17, 2020 5:40 pm

White House hopeful Joe Biden on Thursday holds his first extended face-to-face with voters since winning the Democratic nomination, a town hall where he will likely savage President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

With less than seven weeks before Election Day, Biden has ramped up his public appearances after spending large chunks of time at his Delaware home, even as Trump repeatedly barnstorms swing states.

Now both candidates are hitting the physical campaign trail in earnest, although still in very different ways.

Trump returns to Wisconsin Thursday for a public rally fueled by his signature bravado — a …

Defense Chief Esper Counters Trump On Using Armed Forces

Defense Chief Esper Counters Trump On Using Armed Forces

June 3, 2020 5:00 pm

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is on shaky ground with the White House after saying Wednesday that he does not support using active duty troops to quell the large-scale protests across the United States triggered by the death of George Floyd and those forces should only be used in a law enforcement role as a last resort.

Esper noted that “we are not in one of those situations now,” distancing himself from President Donald Trump’s recent threat to deploy the military to enforce order.

“The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used
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Joe Biden Reacts To Death Of Donald Trump’s Younger Brother, Robert

Joe Biden Blasts Trump For Walking Into Church Holding Bible

June 3, 2020 6:18 am

Democratic presidential aspirant and former US Vice President, Joe Biden has blasted President Donald Trump for walking to a church near the White House as protesters were dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets by security agents.

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Trump, surrounded by his aides on Monday, held up the Bible in front of the St. John’s Episcopal Church at the White House and declared “we have the greatest country in the world.”

Reacting to Trump’s action, Biden, while delivering an address in Philadelphia, referenced the Constitution’s First Amendment, guaranteeing freedom

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America Needs Prayers – Trump Orders Reopening Of Churches, Mosques

America Needs Prayers – Trump Orders Reopening Of Churches

May 23, 2020 7:37 am

United States President, Donald Trump has given permission for the reopening of religious centres.

He made the announcement on Friday at the White House, stating that America needs “more prayers”.

Trump declared that his administration considered places of worship “essential” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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He told governors to allow the institutions open and threatened to “override” them if their states did not follow federal recommendations.

Trump said he identified “houses of worship, churches, synagogues and mosques as essential places that provide essential services”.

The president said some governors “have deemed

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Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Backlash

Trump Storms Out Of Coronavirus Briefing After Backlash

April 25, 2020 12:29 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically walked out of the daily White House press briefing on coronavirus on Friday, refusing to take questions.

He was reacting to the blast he received following his weird suggestion that COVID-19 patients be given injections of disinfectant as a treatment.

Reporters shouted questions at him, but he ignored them as he walked away.

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He had claimed earlier that his disinfectant suggestion was sarcasm, but the media criticism was possibly too much for him to bear.

He abandoned the briefing in Washington D.C. after Vice …

White House, Senate Agree On $2tn Coronavirus Rescue Plan

White House, Senate Agree On $2tn Coronavirus Rescue Plan

March 25, 2020 5:49 pm

The White House and Senate have reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy and millions of Americans ravaged by the coronavirus crisis, top lawmakers said early Wednesday.

“At last, we have a deal,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, hailing the massive “wartime level of investment into our nation” reached after five days of arduous and tense negotiations.

“We have a bipartisan agreement on the largest rescue package in American history,” top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said shortly after McConnell spoke.

“So many people are being put out of work through no fault of their …

Democrats Subpoena White House; Escalates Impeachment

Embattled Trump Leaves New York Angry And Bitter

September 26, 2019 4:31 pm

From his New York skyscraper, President Donald Trump should have felt on top of the world. Instead, the scandal over his alleged shakedown of Ukraine’s president for dirt on an opponent has brought him to the lowest point of his presidency — and at risk of crashing further.

The former real estate tycoon and reality TV performer returned to Washington on Thursday as only the fourth president to face an impeachment inquiry.

On Twitter, he raged at the “hoax” and “scam.” Aides insisted that the story was meaningless.

But in reality, this was the week when Trump was confronted in …

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