US President-elect Joe Biden Set To Meet With Top Democratic Leaders In Congress
WASHINGTON (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG)US President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to meet on Friday (Nov 20) with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senat
Trump Calls For Judge To Declare Him Victor In Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump's election campaign has asked a judge to declare him the winner in Pennsylvania, saying the state's Republican-controlled legislature sho
Trump Plans To Represent US At Apec For 1st Time Since 2017
President Donald Trump plans to represent the United States at the virtual Asia-Pacific leaders' summit today in which his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is set
Trump Campaign Drops Lawsuit Disputing US Election Vote Results In Michigan
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign said on Thursday (Nov 19) it was withdrawing its lawsuit disputing vote results in Michigan, in another faltering
Amid Coronavirus Spike, Pressure Grows On US Agency To Approve Trump-to-Biden Transition
A little-known agency that keeps the United States federal bureaucracy running is the biggest impediment to new efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak, Democ
US Senators Seek To Stop Trump’s S$30 Billion In Arms Sales To UAE
Three US senators said on Wednesday (Nov 18) they would introduce legislation seeking to halt the Trump administration's effort to sell more than US$23 billion
Trump Has Made No Plans To Host G-7 Summit: Diplomatic Sources
Outgoing United States President Donald Trump has made no plans to host a summit of the Group of Seven (G-7) advanced economies after cancelling a June gatherin
Chinese-American Raytheon Engineer Sentenced To Prison For Technology Exports
A Chinese-American electrical engineer who worked for Raytheon Missile and Defence was sentenced on Wednesday (Nov 18) to 38 months in prison after pleading gui
Biden Names Top White House Aides, Meets National Security Experts
President-elect Joe Biden has named several top advisers from his election campaign and a Democratic congressman as senior White House aides, sticking with a ti
Roche On Track To Produce Drug Used On Trump
Roche Holding has completed early tests of its ability to produce large quantities of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' Covid-19 antibody treatment, putting it on trac
Trump Fires Cyber Chief Who Debunked His Claims Of Fraud
US President Donald Trump announced he had fired a Department of Homeland Security official who has publicly contradicted his unfounded claims about widespread
US Imposes Fresh Sanctions On Key Iranian Officials
The United States yesterday announced a sweeping new sanctions package on Iran targeting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Was
Pennsylvania High Court To Hear Trump Challenge To Thousands Of US Election Votes
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS)The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said on Wednesday (Nov 18) it would take up an appeal by President Donald Trump's campaign challenging thou
Trump Election Fraud Claims Disappear In Court Hearing
United States President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani described at length to a federal judge in Pennsylvania a vast but vague Democratic conspiracy to ste
Denied Briefings By Trump, Biden Meets Former US National Security Officials
Prevented by United States President Donald Trump from being briefed on national security issues by the government's own officials, President-elect Joe Biden tu
Trump Fires Head Of Cybersecurity Agency Who Refuted Claims Of Widespread Election Fraud
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS)US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Nov 17) announced he had fired a Department of Homeland Security official who has publicly
Trump Plans To Nominate Bank Watchdog In Potential Blow To Biden
US President Donald Trump signalled he intends to nominate the acting Comptroller of the Currency to a new five-year term, potentially complicating any plans th
More May Die If Trump Keeps Blocking Power Transfer, Says Biden
President-elect Joe Biden has said "more people may die" if outgoing President Donald Trump continues blocking the transition of power in the United S
US Election Security Experts Dismiss Fraud Claims
Fifty-nine top computer scientists and election security experts in the US have rebuked President Donald Trump's baseless claims of voter fraud and hacking, wri
World's Democracies Must Unite On Trade Policy: Biden
US President-elect Joe Biden has said the country must join forces with other democracies to present a united front in global trade policy as a counterweight to