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Trump has not ruled out using his authority to declare a national emergency and direct the Defence Department to construct a border wall as Congress and the White House were still at an impasse over a deal to end the government shutdown,…

By Arul Louis New York, Jan 24 (IANS) Shut out of the House of Representatives by Speaker Nancy Pelosi from delivering his State of the Union address with pomp and show, US President Donald Trump is left looking for another venue as the…

Davos, Jan 23 (IANS) US former Secretary of State John Kerry has said if he can speak to President Donald Trump directly, he would tell him to "resign". Trump was supposed to attend the World Economic Forum here to deliver an address, but…

By Arul Louis Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has promised a "major announcement" about the ongoing government shutdown as it entered its 29th day on Saturday, while Democrats hope to increase pressure on his presidency…

Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) Former US President George W. Bush delivered pizzas to his unpaid Secret Service personnel and called for the partial government shutdown to end."@LauraWBush and I are grateful to our Secret Service personnel and…

Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has cancelled his delegations trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, due to the ongoing partial government shutdown."Out of consideration for the 800,000 great American workers not…

NPnews24Online - The US government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats over building a Mexico border wall entered a reaches its 22nd day, overtaking…

New York, Jan 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trumps prime-time address, a nine-minute speech from the Oval Office on border security and the government shutdown, on Tuesday night drew roughly 40 million TV viewers, according to statistics.…

Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) Democrat Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American to serve in the US Senate, has criticised President Donald Trump over the federal government shutdown and called it a "crisis of the President's own making".…

Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump walked out of a meeting with congressional Democrats to end a partial government shutdown, now in its third week, calling the discussions "a total waste of time"."Just left a meeting…