Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter, his megaphone, to execute damage control after his supporters invaded the Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Congress was meeting to certify the election of Joe Biden when thousands of Trump’s supporters breached the building, forcing a lockdown with lawmakers inside. “I am asking for everyone at … Read more
Democrat Raphael Warnock ousted an incumbent Republican on Wednesday in the first of two critical runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of the US Senate at the outset of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to US media. Warnock, a Black pastor with deep roots in Georgia, narrowly ousted his rival Senator Kelly Loeffler, CBS, … Read more
Vice President, Mike Pence on Tuesday told President Donald Trump that he does not have the authority to block certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s win when Congress meets to count electoral votes, CNN reports. Trump, who already had turned up the pressure on Pence to steal the election, warned him that it would be politically … Read more
United States President,Donald Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn the election results after his loss to President-elect Biden, according to an audio recording of a phone call reported by the Washington Post. In excerpts of the stunning one-hour phone call on Saturday which was obtained by CNN, Trump … Read more
Donald Trump, U.S. COVID-19 President Donald Trump, on Sunday, said the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States was exaggerated. In a tweet, Trump blamed the alleged exaggeration on the “ridiculous method of determination” by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://t.co/tslz41qmVr?amp=1 “The number of cases and deaths of the … Read more
US Elections 2020: Polls close in key battleground states A coalition of 11 Republican senators announced Saturday it will challenge the outcome of the presidential election by voting to reject electors from some states when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College results that confirmed President-elect Joe Biden won, Eko hot blog gathered. … Read more
Donald Trump, National Security Bill The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to override U.S. President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA), a major national security bill worth 740 billion dollars. The vote marked the first veto override of the Trump presidency and is widely viewed as a sharp rebuke of the … Read more
At least 140 Republican members of the US House of Representatives are expected to vote against counting the electoral votes on January 6 when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. According to the CNN, President Donald Trump’s Republican allies have virtually zero chance of changing the result, only to delay by a … Read more
The US Senate’s Republican leader has rejected calls from an unlikely alliance of President Donald Trump, congressional Democrats and some Republicans to boost coronavirus aid. Mitch McConnell said hiking aid cheques from $600 (£440) to $2,000 would be “another fire hose of borrowed money”. BBC reports that the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives had voted … Read more
United States President-elect, Joe Biden has alleged that his transition team has “encountered roadblocks” from political leadership at the Defense Department and the Office of Management and Budget as his advisers work with the Trump administration. “We just aren’t getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas,” … Read more
United States President, Donald Trump has finally signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law on Sunday night. His assent will prevent an imminent government shutdown that was set to begin on Tuesday, and extending billions of dollars in coronavirus aid to millions. Trump’s signature of the Covid relief … Read more
About 14 million Americans have temporarily lost their unemployment benefits after incumbent President, Donald Trump failed to sign the Covid relief bill into law. President-elect, Joe Biden had warned of “devastating consequences” if Trump continued to delay signing but the Saturday deadline has now passed. According to the BBC, unemployment benefits and a ban on … Read more
Donald Trump, Pompeo President Donald Trump on Saturday played down a massive cyber attack on US government agencies, declaring it “under control” and undercutting the assessment by his own administration that Russia was to blame. “I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control,” Mr Trump said on Twitter in his first public … Read more
United States President, Donald Trump has spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron to wish him a speedy recovery from the coronavirus. In the conversation, which according to the White House took place Thursday, Trump “wished President Macron a speedy recovery and quick return to his full duties. “President Trump also extended his best wishes for … Read more
United States President, Donald Trump has expressed his disappointment in the country’s Supreme Court after it rejected a Republican lawsuit that sought to overturn the victory of President-elect, Joe Biden in November’s presidential election. “I am very disappointed in the United States Supreme Court, and so is our great country!”Trump said in a tweet on … Read more
Joe Biden was confirmed as the next US president on Monday as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. As Biden appealed to Americans to “turn the page” on the divisive contest, electors met across all US … Read more
Trump Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he was not scheduled to be vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), after a media report indicated he could receive a jab as early as Monday. Earlier in the day Bloomberg reported Trump could be vaccinated “as soon as Monday,” and other top White House officials … Read more
Donald Trump President Donald Trump says his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19. The president wrote in a tweet: “Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!” Mr Giuliani, who has been leading the Trump campaign’s legal challenges to the 2020 election results, is the latest person in the president’s inner circle … Read more
Donald Trump Still irate and bitter one month after his election defeat to Joe Biden, Donald Trump is openly musing about a second run at the US presidency in 2024. Refusing to accept defeat, Trump’s lawyers and supporters continued Wednesday to file lawsuits and even call for extraordinary intervention, such as martial law, to force … Read more
Mark Meadows, Trump asks status of the emergency vaccine White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is scheduled to meet with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn in the West Wing Tuesday, as President Donald Trump has privately demanded to know why the agency hasn’t granted emergency use for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine yet, according … Read more