Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance launched an extraordinary broadside against news organisations over their coverage of a fatal shooting involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, calling the reporting “an absolute disgrace” and warning it “puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day.”
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have charged two men with illegally voting in a presidential election and later lying under oath while applying for American citizenship, according to indictments returned by a federal grand jury.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) The US House of Representatives passed a funding bill that tightens export controls, boosts trade enforcement, restricts federal technology purchases, and curbs cooperation with China.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance said he is “very involved” in the administration’s ongoing work on Venezuela and chairs regular meetings of White House principals, rejecting claims that he or Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard were excluded from planning for what he called “the Venezuela operation.”
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US senators introduced legislation to renew and expand a federal programme aimed at strengthening American leadership in quantum technology.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) New US Dietary Guidelines released by the Trump administration were broadly welcomed with medical associations, farm groups and health advocates praising their focus on whole foods and reduced reliance on ultra-processed products.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance urged European leaders to “take the president of the United States seriously” on Greenland, arguing the island is critical to global security and warning that the US would act if allies do not address what he described as growing interest from “hostile adversaries.”
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) A New Jersey physician has been charged in a sweeping 58-count federal indictment accusing him of running an opioid “pill mill,” exchanging prescriptions for sexual favors, and defrauding the state’s Medicaid program over several years, US prosecutors have said.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration is creating a new assistant attorney general position with nationwide authority to coordinate fraud investigations, saying the effort will begin in Minnesota but expand across the country.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) The White House is prepared to allow India to buy Venezuelan oil under a new US-controlled framework, according to a senior administration official, signaling a potential reopening of supplies to one of Venezuela’s largest pre-sanctions customers as Washington moves to market the country’s crude globally.
