After ‘Howdy Modi,’ Trump and India’s PM could sign trade deal
The United States and India are racing to negotiate a limited trade deal that U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can sign at the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of September, people familiar with …
Biden’s LGBTQ record draws scrutiny at Iowa presidential forum
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s decades-long record on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues was scrutinized on Friday in Iowa at the first major forum focused on the topic during the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating contest.
Warren, Sanders to visit striking GM workers as dispute continues
Two major Democratic presidential candidates plan to visit striking General Motors workers in Detroit in the coming days as a five-day-old labor dispute threatens to enter its second week.
Trump pressured Ukraine president to investigate Biden: reports
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden, one of Trump’s chief political rivals, in a July phone call, according to reports on Friday by the Wall Street Journal and other U.S. media outlets.
Trump repeatedly pressed Ukraine president to investigate Biden’s son: WSJ
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Explainer: How might the Trump whistleblower mystery unfold?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is in a standoff with leaders of the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives over a whistleblower complaint from within the intelligence community.
State Department’s top arms control official leaving post
The U.S. under secretary of state for arms control and international security, Andrea Thompson, is leaving her post, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.
Trump Asia expert to become new deputy national security adviser: sources
Matt Pottinger, the White House’s senior Asia adviser, is expected to become the top deputy for U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, two senior administration officials said on Friday.
New York Mayor de Blasio ends presidential bid, draws Trump’s sarcasm
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday ended his 2020 presidential campaign that was overshadowed by better-known liberal Democrats, and drew a sarcastic farewell from a fellow New Yorker, President Donald Trump.
Four Republicans, 19 Democrats vie for U.S. presidential nominations
The largest field of Democratic presidential candidates in the modern U.S. political era got a little bit smaller on Friday when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped out of the race.
