Trump Administration
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Trump revokes policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive locations like schools, churches in US
World | Jan 22, 2025, 06:41 AM ISTThe new move reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection -- from carrying out immigration enforcement in sensitive locations.
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Trump ahead of inauguration: 'Will revoke radical executive orders of Biden administration'
World | Jan 20, 2025, 11:50 AM ISTDonald Trump stated that within hours of taking office, he would sign nearly 100 executive orders and noted that his administration would act decisively to address multiple challenges facing the country, including immigration, inflation, and border security.
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Mass deportation to key foreign policy changes: Trump 2.0's top agenda in first days of office
Explainers | Jan 13, 2025, 04:56 PM ISTAs US President-elect Donald Trump is set to assume office in the US, he is likely to work on his election promises in first days of his presidency. His election promises include key foreign policy changes, mass deportation, dismantling bureaucracy, among others.
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Donald Trump picks anti-deep state, confidante Kash Patel to lead FBI
World | Dec 01, 2024, 07:05 AM ISTNew York-born Patel has his roots in Gujarat. However, his parents are from East Africa – his mother is from Tanzania and his father is from Uganda. He has served as the Chief of Staff for the Defence Secretary during the earlier Trump administration.
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Trump excludes Haley, Pompeo from his administration before assuming office
News | Nov 10, 2024, 06:44 PM ISTBefore taking office, Donald Trump decided not to include Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo in his administration, despite earlier speculation they might have roles in his cabinet.
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Trump assassination suspect's son arrested on child sexual abuse images charges: FBI
World | Sep 24, 2024, 10:53 PM ISTInvestigators who seized multiple electronic devices found videos sent to Oran Routh in July as well as chats from a messaging application commonly used by people who share child sexual abuse material, the FBI agent said.
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False reports of explosives found in car near Trump rally spread online
World | Sep 18, 2024, 11:20 PM ISTA spokesperson for the county police, said in follow-up messages that the person, who police have not yet identified, was a civilian and not a member of a law enforcement agency. He also said the person was not working at or affiliated with the event.
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Capitol riots committee urges Justice dept to invoke criminal charges against Donald Trump
World | Dec 20, 2022, 08:32 AM ISTCapitol riots: The House January 6 committee urged the Justice Department on Monday to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump for the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection, calling for accountability for the former president and “a time of reflection and reckoning.”
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US agrees to lift taxes on British steel, aluminum imposed during Trump administration
World | Mar 23, 2022, 06:59 AM ISTIn 2018, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum, calling the foreign metals a threat to U.S. national security — a move that outraged the British, Europeans and other longstanding American allies.
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Joe Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Donald Trump
World | Oct 08, 2021, 08:14 AM ISTThe Biden administration has said the decision to review the monuments was part of an expansive plan to tackle climate change and reverse the Trump administration’s “harmful” policies.
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US begins to ease Venezuela sanctions allowing propane deals
World | Jul 13, 2021, 07:39 AM ISTThe US government on Monday began to ease the crippling sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Venezuela by allowing companies to export propane to the troubled South American country, a step that could mitigate a shortage that has pushed people to cook on charcoal or wood grills.
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Biden admin to reconsider objections to H1B visas during Trump regime
World | Mar 13, 2021, 09:32 AM ISTUS Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday announced "it may reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions" on Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, made based on three rescinded policy memos.
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In last swipe at China, Trump blacklists Xiaomi, CNOOC, Skyrizon for military links
World | Jan 15, 2021, 09:32 AM ISTUS investors will have to divest their stakes in Chinese companies on the military list by November this year, according to an executive order signed by Trump in November.
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Trump admin proposes to scrap computerised lottery system to select H-1B visas
World | Oct 29, 2020, 10:06 AM ISTIn a step to grant H-1B work visas to foreign technology professionals, the Trump administration has proposed to scrap the computerised lottery system and replace it with a wage-level-based selection process.
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'If Trump tells us to take COVID vaccine, I won't': Kamala Harris
News | Oct 08, 2020, 01:16 PM ISTDuring the US Vice Presidential debate, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris directly said that if there is a coronavirus vaccine available during Donald Trump's administration that is not embraced by scientific advisers but pushed by the President, she will not take it. Harris said, "If Dr. Fauci, if the doctors tell us that we should take it, I'll be the first in line to take it, absolutely. But if Donald Trump tells us to take it, I'm not taking it."