US Secret Service chief quits over Trump assassination bid

Yashwant Raj | July 23, 2024 8:47 PM

Washington, July 23, IANS) US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle tendered her resignation on Tuesday, a day after she faced brutal bipartisan grilling at a Congressional hearing on the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President, at an election rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.

Kamala Harris secures majority of delegates, Trump campaign targets her on 'border invasion'

Yashwant Raj | July 23, 2024 7:23 PM

Washington, July 23 (IANS) US Vice-President Kamala Harris has secured the support of the majority of Democratic delegates who will formally elect her as the party's nominee for president at the convention in August as the Trump campaign prepared to hold her responsible for the "border invasion" and J.D. Vance slammed the Democratic party ticket switch as a threat to democracy in his first solo speech as the Republican nominee for Vice-President.

Netanyahu meets families of Israeli-American hostages in Washington

IANS | July 23, 2024 3:36 PM

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) In what was his first meeting in the framework of the diplomatic visit to Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the families of the Israeli-American hostages held in the custody of Hamas, earlier on Tuesday, India time.

Contest with Trump battle of two contrasting visions: Harris

Yashwant Raj | July 23, 2024 6:35 AM

Washington, July 23 (IANS) Vice-President Kamala Harris on Monday kicked off her presidential campaign, saying of her Republican rival that "I know Donald Trump's type" from dealing with cheats, fraudsters and abusers of women in her previous career as a public prosecutor.