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Topic: Trump administration

‘It’s the Trump vaccine’ – White House spokeswoman promises 40 million shots by year end

White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said the US will have as many as 40 million vaccine doses ready by year’s end, while crediting the accomplishment to Trump’s background.

US bans cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang producer over ‘slave labour’

Trump administration and other critics have targeted cotton from China, which supplies about one-third of US apparel, as a way to increase pressure over mass detention of Uighurs.

Now, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are nearing a US-brokered deal to end their 3-year rift

The rapprochement is likely to include reopening air space and land borders, an end to the information war Qatar and Saudi Arabia have waged.

US court blocks two H-1B visa regulations proposed by Trump administration

The policies set aside were one that required employers to pay foreign workers on H-1B significantly higher wages & another that narrowed eligibility valued by US tech firms.

Lawyer dropped from Trump legal team had filed election suits in ‘DISTRCOICT’ court

Sidney Powell, who filed typo-strewn lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia, was kicked off Trump’s legal team after her claims about a Democratic conspiracy against the president.

Biden’s Homeland Security pick won’t embrace open borders

Joe Biden probably will reverse many of Donald Trump’s initiatives on immigration, but his policy is unlikely to swing in a direction radically opposite to the one under Trump.

Trump administration blocking access to US resources hurts Covid fight, say Biden’s advisers

Biden's transition team has been blocked from accessing federal resources by Trump's administration, a move the president-elects' advisers say will cause a delay in operations.

Shocked, but not surprised — a mantra for the Trump era

The turn of phrase isn’t new — a form is attested at least as early as 1800 — but if you sense that it’s being applied more frequently, you’re right.

TikTok gets reprieve on Trump administration’s demand for app ban

For months, the app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance Ltd., has faced the prospect of a US ban starting Thursday. But judges have blocked those prohibitions from going into effect.

Trump administration proposes to scrap computerised lottery system for H1B visas

The US govt proposes to replace it with a wage-level-based selection process to help counter the downward pressure on the wages of American workers.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.