Tag: Donald Trump

  • White House memo: Trump to press UN Security Council to punish nuclear proliferation violators

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      WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump takes the gavel at a United Nations Security Council meeting next week, he will try to pressure other world leaders to crack down on Iran and other countries that violate U.N. decrees against nuclear proliferation. Trump will tell the Security Council that it must find new ways to punish […]

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  • Trump on Sessions: ‘I don’t have an attorney general’

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    US President Donald Trump has said he does not “have an attorney general” in his fiercest attack yet on Jeff Sessions. In an interview with Hill.TV, Mr Trump renewed criticism of Mr Sessions’ decision to step aside from the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. He also said he was unhappy with […]

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  • ‘I plead guilty’: Paul Manafort enters cooperation deal with Mueller team

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    WASHINGTON – Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty Friday to two felony conspiracy charges and reached an agreement to provide “complete cooperation” with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manafort’s plea deal brings investigators further into the president’s inner circle of advisers and added another conviction to their […]

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  • Trump honors 9/11 victims in Pennsylvania in rare role as consoler-in-chief

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    WASHINGTON – Paying tribute to the victims of 9/11, President Donald Trump gave special honor Tuesday to the passengers who charged the cockpit of their plane to stop hijackers from attacking Washington, D.C. “They attacked the enemy,” Trump said on the Pennsylvania field where United Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. “They stopped the forces of terror, […]

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  • Apple supplier shares slide after Trump tells tech giant to make products in U.S.

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    TAIPEI – Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) suppliers fell across Asia on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that the tech giant should make products in the United States if it wanted to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump’s comment came after Apple told U.S. trade officials on Friday that proposed tariffs by Washington […]

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  • Trump targets Nike as Kaepernick ads spark boycott calls

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    WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Nike Inc for its new advertising campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterback who sparked controversy by kneeling in protest during the national anthem. Trump, without offering evidence, said in a post on Twitter that the sportswear company was “getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts.” […]

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  • Trump attacks Sessions over prosecutions of Republicans

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    US President Donald Trump has accused Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the justice department of damaging the re-election chances of two Republican representatives by prosecuting them. The move to file charges against the men jeopardises “easy wins” in the mid-term elections, Mr Trump tweeted. One is accused of insider trading and the other of campaign […]

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  • Trump says Canada not needed in NAFTA deal, warns Congress not to interfere

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    WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday there was no need to keep Canada in the North American Free Trade Agreement and warned Congress not to meddle with the trade negotiations or he would terminate the trilateral trade pact altogether. “There is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal. […]

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  • Exclusive: Trump demands Fed help on economy, complains about interest rate rises

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    WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “not thrilled” with the Federal Reserve under his own appointee, Chairman Jerome Powell, for raising interest rates and said the U.S. central bank should do more to help him to boost the economy. In the middle of international trade disputes, Trump in an interview […]

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  • Trump asks SEC to consider switch to half-year corporate filings

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    NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said meetings with corporate executives had prompted him to ask the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to study letting public companies file financial reports every six months instead of every quarter. Half-yearly reporting would mark a huge change in U.S. disclosure requirements and put it […]

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